Date: August 22, 2013
Location: 171 Dundas St W (west of Bay), Downtown Toronto
Website: http://www.phenu.com/wrapandgrab
Website: http://www.phenu.com/wrapandgrab
Cuisine: Lebanese/Middle Eastern
Meal: lunch
My thoughts:
After entering Garden Restaurant and realizing that my party and I wouldn't be seated any time soon, we came here upon the suggestion of one of my co-workers.
I had the chicken shawarma plate - which is what I always get at shawarma restaurants. The total came to $9.60 tax included. Pretty standard for a shawarma plate.
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The goods: The portion size and the food, or more specifically, the garlic butter. It gave the dry chicken the juices that it was missing. In fact, it made everything taste a whole lot better! Let me clarify that the food itself really wasn't too shabby. Everything was very flavourful, but was either too salty (turnip, rice), sour (turnip, salad), or oily (salad). If butter wasn't so unhealthy, I would've asked for an extra slab of it.
Now the bads: The dingy decor, cramped space, poor air circulation.. and the worst offence of all.. an eyelash in my salad. Before you point out the possibility that it could belong to me, I was wearing mascara today and the eyelash that sat on a piece of lettuce in my salad was bare. I was nearly finished my meal at that point, so I decided to turn a blind eye. I'd enjoyed my meal enough anyway.
So there definitely are some major 'bads' to this restaurant, but it was still good enough for me to make a second visit the following week.
After entering Garden Restaurant and realizing that my party and I wouldn't be seated any time soon, we came here upon the suggestion of one of my co-workers.
I had the chicken shawarma plate - which is what I always get at shawarma restaurants. The total came to $9.60 tax included. Pretty standard for a shawarma plate.
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The goods: The portion size and the food, or more specifically, the garlic butter. It gave the dry chicken the juices that it was missing. In fact, it made everything taste a whole lot better! Let me clarify that the food itself really wasn't too shabby. Everything was very flavourful, but was either too salty (turnip, rice), sour (turnip, salad), or oily (salad). If butter wasn't so unhealthy, I would've asked for an extra slab of it.
Now the bads: The dingy decor, cramped space, poor air circulation.. and the worst offence of all.. an eyelash in my salad. Before you point out the possibility that it could belong to me, I was wearing mascara today and the eyelash that sat on a piece of lettuce in my salad was bare. I was nearly finished my meal at that point, so I decided to turn a blind eye. I'd enjoyed my meal enough anyway.
So there definitely are some major 'bads' to this restaurant, but it was still good enough for me to make a second visit the following week.
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