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| - I've been going to this place my whole life. It is probably the best palestinian style middle eastern food in the city.
Its a restaurant with an adjoining grocery. Both the restaurant and the grocery are fantastic.
First the restaurant: Don't let the occasional sparseness of diners put you off. This place is great. I've probably had most of the stuff on the menu by now, but my regular order for years has been a bunch of appetizers (hummus, tabouleh, mixed pickles, eggplant salad - or just the combo salad) and as the main course - Siniyeh. Siniyeh is a great dish you can't get at too many places. It's basically a ground beef patty seasoned with middle eastern spices and covered in tahini sauce, pine nuts, and parsley, slow baked to perfection in the oven. It also comes in a tomato sauce variety,but i prefer the tahini one. The dish's in that category of the menu all come with a salad and your choice of one appetizer. So if you're going alone, don't order any of the other appetizers, it will be too much! and of course all the food is served with the best pitas you can get in north america (IMO).
the grocery: ok, best pitas in the GTA BY FAR. It is very hard to find this style of thick pocket pita anywhere and done correctly and super fresh almost anytime you go. The machine that churns them out is actually right behind the counter in the back where you order the takeout, and is pretty much spitting them out all the time. I make sure to buy as many bags as i can fit in my freezer whenever i go! Their hot sauce is also hard to beat.
Make the trek out to bathurst and steeles if you want the good stuff.
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