Comments on: Falafel in Boston (Another reason never to leave Worcester)

By: Desdemona

Desdemona — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:21:51 +0000

One more vote for Fantastic; I’m a grad student at Clark, which means I pretty much subsist on their falafels during the school year! Probably the best falafel I’ve ever had, though, was at Mamoun’s in New Haven…I haven’t been there in about 100 years, but I still recall it with saliva-inducing fondness…

By: Crystal

Crystal — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:55:50 +0000

I agree Fantastics is wonderful, inexpensive and yummy. Plus they put love in everything they make

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:44:55 +0000

Nice blog.

It’s not entirely un-common to add yogurt to hummus. many ‘traditional’ recipes use yogurt for its live cultures to add digestibility to the garbanzos (as well as partially soaking and sprouting the garbanzos prior to boiling, which is also a ‘traditional’ method for hummus preparation).

Deep frying, especially with low quality oils, tends to create free-radicals in the body (cancer-not good).

By: admin

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:48:05 +0000

Yeah! Fantastics has pretty much the best falafel in America.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:34:44 +0000

Also, a lot of people like Rami’s on Harvard St in Coolidge Corner (Brookline) but I think it’s pretty bad.

I still prefer Fantastic Pizza in Worcester.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:32:20 +0000

I agree that msot falafel in Boston is poor or worse. There are a few half-decent ones though:

Falafel King, Winter St between Downtown xing and Park St;
Moody’s, Western Ave at Mass Ave, Central Sq, Cambridge;
Cafe Kiraz, Hampshire St at Columbia St, Cambridge.

Never heard of milk in hummus though… I guess I’ll have to ask about that one.