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| - When it's bad, it's bad. When it's good, it's . . . decent.
Kabob Korner is a little hole in the wall in the East Fremont Entertainment District downtown that serves up some great post-bar Middle Eastern food (gyros, kabobs, hummus, etc). If it's late night and you're crawling out of your 3rd bar of the evening, there is no better food for you downtown. Tasty, seasoned, and salty. You will talk about how it's the best gyro you've ever had (i.e. the tzatsiki sauce is feta-based and hyper-salty). But if you wander in Kabob Korner sober, during the light of day, you'll leave thinking "Huh, that was a meal, alright." (not really bad or good, just decent).
So let's break down the experience by meal:
- Gyro -- meat is bland strips of overcooked lamb, topped with fresh lettuce and a tzatsiki sauce that isn't tzatsiki sauce (not dill-seasoned yogurt, but a feta-puree). In the light of day, it's a rich sauce that will dominate the entire gyro with a salty flavor. After the bar, that amount of salt will convince you it's the greatest gyro on the planet.
- Hummus -- bland, but well-blended. You're pretty much eating this for an excuse to have another pita wedge. After the bar, oh man, that toasted pita is delicious
- Kabob -- probably your best choice. They actually season the meat and sometimes cook the chicken so it remains tender.
Bottom line: keep Kabob Korner as a post-bar to-do and you'll be happy. Visit in the light of day and you'll wonder why you eat there.
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