King Falafel

Shawarma is hard to mess up but for some reason, out of every ethnic food you can get in Toronto, the shawarma is just atrocious across the board. On my way home one day I forgot that because I needed to eat quickly. I got a mixed shawarma plate, it did the job of filling me up but I really didn’t enjoy eating it… I’ll leave it at that

Falafels!
What is the deal with these Middle Eastern joints which emphasizes the word ‘Falafel,” in their restaurant name, but once you walk in it’s all shawarma?
So I was grabbing lunch with three co-​workers and we took the company vehicle which we parked just across the street, since our company car can park anywhere for free, we didn’t pay any attention to the parking enforcement looking at us.
Our lunch was restricted to a time limit, which is the only reason I didn’t end up somewhere in the financial district for a pretentious plate of arugula.
The restaurant name says falafel, so it would lead me to believe that upon entering, there would be a variety of different falafels to choose from. But the fact of the matter is that all the falafels I was going to find are placed in this little tin tray made probably from a frozen batch yesterday. In this case, there’s lamb, chicken and beef to choose from, and it’s not bad… but I got lured here because of the word FALAFEL.
It’s like if I were to go into Spring Rolls, I expect there to be a plethora of spring rolls to choose from – which of course there is – at spring rolls, because it’s called spring rolls… not ‘A Spring Roll (restaurant).
I got the chicken shawarma AND some falafels, and I’m watching them shave my chicken from that giant pile of spinning meat to make sure that I was getting my money’s worth (don’t pretend you don’t do it as well). The process of putting my $ 12 lunch into the takeaway was going okay… until the man reached for my falafels. He took them piece by piece and placed in tupperware, which confused me. Then he walked the tuppperware opposite to where I was standing, and in front of my very eyes he placed my falafels into the MICROWAVE! I was shocked, and I was speechless! I cannot believe what has just occurred. I have just paid $ 16 for partially microwaved food, is that even Halal?
TIM HORTINS WAS CLASSIER THAN THIS!
He gave me my food and I gave him a look of disapproval, but the look could have been misinterpreted because I was in my Army uniform, and he was Middle Eastern. But one thing was clear, and it was that I was displeased.
There needs to be a brainstorming session by the Middle Eastern food association of people who cook halal food or something. I don’t know whether falafels only come in on kind, but reform is needed. It’s not some you go into a soup restaurant and they only have chicken noodle.
Worst $ 20 I ever spent!

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Ugh. Possibly the worst falafel sandwich I’ve ever had – the falafel was tasteless, the pita was sloppily rolled so it dripped all over, and the guy at the counter wasn’t even wearing gloves. (Does it say something about me that I was so hungry I ate it anyway?) I should have skipped it.