How to Use meze in a Sentence

meze

noun

• The chef’s choice of four vegetable meze and dessert is a deal: $45.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2019
• The new wine and meze menus are available there too, even for diners not sitting at the bar.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2022
• All-star kebabs can be found at the more casual Ali Ocakbasi—just don't fill up on the meze.
  — Mary Kaye Schilling, Town & Country, 15 Sep. 2015
• Some local insider tips: Make sure to eat meze and just-caught and grilled fish at Mimoza Restaurant, while watching the sunset.
  — Monica Mendal, Forbes, 10 May 2021
• Souvla’s next location, opening this fall in Marin County, won’t include a meze and wine bar.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2022
• The lounge, where all dinners begin, offers herby drinks, caviar service and meze snacks like foie gras bastilla with golden plums and schmaltz.
  — Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2021
• My snack flight began with a Turkish kofta meze, followed by Brazilian cheese puffs with creamy cilantro sauce and capped off with Spanish papas bravas.
  — Sheri Castle, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2021
• The meze plate can be enjoyed with beer or wine on the banks of Bayou St. John before dinner, or eaten as a vegetarian entree.
  — Judy Walker, NOLA.com, 23 May 2017
• Perched right at the edge of the water in the Karakoy district, this is an evocative place to have the Turkish meyhane experience, with small plates of meze dotting the table and rakı (an anise liquor) flowing all night.
  — Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2021
• To be perfectly honest, this would be an amazing appetizer or meze even without the kale.
  — Daniel Neman, Twin Cities, 20 June 2019
• Chicago’s Greek dining scene has shown little sign of slowing down since, with openings that showcase the many dimensions of the cuisine, featuring seafood, spices, produce and meze, or tapas-like small plates.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2022
• Colorful and varied, the meze is set out before dinner and meant to accompany drinks and conversation.
  — Beth Dooley, Star Tribune, 29 July 2020
• For the classic rakı, meze, and fresh fish fare that is synonymous with Istanbul, reserve a table at Kıyı, a local institution known for bidding the highest price for the freshest catch at the fish markets.
  — Feride Yalav-Heckeroth, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2022
• Island restaurants features all types of cuisine and styles, from fine dining to casual meze appetizer plates.
  — Nick Kontis, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
• That said, many locals do drop in just for the standard appetizer, a meze platter of homemade falafel, baba ghanoush, fava beans, fried chicory, apple, cucumber, hummus—whatever’s on hand.
  — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2019
• For shareable meals with friends or family start with an assortment of Greek dips, plus selections from a dozen meze platters from zucchini chips with tzatziki to spanakopita or Greek octopus mac and cheese with orzo, halloumi and feta.
  — Brandon Schultz, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
• Melitzanosalata is traditionally served as part of a meze plate, an assortment of tapas-like appetizers that often includes mixed olives, roasted feta cheese, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, cherry tomatoes and warm pita.
  — Beth Dooley, Star Tribune, 29 July 2020
• Other meze plates include marinated feta, eggplant labneh, and tahini with harissa.
  — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024