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Time for Leslie's periodic 'confusion reviews.' Today's episode: The Dangers Of Hype.
I went to Mr Zagros based on a friend singing this place's praises. Said he, "this place has great donairs."
Myth #1: this place does not have donairs or any other kind of Turkish food. What they do have is shawarma, which is Arabic food.
Myth #2: this place is Arabic (see above). Well, maybe, but checking the map Zagros is a mountain range mostly in Iran. As most know, Iran is Persian and a different culture from Arabic or Turkish. Hmmm... really confusing. Zagros is a Persian name. They did not have any Iranian food in there either.
Myth #3: this is an independent mom and pop. According to Yelp, there are several Mr Zagros' running around town. This seems to be a chain or a franchisee.
OK so how was the "Turkish" restaurant with the Iranian name serving Arabic food (I am starting to get that feeling I get when I go to a "Japanese restaurant" and notice they are owned by Koreans and have Korean waitresses, there is also Thai food on the menu while the chef is Chinese)?
I ordered the chicken shawarma sandwich and was disappointed. There wasn't any flavour to it. I asked for the garlic sauce (no thanks to hummus or hot sauce) and it was sweet more than anything. It did not have the thick pasty feel authentic shawarma garlic sauce should have and there definitely wasn't any garlic taste either. Moreover, instead of using a pita they wrap their sandwiches in a thinner laffa bread. I prefer traditional shawarma pitas.
On the flip side, their shawarmas are on actual revolving pits and being grilled freshly in front of you. This is not the standard Toronto grilled chicken sitting in a tray masquerading as a shawarma parlour.
The service was friendly. The man behind the counter was polite, cheerful and had his manner about him. He was eager to follow my specific instructions. By the way, they offer cucumber, tomato salad, lettuce, vegetables, turnips, onions, etc. as sandwich toppings and the aforementioned sauces. I think my sandwich was $8.
Other menu items are falafel and beef shawarma and the aforementioned as plated dishes.
The store has a few tables and an overhead board as menu indicating it is mostly a take-out business.
In summary: polite service, no flavour to its sandwich, inauthentic garlic sauce and a very confused identity.
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