Lazeez

With a heavy heart I write this review. This is a smallish Mediterranean takeout shop inside the Shops at 404 and Steeles. The proprietor that day was making some good effort in selling their product, even goes «satisfaction guaranteed or money back» to me. They didn’t complain that we got some coffee from the next door store (I wasn’t in the mood for cold drinks or bottled water)
Unfortunately, I have to say the taste wasn’t my cup of tea. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt by ordering a few dishes including the shawarma and the ground beef, filet beef rice dish.
The rice is okay, but the beef were over seasoned, it was hard to discern the flavor of the meat anymore. He gave us this digestive spice which buffered some of the other spices, but it still couldn’t bring out the flavor of the beef.
The shawarma meat (probably because it was the end of the day) was very «powdery» in the mouth and was over seasoned with a sour blend that I can’t tell what kind of meat it was.
At the very least he gave me some of the overcooked rice which I sort of liked. Sort of like tough chips.