Osmow's Restaurant

So instead of satisfying my sushi craving, I settled for settling another craving; LAMB SHAWARMA.  Now, I love this little place in the UK near Queensway station called "Taza".  I decided to find a place closer to home since I don't want to fly 7 hours to get my fix.

Enter, Osmow's Restaurant.  Being prone to food poisoning I did a lot of research on restaurants nearby (also, because gas is getting expensive again).  Found a few interesting ones but Osmow's seemed like that best choice since it got an 87% positive rating on urbanspoon.com.

There's a great selection of dishes!  Of course, I only go for what I want so I asked for the Shawarma but with lamb.  Now, it's called something else here, I'm not quite sure why but maybe that's the proper way of ordering what I had in mind.  So I got what I thought was a "lamb shawarma".  I believe it's called the Lamb Kofta.  Not sure how this works, didn't get a chance to clarify since they were so busy.

It's unbelievable but I live about 15 minutes away which means that I waited there for 30 minutes.  Don't get me wrong, they're not slow.  It's THAT BUSY.  I think I counted 12 people standing in line in front of me and while I was waiting about 14 showed up to stand in line behind me.

OK to get to the good stuff.  My 'lamb shawarma' consisted of all the usual goodies; spiced lamb, all their sauces, and veggies.  That's all great.  They are so generous with the sauce, driving home was an ordeal because I saw one on a plate and how the sauces were just flowing out of it.  I actually wrapped my seat belt around it so it wouldn't tip over and get sauces all over my leather.

When I got back it was as delicious as I hoped it would be.  I got that in the Super-Size and medium spicy.  Now, I'm a fan of spicy food and I can take quite a bit.  This was just right and it broke out some beads of sweat which is perfect (sweating while you eat spicy is good, it's part of the experience).  The lamb was juicy and tender and the ratio of condiments to wrap was excellent.  The wrap wasn't too thick but it was thick enough to keep the juices in there until I got around to the bottom of the shawarma.  The lamb didn't taste overwhelming and the sauces complimented with it excellently.

The only complaint I have is that the capacity of the shop is still very small despite their efficient layout and how they mount a massive rack of chicken into their rotisserie can almost kill a man.  Maybe YOU should go and eat there so they can expand in the near future and serve more of us!

The one I went to is at 251 Queen St South, Unit 1.  It's near the Streetsville station.

Hurrah!  Now, I still and only crave sushi.

***I know the pictures might not be that appetizing but what more can you want from an amateur photographer, economics student, phone camera, and a hungry hungry individual?