Midtown Lunch

Photo courtesy of Drawing for Food

• Thrillist spreads the word about this guy who does deliveries of home made soups [Thrillist]
• And more local homemade info: you can get fresh tofu at Viet Tofu [Mac&Cheese]
• Hummus alert: Falafel Bar has opened at 1513 Chestnut and Zaffron Hummus Bar is coming to Liberty Place at the end of the month [Foobooz]
• The New York Times admits that Philly has some great restaurants, including Supper and Barbuzzo [NY Times]
• The soondubu looks hot and spicy at Koreana [Drawing for Food]

A while back I visited Sahara Grill for a late night meal and I went back for lunch to see if my hazy memory of excellent shawarma was accurate or completely off. Sahara Grill serves your standard Middle Eastern food. I was tempted to get a side of baba gannouj, but I had just made an eggplant dip at home, and didn’t feel like adding another $4 to my  lunch. Luckily the shawarma sandwich was all I needed.

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I was in the mood for shwarma, so I stopped by Kamal’s in Reading Terminal. The menu is exactly what you would expect: falafel, shwarma, dips, etc. with options in platter or sandwich form. How could you mess up shwarma, right?

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With promises of cheesesteaks I lured my New York friends to come visit me in Philly, so I had to deliver.  But that didn’t mean I had to wait in that line with them. I was hungry! I spotted Alyan’s Middle Eastern Cuisine across the street and figured I could pick up something quickly, and then hang out in the outdoor seating while pointing and laughing at my hungry friends on the long line.

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