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| - Yesterday I wanted a sandwich, so my boyfriend suggested we walk over to Shawarma Station. I was a bit apprehensive walking in because someone had told me some time back that the guy had tried to charge her an extra 2 or 3 bucks for a teaspoon of hummus.
Anyway, I still went to check it out. While walking in, there was a 'Sam is back!' sign at the door, and upon entering, there was a huge blown up article about 'Sam's magic fingers' on the wall. I'm talking gigantic, like life-size. It was a bit 'Woah' for me. This was Sam overload, and I hadn't even met the guy yet. It had been a whole 5 seconds of me looking at the menu on the wall when this 'Sam' appeared and started asking us what we want, and when I wasnt sure, he started offering little samples of his meat. All well and good, because his samples were very tasty, but I hardly had a quiet moment to think of what I wanted to order because he kept going on and on about how his meat was the best in town and that we should try the mixed shawarma. He kept referring to us as 'my friend' and kept saying "anything you want my friend, anything you want' and 'thank you very much my friend, thank you very much.' It was a bit too much even for me. Way too overbearing.
We caved in and ordered 2 mixed shawarma plates, and 2 drinks. While making the plate, he kept asking if I want olives, if I want hummus, if I want tomatoes, etc etc. I kept saying, yes, yes, no, etc. In the end I had a plate with a little bit of salad, a little bit of hummus and a fair amount of meat. The 2 plates with 2 drinks came to $31.50. I was a bit shocked to say the least. My bad, for not asking the breakdown of all the costs? Because this was a bit ridiculous.
Maybe this is not Montreal, but back there when I went to a shawarma place, I used to get plates piled high with salad, meat, and DELICIOUS garlic potatoes AND a pita for about 9 or 10 bucks maximum. This time, no garlic potatoes, no pita bread. And it was over 13 bucks for each plate. Did they charge me $3 for the hummus? Maybe I should have asked. But I shouldn't have to. The guy should INFORM me if something he is putting on my plate is going to cost me extra.
The meat was tasty, but the whole deal was ridiculously overpriced. I would not go back again to pay $15 a person for a random fast-food/sandwich/shawarma craving. And Sam should really tone it down a little.
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