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| - After trying to come here twice and finding them closed, we finally got to try mystic muffin this weekend! The guy is just super friendly and quirky, and the menu was overwhelming, but I went with what I saw the most often on yelp -- the veggie combo. They don't make rice and potato on the weekend, so my plate came without, but it was a huge serving so I was okay with it. My partner got the tuna salad sandwich on pita (combo). The guy was very friendly and gave us 2 slices of apple cake instead of a cookie for one of he combos since it was our first time there (and he did it to another new customer too), which made us very happy since that's what they're known for! AND who doesn't like free food.
Now onto the review of the food. I started off eating the salad, and for about 5 minutes, it was just a salad-- not bad, nothing special. Then I had a bite of the falafel. What in the world?? It was SO delicately crunchy. The texture of the crust is a mixture of flaky (but not big chunky flaky.. tiny, delicate flaky) crispiness that is indescribable.. It was SO good, and I don't even usually like falafels! And the hummus! My food experience seriously went from meh for the first few minutes to oh my god (that escalated quickly). The wrap was just okay, and so was the cookie. The apple cake was pretty good -- i don't usually like cooked apples, but the cake part was moist and flavourful.
I just found the place endearing overall. The story on the wall gives his story as an immigrant, and the other wall is covered with photos of his family. It's a true, old, neighbourhood business that you don't find much anymore nowadays (oh and not in a 'hipster' sense). I hope they're able to stick around for a long time.
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