A Prayer for the Dining; A halal eatery in West Philly does Middle Eastern standards-but better.

From: Philadelphia Weekly | Date: August 24, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

There's falafel, and there's falafel. There's kofta, and there's kofta. There are lamb shawarma, chicken shish tawook, hummus, beef shish kabob, baba ghanoush and stuffed grape leaves. And there are all these, but better. And then after that, there's Saad's.

Saad Alrayes' halal food business has been a West Philly fixture for 18 years. For eight years Alrayes sold his Koran-compliant pita-swaddled sandwiches from a lunch truck on Penn's campus. For the next 10 years (and still today) he's served these same sandwiches--along with homestyle platters, rosewater-perfumed baklava, mango juice and ...

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