Fascinating Day Trip to Watertown, MA

Inside Sevan International Food Market in Watertown, Massachusetts

Taking day trips is one way to add fun and excitement to life!

On a day trip to Watertown, MA,  a friend and I visited two Armenian markets. We drove over to nearby Cambridge and ate lunch at a Middle Eastern restaurant, Sofra.  It's obviously extremely popular with the locals and that's always a great sign. I had a very unique cauliflower soup that, among other ingredients, had ginger in it. A moussaka lamb and eggplant dish was tasty right down to the last morsel.

My friend had a wrap that included spinach and three kinds of cheese. She also bought two desserts. One had a ricotta cheese filling and flaky top. The other was an Egyptian bread pudding. This restaurant serves dishes with an incredible range of tastes and textures. It would take a long time to sample all the unique and yummy offerings!

Apparently there is a large Armenian population in this town which is not far from Boston.  The markets we visited are, Arax and Sevan International Food Market, and oh, we had a delightful time!  It's so fascinating to see what other cultures have to offer.  I love trying anything new. 

At Sevan, I bought two boxes of tea. One was St. Dalfour's French organic strawberry rose green tea. (The package read it was packed in Sri Lanka.)  Once home, I made myself a cup and it was like sipping tea in a field of strawberries!

I also bought a box of Almad's English mango black tea.  It sounded tropical. I'll be trying that soon!

We tasted braided white cheese with nigella seeds (black caraway) made by Fiore di Nonno. It tasted a little bit salty but good on small rounds of  Lebanese bread that resembled pita.

          While in Arax, I also picked up a visually gorgeous jar of  Turkish balli cerez (brand name Omak Gida),  a honey and nut confection. On the jar it read that it was for "everyone who wants to be young with a strong mind and nerves.... for every old man who dreams to have his youth back."  Thought my husband would get a kick out of that!  How could anyone pass it up?  It includes honey, bees milk, pistachios, almonds, hazelnuts, caraway, pine seed, walnuts, peanuts, coconut, radish seed, glucose, black cumin, apricot seed, and pollen!   (Don't know whether it restores a person to youth  or not but thought it was worth a try! ha!)

Both of these photos were taken inside of Sevan International Food Market.

Let's see, I also picked up a package of Iranian Tazah apricot gelatin dessert since my husband loves apricots. Can't wait for him to try that! Also got a package of zaatar from Lebanon. It's a delicious mixture of thyme,seasonings, sumac, sesame seeds, and salt. The Lebanese people eat it on pieces of pita bread dipped first in olive oil, then the zaatar.  

The day in Watertown, and lunch in nearby Cambridge, will definitely be remembered for a long time to come!

WHAT WAS THE LAST FUN DAY TRIP YOU TOOK?