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Casaville by Brian Scott Lipton
December 23, 2007, 11:54.56 pm ET

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Serious restaurant eaters, not to mention hard-working restaurant critics, often experience a weird kind of déjà vu. For example, an instant if fuzzy “wasn’t I here before” moment hit me the minute I walked into Casaville, a charming if unprepossessing month-old French-Moroccan restaurant in Murray Hill; but it wasn’t until I had one bite of the delicious chicken-and-almond stuffed briwat that all became clear. Casaville is the reincarnation, if you will, of another short-lived Moroccan eatery, Darna; but now chef Lahchen Ksiyer – whose briwat I had also enjoyed at the now-closed Soho spot Babouche where he previously cooked -- is fully in charge of the whole operation. The result is a truly enjoyable dining experience -- and one which local residents are already taking advantage of. more




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