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I'm typically a nice girl, very appreciative, positive, chilled: I'm happy and optimistic 80% of the time. However, I'm also very honest and won't hold back comments if something is bothering me or just sucks.
Today my choir, the University of Toronto Gospel Choir (UTGC) was participating in a gospel choir workshop hosted at York University by the York University Gospel Choir. There were 4 gospel choirs in attendance: York, Humber, McMaster and UT. We started singing at 1PM and didn't break for dinner until 5PM. We were given about 1 hour to eat and get ready for the 6:30PM concert. All 4 choirs were to sing 2 pieces each and then we would combine as 1 mass choir to sing the 3 songs taught at the workshop. After sound check, my choir and I went to York Lanes to look for a quick, yet proper meal before the evening concert. After looking quickly at the food options available, most of us settled for the Falafel Hut Village -an awful mistake, well at least for me.
I ordered the Falafel Pita. I LOVE falafels, but I love hummus even more. At typical falafel places, my 2 loves come together. But this was NOT the case at the Falafel Hut Village, which made me very upset. The pita came with tomatoes, a very dry spring mix and 2 crushed falafel balls. The tomatoes and spring mix were the only condiments available and they were very poor in quality and not tasty at all. They had pickles, picked radish and cucumbers were available, but they were an extra 75 cents each. What a rip off! Other falafel places would offer them free of charge. The sauces available for free, like the hot sauce and tahini sauce, failed to make the pita taste good. The only thing that could have saved this disappointing mess was hummus, but hummus was an extra 75 cents, which the cashier failed to tell me about. To top off this tragedy, the pita was hard and stale, the "cook" did a poor job of wrapping my pita and couldn't even toast it for me -not like it would make this disappointment taste better.
I can honestly say I'll NEVER go back to this horrible falafel hut. I actually have never found a good falafel place in the city. I need to find one with an abundance of vegetable condiments and great tasting hummus that they won't charge extra for, and with friendly cooks who are generous with the veggies and hummus and skillful in making a pita -so it won't break apart after 1 bite.
Despite this food setback, my choir had an amazing time at the concert tonight. It was definitely a blessed and privileged evening and so glad I didn't let the pita ruin my night and performance. My choir, the University of Toronto Gospel Choir (UTGC) as been around for 16 years and we sing the gospel all over Toronto and the GTA. We have recorded a multiple-award winning album in 2007, and have also toured central and eastern Canada, Barbados, Europe, Japan, and parts of the USA. Our annual Christmas concerts are on December 4th and 5th this year, they're free, so come out and share the Christmas joy with us! You won't regret it, I promise. For more concert info, check our website: www.utgc.org
(FYI, "go to a concert by the U of T Gospel Choir" was listed as one of the things U of T students should do before graduation. To your luck, we will be singing at the Hart House in December. http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/from-twitter/before-you-graduate/#commentanchor)
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