We need to find a quick dinner...7 PM ...what's still open? How far do we have to drive? What can we agree on? Time to give Tahini a try.
Located in New Brighton (County
Road E and Silver Lake Road) Tahini could be described as the local
family-owned version of Naf Naf Grill. The ubiquitous cones (shawarma,
chicken shawarma) are in clear view and you can
get a bowl or a wrap with hummus or rice as the base. There are
standard bowls/wraps you can build-your-own version.
It was
late. Rather than holding up the poor staff member while gazing indecisively, we chose the chicken shawarma bowl and the falafel wrap
in the standard versions (actually John said "Just pick something. I don't care. It's late.").
After ordering I asked
what was most popular...it was the chicken shawarma
bowl...so we hit the jackpot!
The bowl contained rice,
chicken, touma sauce (a garlic sauce), greens, and tomato. The wrap contained falafel (made in-house), hummus, Arabian pickles, cucumber, tomato,
and olives on a flat bread which was then pressed on the
panini press. The meats are Halal certified and the toppings are
gluten free. The spicing is Levantine...so characterized by things like
fenugreek, allspice, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, cloves.
We were quite pleased with both
menu items. John's bowl (actually, served on a plate) was beautiful
and bountiful. He had trouble finishing the whole thing. My wrap was
warm, the bread was excellent and there was
an abundance of falafel. The Arabian pickles had just a little kick
which helped balance the flavors.
The experience was friendly and quick...tonight with a quick, cute smile (the employee, not John)!
Tahini is great for quick lunch (11 AM-2 PM) and also open for dinner (4-8 PM).
They take a break during the slow hours of 2-4 PM)
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