Post #15 - January 28th, 2011, 6:40 pm Post #15 - January 28th, 2011, 6:40 pm

I don't know what you think about dinner, but there must be a relation between the breakfast and the happiness. --Cemal Süreyya

Ronna and I had lunch at Pita Kabab today, and it was just just a half click north of godawful. We each ordered an 8-Way lunch special, but were only able to count 7 items on the plate. Perhaps the napkin counts as the 8th. (I would rather have eaten the napkin than some of the things on my plate.)A huge portion of boring, but otherwise unobjectionable rice, decent chicken schwarma, and it went downhill fast from there. As noted above, the falafel was a room temperature, dense, and unpalatable blob. Chunks of chicken breast were painfully dry, chunks of lamb were overcooked and chewy, and kefta fragment was mushy and bland. Salad of shredded lettuce and mealy tomato came undressed, but with oil and vinegar on the table. We thought about using the tahini sauce, but it was awful too. (Raw tahini diluted with water does not a tahini sauce make.)Sure, the lunch special is $5.99, but I wouldn't call it a bargain at half price. I left most of it on my plate, called an audible, and enjoyed a Nhu Lan bahn mi for 2nd lunch.With all of the great Middle Eastern food available in nearby Albany Park, this place isn't worth the virtual ink I just wasted on it. Bleurgh.--Rich