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| - I can eat at Salem's every day when I'm on the carnivore mode. This place isn't fancy but their food is fresh and good.
It's probably the most pleasant middle eastern food in Pittsburgh to my humble experience so far. Well, it's basically indian-middle eastern fusion. Or maybe more Indian or Pakistani.. Actually, I think it's more like Indian food, yes, Indian food. This place is half restaurant/half middle eastern grocery store.
I LOVE Indian cuisine. However, you don't want an Indian chef to make you a falafel sandwich. So I weakly recommend the falafels here. You don't want them to make you a gyro or a shawarma sandwich neither, so again I'm less strong on that too. Their kababs weren't fantastic neither.
However, how about,
1- half bird rotisserie-style chicken: it's one of the best I ever had! Nicely spicy, perfectly grilled, tender and scrumptious! You have to come at noon or early to get this. They run out pretty quickly. Unfortunately it's available only FRIDAYS!! Try it with their freshly baked naan. Their garlic sauce is not my favorite.
2- beef steak. It's not Ruth Chris or Capital Grille but it's so tasty!! They make it well-done, so deal with it.
3- tried chicken tikka masala with byriani and it was a great meal.
Atmosphere is very casual and modest. But, it's packed during lunch time and I had to wait for 1 hour once. You see human beings from all races, backgrounds and hippiness level here.
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