Update: Yelp is saying that this place moved. I have have heard that the original location on Magnetic Drive is still there. Apparently they are renovating a new place at Bathurst and Lawrence and there is a third location by Yonge and Steeles.
I had heard for a long time that Dr. Laffa served amazing food. Only one small problem. The restaurant is quite far north and I rarely leave the core of the city.
Well today I finally got up there and it was totally worth every minute of the trip up there. They serve some incredibly tasty food for not a lot of money.
If you are not familiar, Dr. Laffa serves Israeli - Iraqi fusion. I had never had really good felafel outside of Jerusalem or Paris until today. It still might not be equal to what I ate in those cities, but Dr. Laffa easily has the best felafel I have ever eaten in Toronto.
The humus was gorgeous along and had it served with delicious mushrooms and onions.
The shawarma is tasty and the chicken on the skewer might have been the best dish of the night.
When we arrived they had had a busy day and ran out of pita. We thought this was a little strange. But then they served us their specialty laffa bread and oh my goodness. Any place that makes fresh bread is doing something special, but this laffa bread was phenomenal. I suggest paying the dollar and having it served with sesame seeds.
We ordered a roasted eggplant. It wasn't my favourite dish but my father loved it.
The people next to us were going on about a dish that had eggs in a tomato sauce so we tried that too. Again, not my favouite, but clearly others are hooked.
At the end of the meal something happened that I have never seen. Many times i have asked a server if something on the menu is exceptional and worth getting. They always find a way to tell you that you need to order whatever it is.
We were full after a huge meal and I asked the server if the baklava, the only dessert on the menu, was really something special. She said it was good and that people like it, but that being from Israel, the baklava in house does not measure up to what she grew up with. This could have reduced the tip she would received as we would be ordering one less thing. But her honesty was incredibly refreshing.
Dr. Laffa's is now one of my favourites.