Olives at Building 160

First off: the Stanford Hospitalities and Auxiliaries page for this eatery lists its name as "Olives@Bldg160," but I refuse to use that in a post title.

I always think of Olives as "that vaguely Mediterranean-ish place over by History Corner." Its website, however, tells me that its food is "inspired by Greek, Thai, Indian, and California cuisines." That's... quite a combination.

Anyway, I've been to Olives before, but don't remember ever getting anything other than lasagna or pasta Alfredo. So, I went back last week (breaking free of the hold that the GSB French dip had on me) and tried the vaguely-Mediterranean chicken skewers with couscous.

The chicken and couscous were perfectly fine, but the happy surprise of this meal was the side of what tasted like freshly-made hummus with pita. If they sold the hummus and pita a la carte, I'd eat here constantly.