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My friend and I had gone to Sheikh Palace in Rivonia couple of times, to get a takeaway and later for dining in. Second Visit: We ordered Chicken Shawarma, Hummus, and Pita. Shawarma: Chunks of chicken, well cooked and yummy. One of nice Shawarma places we found in Johannesburg Hummus and Pita: As always, my favorite and Sheikh palace delivered good. First Visit: After some intense discussions and taking suggestions from the steward, we ordered for 3 pitas, a beef steak (which came with fries) and a Baba ghanoush. Beef Steak: Too little for the price being charged. Only consolation was the fries that came with it. My friend found it decent. Baba ghanoush: Decent fare again. Not something you’d rave about, but not very bad either. Note: Peri Peri sauce supplied with the steak and Baba ghanoush still had the raw onion flavor and wasn’t ground well. It was a put off, considering the price we paid for the food. Total bill: R 220 Total bill (Second visit): R 255 Quality: 3/5 Quantity: 2.5/5

My friend and I went to Mi Vami in Sunninghill few days back for getting some Shawarma. We placed our orders for a Chicken Shawarma, Beef Shawarma and a Falafel. Chicken Shawarma: Ok Ok kind. First time I had a Shawarma made with chunks of meat, instead of shredded meat. Made me crave more for the shawarmas I used to get back in India Beef Shawarma: My friend was the one who had it. He felt it was very average. Falafel: 2 bites and we felt like gagging. It had a very sour taste and somehow didn’t click. This one went to the bin. Total bill: R 150 and odd. VFM: Most definitely not. Quantity: 4/5 Taste: 2/5 Quality: 2/5 Service: 4/5 Will I visit this place again? – Most definitely not.

I went to Primi Piatti on Midrand for a dinner with my colleague today, as both of us were quite hungry. We initially ordered for couple of pastas: Recco, Recco Con Pollo and I ordered for a Blue Lagoon (Smirnoff with Blue Curacao, it was freezing outside and I had forgotten to take my jacket in the morning 😛 ) and my colleague went for a Mango juice. We had both requested white sauce for the pastas. After a considerable amount of time, our steward informed us that they’ve missed our order and asked us to re-order, which we did. When we did, the steward informed us that it isn’t possible to make the Recco Con Pollo with white sauce, so my colleague went with Pasta Campognola. When I mentioned white sauce for Recco (Veg), the steward sadly didn’t make any such observations. After another considerable amount of time, when our food finally came, I was in for a shock. Recco was red sauce ! And an even worse shock was that it smelt exactly like a Ghee-full, South Indian Sambar rice 😛 Tast

I went to Taste of Punjab with a colleague of mine last night for a quick Indian meal. Our order was: Hot & Sour Soup – Quite decent, not really hot though, had to add a large amount of pepper to make it ‘hot’. Paneer Tikka Masala – Decent, but don’t expect the Indian taste here. At best this would be the distant cousin of Paneer Butter Masala you get in India. Tangy tomato-ish taste. Tandoori Rotis – Usual. Point to note: Rotis are always served with rice here, so plan some room on your tummy accordingly. Bill: 3 rotis, Soup (Split as 1/2), Paneer Tikka Masala together came to R 111 and some odd. 1 R = INR 5.57 last I checked. So around 550. Quantity: Quite sufficient for 2 healthy eaters. We even had some rice left. Service: As a standard, service is excellent in South Africa, with people being friendly. But, in return, we as customers are expected to return the politeness and if we’re to go about “ordering” them around, then I guess we won’t get stuff done over here. Note: W