Malak - Mediteranean Cuisine

The tagline reads "mediteranean cuisine" though the menu leans like windswept cedars on open deserplains toward classic Arabic fare

ya gotta know that the Greeks wouldn't have purposely selected the name 'Malak'a linguistic faux pas for sure - particularly for a pita wrap shack who's neighbour is a Caribbean jerk shack (Mitzie's Jerk)- WTK? (...what the ki'fah?)

It's been my ongoing quest to find reliable falafel / shawarma eats in the Etobicoke 'hoods (see previous posts) so I made a deliberate push bike voyage to this oft over-looked space on Bloor St. near Islington Ave. Meat, chicken, veg plates with potatoes, rice, fatoush salad also kebabs, kibbes, hummus, pita bread meals and more entree's on offer...

They have wraps for $3.95 each, so I ordered my 'standard trio' to test ; 1 chicken shawarma, 1 beef shawarma and 1 falafel to go, grabbed a seat and sipped an icy Corona while waiting for my order. It is a comfortable, clean, humble little dining section with trinkets and chatchkas from the medi-mid-eastern lands as points of interest. There were a few other diners within and another take-out patron came through, so not a bad bit of business going on. It could really use some colour and tunes on rotation to 'sparkle up' the ambience - perhaps even some Arabic music, hey why not? I love that stuff.

The 3 wraps were available in good time and I peddled them home, chopped

them in half and shared the bounty with the family. Not too bad actually, could've used a little more saucyness and I don't recall coming across any 'spicy' options (though that all may be easily rectified with a brief Q&A at order time...).

The beef was the tastiest, falafel texture was good, chicken was a tad bland - corrected via external spicing. Malak has great value overall and decent enough food on sample. A repeat visit will occur and spice/sauce customization options explored - can't give up the dream.

Price: good - approx $17 (with Corona)
Rating: C+