chicken shwarma

Upper Crust Gourmet (a Mediterranean cafe) in Ballston has a new Chef and has started serving house made chicken shwarma daily–they have the necessary rotisserie . The new Chef (Jimmy) is Egyptian, and the (very personable) Manager (Maher) is Middle Eastern as well. The rice was cold, but I was ok with that.

I had the shwarma today and enjoyed it. I ordered it as a platter…and really enjoyed the spicy condiment they included. They add a bunch of little garnishes and touches–often they even give you a little fruit or feta cheese on the plate with whatever you order (as you can see below).

spinach quiche

Jimmy has been making other new dishes…including one to three quiches a day (Sunday was spinach, quiche Lorraine and broccoli). He also makes a good koshary, an Egyptian pasta dish with lentils and fried onions–an occasional special.

And, they serve Illy coffee…good stuff.

I’ll admit that I have been sitting on this recommendation a while, since they needed to get the (new) restaurant/cafe working smoothly…but with a new (and very good) chef…it’s time to share this one.

Upper Crust Gourmet
100 N. Randolph St.
Arlington, VA 22201
703-243-7400

Open for breakfast, lunch, and until 8pm daily (Sundays they sometimes close at 7 or 7:30).  They have outdoor seating, wine/beer and are working on a webpage.

-JAY

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