Somalian meal is a new venture for me outside of Moroccan, Ethiopian, or Tunisian. I've been surprised by some African flavours before and I'm more than willing to go to the sketchiest parts of Toronto to further my search for memorable meals. The fact is if I don't give it a try, I would never know on a personal level what I am missing or what I should be missing furthermore.
If you're looking for a date spot, this is far from it.
If you're looking for a fullhouse hip-happening space, nope.
If you're looking for East African Somalian food/takeout, this could be it.
Empty was the space with some aspects of African in the decor but it seems like work-in-progress. The Menu is minimal which makes it easy to select from. Goat Meat, Chicken Steak, Chicken Stew, King Fish, Beef Stew, Vegetarian. All equal or less than $9.99 no complains for a well portioned meal.
Dishes served with either Rice, Chipatti or Spaghetti, including Tea, Mango or Water Melon drinks. The extremely happy friendly limited chit-chat lone waiter/cook didn't really speak of the side choices and I didn't request miscellaneous choices so what came was Rice and Watermelon drink which by no means are impressive. Simply Rice and Watermelon drink that doesn't taste like much and looked Kool-aid like.
The Goat Broth Soup arrived first, seems a standard mirepoix stock with some specks most likely of Goat but no Goat gaminess at all. Hot Soup, good starter no complains.
Beef Stew didn't really have any enticing flavours which reminds me of my previous Ethiopian mush purees The Chicken Steak was same flavourless and was cooked to Jerky consistency maybe that's the intent traditional cooking style, I wouldn't know.
I would say the value of the meal is there, but as I see Take-out after Take-out being bagged and taken away. I'm sure its popular to the African ethnicity's but I only really liked the Spice Tea and the Hot Sauce. The Spice Tea is really reminiscent of Korean Cinnamon Tea while Hot Sauce being Spicy Tomatillo Salsa.