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| - It is my honour and privilege to let the world know of the best middle eastern restaurant i have ever tried in my life. i have been going here since i was a kid. It is unfortunate that nowhere downtown - lets call that anywhere south of st. clair, across the city from east to west- can you find a good falafel, much less a great one. And so, rather than continue to bemoan the bad falafel boring this city, let me confirm for you the freshness of a falafel you will taste tucked away amongst fresh vegetables, and real hummous (thats not HUMMUS as pronounced like "BUM" with an "H" + US--for there is no such word--try pretending that you are about to hock a loogie while saying "whom" then "moose" and you might come close to the proper pronunciation - sorry pet peeve), dripping in tahina and lord almighty in a soft, as in with substance, feels like fresh bread, easy to open up for a pocket-full-of-goodness pita and there you have it. AND THIS IS JUST A MEASLY FALAFEL SANDWICH!
god forbid you should try the hummous with meat, or the siniyeh in tehina sauce (imagine a flattened pancake of spiced lamb covered in what essentially is melted tehina {tahini}), or even simple pickled prizes like olives and pickles. for appetizers try the sambousek, or the kubbeh, both fried pastries, filled with ground lamb (different styles); or the labaneh, which is a type of cream cheese. If youve read any of my other reviews, you know i could go on.
And i will. Just to say that after youre finished eating, feel free to go next door to their grocery store and buy more falafel, more hummous, more of all the stuff you just wolfed down and check out many middle eastern foods made and imported from that part of the world for your enjoyment. (for a new take on chips, try BISSLI snacks.)
sigh. okay. im feeling depressed now. I might have to trudge my way out, halfway through this month, down to davisville subway station and buy a metropass or a day pass and just go there.
its that good.
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