6.126 Tabouleh + Chicken Tikka

katch4246

12 years ago

6.126

11 (Mon) May 2015

Tabouleh + Chicken Tikka

from Shawarma Snack Center [takeaway]

in my apartment

2.0

-Ermita, Manila-

solo

This is the original SSC (right), located directly across the alley from the new SSC (left) (see generally 5.078 Broccoli & Shrimp + Falafal), now regarded as the main.

In exchange for slightly lower prices, the facilities are marginally lesser, like that rinky dink air conditioner that may as well be a furnace for all the good it does — on the bright side, no shisha smokers.

Initially, I’d gone to the main location but left upon learning that tabouleh was out of stock* for the evening. The original location had tabouleh, which shows that the kitchens are totally independent of each other.

* I find this difficult to believe, given the simplicity/ubiquity of the ingredients — bulgur wheat, parsley, onion, tomato, lemon juice, salt, sugar — as well as the time required to make the dish — 10 minutes.

Dishes are about 10% less than across the street.

And the choice of dishes, not as expansive.

The food was unremarkable, leaning towards mediocre. Dryish chicken — not really tikka. Dryish bread. Bland garlic sauce. Hohum tabouleh, mostly parsley, but fresh.

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