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| - I was in a rush to get some food and I wasn't feeling a cold salad for today's rainy day. I headed over to this plaza and was faced with a few ho-hum choices. Mr Sub (blah), El Sombrero (should have done this), Thai Express, Villa Madina, and Panago (should have done this as well). My tasty pita from Pita Nutso made me crave a good shwarma pita and after this experience here at Villa Madina, it made me crave Pita Nutso. This chain did not excite my taste buds. If anything, I think they're protesting.
The restaurant is shared with Thai Express and Thai Express is ALWAYS busy. Their line up is so long (especially on Friday lunch) and I never have the patience for it. The space itself is quite large. Since it's ridiculously busy, it's hard to find a clean table during lunch. Actually, it's hard to find a table during lunch! It is a modern space and there is a fair number of tables but just not enough for the large amount of corporate centres here.
For a Thursday, the line up was fairly long but not as bad as Thai Express. It moved at a half decent rate. I ordered a chicken pita and was hoping for something that was similar to my experience at Pita Nutso. What I got was far from it... it was filled with tons of filler and the tiniest portions of chicken. The chicken was dry-ish and not flavoured. Considering it sat in the rotisserie for a while, it should have developed some nice charred bits but nope... it was chewy, under flavoured, and dry all at the same time. The hot sauce made it edible. The lettuce pieces in the pita was dried out as well as you can see the edges looking all white.
Considering the Pita Nutso place is only less than a 10 minute drive, I'm willing to head over there when I'm not in a rush. If I'm pressed for time, I'm trying Panago or El Sombrero next time as this place was just lacking any taste.
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