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| - The sign above the entrance of this restaurant features a flaming googly-eyed shawarma. Not sure how this is supposed to be appetizing, but it caught our attention nevertheless. The house salad, which comes with both the falafel and chicken shawarma platters, is a lightly dressed blend of baby greens, shredded cabbage, onions, cucumbers, red peppers and tomatoes -- nice deep red tomatoes rather than the pale, mealy ones you often get in the typical house salad. The mains, which are prepared to order, come with a generous heap of bright yellow rice pilaf and dollops of other sides. The falafel were flavourful and nicely crunchy on the outside and tender inside. Everything seemed to have been made with care. Most customers seem to come to this place for takeout, but if you dine in, you just might experience the gloriously surreal combination of UFC on the big screen TV and the strains of beloved Egyptian music diva Umm Kulthum playing on the stereo. Friendly staff and good value. I'd come here again.
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