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| - O Patty King, I loove youu!
I've been eating patties from here since my parents started picking up batches of them for my school lunches (I'm 25 now). I still completely crave, adore, and savor these little bundles of goodness. I never take them for granted and I miss them when I haven't eaten them in a while. True love.
Patties are wonderful little pockets of warmth and delicousness. Outside they're bright yellow and cheery and inside they're filled with salty, savoury, sometimes spicy goodness.
I can't vouch for the healthiness of these little guys but they're definitely made with love and that comes through in the flavour. (They're made with lots of lard and shortening and food dye and salt, but its alllright. I can't vouch for vegetarianness either but I've turned a blind eye when I was vegetarian because I didn't want to limit myself from experiencing such a delicious cultural food).
The goat patty is aamaazing! The chickpea patty and goat patty have a smoother, non-flaky crust that I really prefer. Otherwise, I love the spicy beef patty and the chicken patty with their flaky pastry shell too. I'm really quite fond of the chickpea patties, which have the same filling as the doubles, but I find that depending on the day they can be dry of less flavoursome. Huh.. also, the veggie patty has curried carrots, peas, and greenbeans inside that seem like they're from frozen. Not so awesome. Stick to the chickpea-based veggie options and yummy callalloo patties.
The doubles are really something else. They're not particularly awesome (and not particularly authentic, I hear) but something about their warm doughyness and chickpea curry insides tasting of bouillon cubes/celery salt that makes me love them. Sigh.
This place is cute, its always hopping. The women who work there are lovely. I go by regularly to check for day-old baked goods and breads, which get reduced significantly. I love their buns and some of the cookies are alright. Some of the baked goods i've had have been very bland. Don't even bother with the beef rolls (lard-y and congealed.. maybe I'm missing something?) and spinach and fetas buns (w processed cheese). The little bench out front is a nice place to people watch with your friend while tossing patty nibbles to your dog/pigeons.
5 stars for keeping me coming back for most of my life and my enduring adoration of the patties.
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