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Written by Web Master
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Friday, 01 August 2003 |
It's hard to write about Ray's Lebanese food - do you start by talking about the amazing food? Or by talking about Ray, who has to be one of the friendlest people you'd ever meet? He also has an amazing memory and will remember your regular order if you've been there more than once or twice.
One of my favorite chicken pitas is from Ray's in Scotia Square. A large is $5, and has all sorts of good stuff in it - potatos, bug chunks of grilled chicken breast, garlic, hummus and salad. Even when Ray runs out of salad, he'll substitute something like Tabouli instead, and make a totally different pita, yet equally as good. The best time to get a chicken pita is when the chicken has just come off the grill, and is still warm. This usually happens over lunch hour at least once, but it's rare to catch it in the act.
Ray himself is one of the reasons that his food is so popular - he's always in an amazing mood, and he talks to his customers and acts genuinely interested in them. If you step back and look at the food court lineups at lunchtime, Ray's almost always has the longest lineup. And he's worth the wait!
Ray's signature dessert - baklava - is always available, sitting on a tray by the cash register. It doesn't have the same "dripping with sugar" texture to it like the baklava you find at GreekFest, and it may be that I've been spoiled by GreekFest and that's why I find Ray's bakalava a shade dry. Ray's has been awarded "Best Falafel" by the Coast for the past four or five years, but I've yet to try his Falafel. Perhaps it's because his chicken pitas are so good.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 20 March 2006 )
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