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| - While on the Danforth, Walima Cafe remains tucked away from the usual hustle and bustle that you normally encounter on the Danforth. This cozy Morrocan restaurant offers a unique and flavourful experience to those wanting to try something different.
As you walk into this restaurant, you can truly appreciate their efforts in creating a very nice and homely place to enjoy good food and great company. I absolutely love the decour here with dim lighting, beautiful art work on the walls and cushy seating arrangements all around for your butt to enjoy. Equipped with a fairly large tea room groups, this place does a wonderful job at creating the arabesque ambience to enhance your dining experience.
Between the four of us, we ordered a plate of hummus and shrimp sharmoula as our appetizers...both were good but neither was exceptional. For our entrees, we each ordered something to satisfy our individual cravings whereas i went with the most exotic item on the menu: the sahara chicken bastilla OR as i like to call it, the chicken baklava! Their description of the dish is as follows:
A savoury mix of chicken and almonds, marinated in sweet spices, wrapped in thin layers of Phyllo pastry, topped with cinnamon and powdered sugar.
Its almost impossible to describe the sensation that went on in my mouth as i chowed down this dish. I mean spicey chicken mixed with almonds and then wrapped in a hard pastry shell and then topped with honey, cinnamon and powdered sugar...are you kidding me?!?! It wasn't even good...it was F*ing great! Never before have i experienced such a medley of sweet and spicey working oh so well together. If you dont believe me, check it out for yourself!
I nibbled away at everyones plates and this was by far my favorate dish on their menu. The other dishes all reminded me of a less spicey version of pakistani food.
The house green tea is a must have before concluding this meal. I had a wonderful experience at Walima and i look forward to going back for yet another round of chicken baklava!
Please note, all dishes prepared at this restaurant are said to be halal.
Thanks and enjoy!
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