Sunday, May 6, 2007

Phoenicia Restaurant, 1560 Barton Rd, Redlands, CA 92373

This is a perennial favorite of mine. I was ordering to-go, so I ordered two plates: The Falafel plate ($6.75) and the Shwarma beef plate ($8.95). They charged me tax, even though it was a to-go order. Each plate came with two refined wheat pitas, about a half to two-thirds of a cup of hummus, 1/4 cup of tahini, about a cup of basmati rice cooked with onions, a green salad with oil and vinegar, topped with about four small pickled turnips. The falafel came with four average size falafel balls, and there was roughly a cup of shwarma. The Shwarma was cut in front of me, and it was a little dry for my taste today. The falafel was wonderful even after I traveled a distance to eat it. The hummus was good; it was fresh with oil drizzled on top.
I'm not sure what the deal with the shwarma was. I had just seen a Food Network feature on the Mad Greek in Baker (which I recommend), that showed how they made Shwarma. That probably influenced my decision to order. Probably an end-of-day problem. No matter, I'll be back.

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