With whom: Me, myself and I
How much?: Just a snack... couple of bits for lunch, only £6.50...
Tucked away on a side street in Soho, it's very easy to miss Yalla Yalla's cheery yellow facade, however it's been packed with local workers, Lebanese and the odd bewildered tourist ever since I've been going there.
Inside it's a small front room with appropriately home styled paintings of a Lebanese nonna preparing flatbreads and rustic wooden furniture it wasn't my plan to eat in, just to grab and go, but the prospect of a table was so rare I had to take advantage. Bowl of good mixed olives and some pickled pepper came with tart strips of a pinkish vegtable, identified by the cheery server as turnip. Unusual and tasty, though definitely an accompaniment rather than an appetiser, they needed to be offset with a softer flavour to balance the powerful pickle.
I went for one of their lamb shwarma wraps and a hallumi flatbread. The latter had an excellent taste, sprinkled with sesame seads, but had been warmed in the microwave and was a little chewy. The lamb wrap is normally excellent, well cooked, well spiced large portions of lamb with a selection of pickled veg and a yogurt sauce in a toasted flatbread. Today however it felt like it'd been there a bit too long and the yogurt had made the inside of the bread soggy.
Ordinarily better, but still street (foods) ahead of similar lunch options both in terms of price, taste and service.
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