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| - We discovered Pita Jungle when our daughter gave us a newspaper article that discussed the best places for vegan/vegetarian dining in the Phoenix area.
Pita Jungle was on the list and since it was near our hotel, we decided to give it a try.
It's not strictly a vegan/vegetarian restaurant---it does serve entrees with meat, chicken and fish.
Upon first entering, we noticed that the decor was nothing to write home about. However, we feel that doesn't matter if the food is good. We were greeted by our server who told us to pick a table and she would bring us some menus. She was very friendly and helpful. In fact, she talked us through the menu---even making some suggestions. Surprisingly, despite the restaurant's name, she suggested not ordering a pita sandwich because---as she put it---you can get pita sandwiches in many other places. She also warned us that their entree portions were huge.
We decided to go with two of her recommendations. I ordered the Lavosh Sharwarma Wrap and my husband ordered the Lentil Fatoosh Salad.
About the Lavosh Sharwarma Wrap---Lavosh is sometimes called Armenian cracker bread and comes in a crisp or soft version. This wrap had the soft version which still had a cracker like consistency. It was very tasty---the chicken was moist and flavorful, the grilled vegetables (tomatoes and onions) were well prepared and complimented the chicken quite well. However, the garlic sauce which had a mayonnaise look and consistency was on the bland side. This sandwich comes with a Greek salad. I asked the waitress if I could get the salad without Feta Cheese since I'm not a fan. She said that was OK. The salad had lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, cucumbers and Kalamata olives that had pits in them. The dressing was a lemon vinaigrette. All in all a great meal. And, yes, it was quite filling. I ended up bringing half the sandwich to our daughter!
About the Lentil Fatoosh Salad. This consists of lentils and rice with carmelized onions over mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, pita chips and lemon vinaigrette. My husband---much to his suprise---really enjoyed it. I tasted it and agreed with him. The flavors melded very well together. Again, he also couldn't eat it all and our daughter got some of that!
When we asked our waitress for boxes, she said, basically, "See? I told you it was a lot of food!"
To drink, I had their freshly made lemonade and it was very refreshing---not too tart yet not too sweet---and refills were free! My husband had an orange flavored Pellegrino water. He was quite surprised to see that on the beverage menu!
It's too bad we're not planning any more Arizona trips as our daughter is moving or we certainly would return to this Pita Jungle!
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