Thursday, July 06, 2006
Pizza Boyz
1577 Alta Vista Drive
July 6th, 2006
Shawarma: 3/5
Mesa: ?
Experience: 2/5
Not all places that serve Shawarma are full-on Sharmaries. Some are just corner stores with a Shawarma counter at the back. Other places serve shawarma in addition to whatever other types of food they serve. Pizza Boyz at Alta Vista and Industrial is one of the latter. As the name suggests, it’s mostly a pizza joint, but you can also get wings, BBQ chicken and lasagna; and of course, shawarma.
A buddy of mine had a new set of wheels, so we took the opportunity at lunch to go for a quick spin. He knew of this place and stops by for lunch once in a while.
Although apparently they do make full “specialty” platters with the rice and potatoes, I was just in for a chicken shawarma. It was good, but not exemplary. The chicken was a bit bland and dry. Luckily, the garlic sauce and pickles filled in the flavour that the chicken lacked. The toppings were fresh, the tomatoes were ripe and the lettuce and onion had lots of crunch.
Overall it was fairly done, though it cost more than the going price elsewhere. Maybe this is because they advertise that the delivery is free (for order above $8). So, for our full money’s worth, we should have forgone the drive and had them bring it to us.
July 6th, 2006
Shawarma: 3/5
Mesa: ?
Experience: 2/5
Not all places that serve Shawarma are full-on Sharmaries. Some are just corner stores with a Shawarma counter at the back. Other places serve shawarma in addition to whatever other types of food they serve. Pizza Boyz at Alta Vista and Industrial is one of the latter. As the name suggests, it’s mostly a pizza joint, but you can also get wings, BBQ chicken and lasagna; and of course, shawarma.
A buddy of mine had a new set of wheels, so we took the opportunity at lunch to go for a quick spin. He knew of this place and stops by for lunch once in a while.
Although apparently they do make full “specialty” platters with the rice and potatoes, I was just in for a chicken shawarma. It was good, but not exemplary. The chicken was a bit bland and dry. Luckily, the garlic sauce and pickles filled in the flavour that the chicken lacked. The toppings were fresh, the tomatoes were ripe and the lettuce and onion had lots of crunch.
Overall it was fairly done, though it cost more than the going price elsewhere. Maybe this is because they advertise that the delivery is free (for order above $8). So, for our full money’s worth, we should have forgone the drive and had them bring it to us.
# posted by Ottawa shawarma @ 3:56 PM 
