Lamb Shawarma Salad
Rodini Park

Rodini Park

11049 Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles I-91601-6807, United States, 91601-5651

Greek • Fast Food • Vegetarian • Mediterranean


"I recently wound up coming here two days in a row. I was up in the area for a friend's show around the corner and we stopped in after to get some food. This is a fast casual place with a similar approach as Chipotle in terms of how you can order your food, but everything is homemade and the ingredients are higher quality. You can get a plate, sandwich (2 diff sizes), or salad. They also have things like meat pies and moussaka and daily specials in terms of the meats they serve. It was a bit later (maybe 9:30pm) by the time we got there. I ordered a salad with gyro meat. The salads were huge and they were very generous with the portions of meat they put in their meals. Because it was late, the meat was a bit dry and salty but the flavors were good. I loved the spices they put on the pita bread they throw it on the grill right before they give it to you which gives it a nice crispness on the edges. All the veggies in the salad were crisp and fresh and I loved the sauces they had on the side (tzatziki and the house aioli mount olympus were my choices). The reason I came back the next day was the DESSERT CASE. They had some serious and very unique desserts and I wanted to come back and try them out. This time I wound up getting a lamb shawarma salad, which was super moist and flavorful much better than the gyro meat. For dessert, my friend and I shared a cannoli cream puff, Greek candy bar, and a piece of the salted caramel baklava cheesecake. They were so good! I'm not normally a fusion enthusiast, but the salted caramel baklava cheesecake changed my heart this was one of the best desserts I've ever eaten. My friend's favorite dessert of the three was the Greek candy bar it had a few different layers with different textures and flavors and it was also a standout. They also had baklava ice cream that I haven't tried yet. Everyone who worked here was super friendly! I will definitely be back whenever I'm in North Hollywood for that cheesecake!"

Kibberia

Kibberia

93 Mill Plain Rd, 06811, Danbury, United States

Salads • Lebanese • Mediterranean • Middle Eastern


"What a wonderful Danbury find! It's in an area with some pretty stiff competition when it comes to excellent food Stanziato's and Le's Kitchen just to name a few but Kibberia easily knocks it out of the park when it comes to Lebanese Mediterranean. On our visit, salads were particularly stellar with a good balance of high quality, well conceived ingredients, while my boys' wraps included a generous amount of moist, well seasoned proteins. The deets: Falafel Salad $8.99; Our famous falafel served on top of lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles, parsley and dressed with tahini sauce I don't know if their falafel are really famous, but if they aren't, they should be! These lovely little one inch, parsley inflected balls were perfectly fried, crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and still a little warm when we consumed it, despite being served on a bed of cold vegetables. No disparagement to those cold vegetables! The high quality lettuce, finely chopped tomatoes onions and pickles were all in perfect balance, better than the sum of their parts. The huge pita bowl they came in made for a visually stunning presentation, but I think we'll ask for the salad without the bowl next time but with an extra side order or two of those fabulous falafels . There wasn't enough moisture in the salad to balance out all that crisp pita. Russian Kale Chicken Salad $10.99; Chopped red kale mixed with red beets, slivered almonds, dried cranberries apples, and served with a satisfying semi sweet dressing and roasted chicken breast This was such a perfectly designed salad, especially for the season, good, fresh kale chopped to just the right size for eating. I hate when salads come with enormous pieces of vegetables that require attack with a knife. The small diced beets, crunchy almonds, dried cranberries, dried apples, moist chicken, and slightly mustardy dressing made for a winning combination. Both the Lamb Shawarma Wrap $11.99; Seared lamb shawarma strips with tomatoes, onion, pickles, parsley, lettuce and tahini sauce and Chicken Shawarma Wrap $8.45; Seasoned and seared chicken shawarma strips with tomato, onion, pickles, parsley, and lettuce all dressed with tahini sauce came with a toasted, lavash like flatbread thicker and more sturdy than your typical lavash, though , generously filled with juicy, well seasoned meat and thick, rich tahini. For one wrap, we asked for tomatoes and tahini on the side and received large ramekins of each to add as we liked. This really is a lovely little restaurant serving food that feels truly nourishing and wholesome. This food makes you feel good when you eat it. Staff on our visit were smiling and kind. There were beautiful baklavas and, IIRC, date balls in the cases by the counter, as well as prepared foods and convenience foods to prepare at home e.g. flatbread pizza . Here's to many return visits!"