{"id":50,"date":"2025-01-05T16:03:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T16:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2025-01-23T16:53:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:53:39","slug":"zafoon-middle-eastern-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"Zafoon Middle Eastern Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zafoonrestaurant\/\">Zafoon&#8217;s<\/a> Chicken Mandhi was a tasty mix of flavours and textures, and it was a great deal! Mandhi is a traditional Middle Eastern dish with spiced rice and tender meat.<\/p>\n<p>This Mandhi rice was likely infused with saffron or turmeric and was bright and flavourful. The sweet caramelized onion was a nice touch. The roasted chicken leg had crispy skin, which looked fantastic, but since I went right after they opened, it was probably from the day before, so it wasn\u2019t as juicy as I\u2019d hoped.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52\" src=\"http:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mandhi_dish-225x300.jpeg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mandhi_dish-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mandhi_dish-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mandhi_dish-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mandhi_dish-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mandhi_dish-676x901.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mandhi_dish.jpeg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The sauces that came with it were Dakkous and Aioli. I would have preferred more of the Dakkous, a bold sauce made with tomatoes, peppers, and spices. It offers a vibrant kick that pairs perfectly with the rich flavours of the rice and chicken.<\/p>\n<p>Although it wasn\u2019t perfect, the generous portion and tasty ingredients made it a filling and satisfying meal that was well worth the price!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">Taste: 8\/10 Value: 10\/10<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Restaurant Address:<br \/>\n<\/b>384 College St, Toronto<\/p>\n<p>Please take a moment to learn about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabworldbooks.com\/en\/authors\/abdelrahman-munif\">Abdul Rahman Munif<\/a>, a Saudi Arabian writer and leftist intellectual who was an outspoken critic of the oil-driven development in the Gulf region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zafoon&#8217;s Chicken Mandhi was a tasty mix of flavours and textures, and it was a great deal! Mandhi is a traditional Middle Eastern dish with spiced rice and tender meat. This Mandhi rice was likely infused with saffron or turmeric and was bright and flavourful. The sweet caramelized onion was a nice touch. The roasted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restaurant","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boulevardierdupeuple.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}