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| - Came here on a cool November day with a small group as part of a food tour, and this may have been THE find of the day! We had a number of stops, but halfway through we ran into the Queen Street Food Market to try Kal & Mooy's samosas. They make them to-order, freshly deep fried and doused in a savoury sauce. At $7 for four, they were a steal given that they were clearly homemade with lean, high-quality meat (we had two each of chicken and beef). They were so uniquely different from any East or West-Indian samosas any of us had ever had, that we all agreed we needed to return. On top of that, while we were waiting for the samosas, I started to chat up Aisha, the wife of the husband-wife team who own and run both the storefront and the food truck, as I didn't even know that we were eating Somali cuisine! She explained to all of us the origin of the Kal & Mooy name as the mortar & pestle-type tools they use to pound out ingredients like spices and corn meal. WIthout hesitation, Aisha immediately offered us a VERY large sample container of the chicken suqaat stew served on rice and sprinkled with pomegranate seeds, as well as two different heat levels of their house-made hot sauce. All for free!!! The stew was a delicious, slow-cooked dish of tender chicken chunks, carrots, and other veggies with one of those gravies that you would straight-up drink, if you could... Looking at their menu, there are many other delicious-sounding dishes I am excited to try... So happy to experience yet another of the great cuisines that make living here so amazing! Return visits are a MUST!!!
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