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Ode to the Falafel
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chorse123
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I'm a Mamoun fan too. Falafel or shish taouk, both are awesome and super cheapOriginally Posted by gdl203
Have you tried the place on 12th street, west of University? It's a more veggie-laden sandwich, but it's tasty. I also like the Rainbow Falafel on 17th Street and go there almost once a week.
Basically, I'm too lazy to walk down to Mamouns unless it's summer.
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I love eating falafel in Paris on Sundays.
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Have you tried the place on 12th street, west of University? It's a more veggie-laden sandwich, but it's tasty. I also like the Rainbow Falafel on 17th Street and go there almost once a week.Originally Posted by chorse123
I haven't. Honestly, I have no idea if Mamoun is the best or even in the top quartile. I just got used to going there when I was going to school around the corner. Mamoun, Pepe Rosso, Ben's Pizza would be our go-to places for a cheap lunch.
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I tried a falafel once. It was pretty good, but when I realized that for nearly the same price, I could get lamb in the pita instead, I stopped getting falafels.Originally Posted by Milhouse
lamb is a couple of bucks more....
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Best ever was Gyro Gyros in Houston which, sadly, is no longer with us.
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lamb is a couple of bucks more....Originally Posted by romafan
Yep, like I said. . . nearly the same price. I think the place near me when I lived in the US was like 3 for a falafel, 4.50 for a gyro, and 6 for a "gyro plate" which had hummus and rice too.
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Gyros are pretty disgusting at most places though. They buy those pre-made cone-shaped masses of meat, frozen, ready to turn. I've seen them switch the gyro and it's not pretty - kinda like a giant frozen sausage. At the good places, they are made by stacking slices of meat on that rotisserie stake, but I rarely these any more
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Yep, like I said. . . nearly the same price. I think the place near me when I lived in the US was like 3 for a falafel, 4.50 for a gyro, and 6 for a "gyro plate" which had hummus and rice too.Originally Posted by Milhouse
percentage-wise you're usually talking a 50% increase....
Amsterdam Falafel in DC. Went for the first time a few weeks back, and now I can't get it out of my head.Originally Posted by rdawson808
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Word up. I used to live down the street...copped at least a couple times a week.
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percentage-wise you're usually talking a 50% increase....Originally Posted by romafan
Yeah, but the overall cost is still very low, making the percentages irrelevant to me. An extra 1.50 for lamb instead of deep fried beans seemed like a pretty good deal to me.
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Gyros are pretty disgusting at most places though. They buy those pre-made cone-shaped masses of meat, frozen, ready to turn. I've seen them switch the gyro and it's not pretty - kinda like a giant frozen sausage. At the good places, they are made by stacking slices of meat on that rotisserie stake, but I rarely these any moreOriginally Posted by gdl203
greg, you haven't been to the right gyros places.
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Best I ever had was in Israel.Originally Posted by Alter
The place I went to was the equivalent to a hotdog stand. You basically paid for the pita bread and they had a huge assortment of fillings including falafel, veggies and sauces.
Alter, what kind of sauces did the street stands in Israel have? Just the usual tahini sauce and the chili sauce, or some other stuff as well?
Any falafal place that doesn't have the hot chili sauce is a disgrace. The sauce at Mamoun's is f'in awesome. Ridiculously spicy.
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I really enjoyed Maoz in both London and Amsterdam. This persian place was amazing in my old town, but they closed down and i cant remember what they were called.
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