314 E Main St
Richardson, TX
75081-6045
Richardson, TX
75081-6045
972.234.9898
Great Mediterranean style food in Richardson, Tx. This is another cafeteria style place. It's not much to look at but the food more than makes up for it.
We started off with mint tea. It's really similar to mint tea we used to get at a place called Cafe Marrakesh, that isn't open anymore.
The tea isn't sweet here though, and it was at Marrakesh. I counted how many spoons of sugar it took before it tasted the same. 4 and 1/2! for one cup. eep!
And we used to drink pots of the stuff.
Valentina started with an order of Tabbouli. She loves this stuff, but it sort of tastes like lemon flavored parsley to me. I can take it or leave it.
After that, we both ordered the Shish Tawook.. which is basically chicken kababs, and they came with your choice of sides. I got hummus and fattoush which is a type of salad, and Valentina had hummus and baba ghannouj, which is sort of a baked eggplant. It came with turnips and a fabulous garlic sauce.
Just about this time, they seated a couple at the table beside us with a toddler about 2 years old. A screaming toddler. And the woman was egging him on.. teasing him with pieces of food and making him scream louder. So I feel a rant coming on...
lady, people aren't looking at you because they think you're funny or your baby is cute. They're thinking up ways to kill you. Even the occasional woman who might come up and tell you how cute your baby is.. she doesn't mean it.. she's trying to gauge whether or not her fellow diners will turn her in if she stabs you and the kid with a butter knife once she's in range. No one wants to go out and spend 30 to 100 dollars on a nice evening, to have their peace and quiet ruined by your screaming spawn. If an adult screamed non stop in a restaurant they'd be asked to leave. ..And that also goes for you brainiacs who bring your kids to R rated movies and let them run up and down the aisles. Take your cheap asses home and hire a baby sitter. rant over.
Dessert was awesome! Except we had to eat it over the sound of screaming.
They have all kinds of different flavors of baklava and gelato.
We both went for the pistachio baklava and coffee flavored gelato. It's worth going there just for the dessert.
Afterwards we drove down the street to TGI Fridays to get a drink. We both left with a headache from the screaming. Afrah doesn't serve alcohol.
4 out of 5 stars (for the food)
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