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| - We came here over the weekend to try some Iraqi food. I love kabobs, so I was excited to have it for lunch. The place is not exactly spectacular, but all I really care about is how good the food is. There was some nice tea, hot and ready for customers to drink while waiting for their orders. I love little touches like this when I come to restaurants. We ordered a mixture of appetizers so we could try everything; the plate included hummus, baba ghanoush, and kibbeh. The pita was served cold, which disappointed me. I like warm bread when dipping into the appetizers. It almost felt like they just took it out of the bag and served it to us. For the main meal we got a mixed kabob grill platter, since they were out of their special. This included Iraqi kabob, chicken kabob and beef kabob. The cubes of beef were way too hard, and I refused to eat more than the first piece I tried. The chicken was not bad and my favorite of the three was the softer beef kabob. The rice was not bad with the meat platter, but in the end I was underwhelmed. Seems like fellow yelpers mentioned a change in chefs over the years, so perhaps before the food used to actually be good? And I was puzzled because I couldn't really make a distinction as to which part of my meal was really Iraqi cuisine? All the food that I ate I could find in most middle eastern restaurants. It would be nice to have at least a couple distinct dishes if you are going to specifically say you are serving food from a certain region.
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