4Tahina Bite Vegan
Looking for a tasty falafel sandwich while in the city center? Avoid the myriad bland gyro joints scattered everywhere, and head instead to Tahina Bite: a modern, vegan take-out shop operated by a Lebanese family and located across the street from the Dohány Street Synagogue.
Crunchy discs of falafels fried to a golden brown anchor these sandwiches, which come with beautiful and fresh vegetables (beets, radish, tomatoes, cucumber, parsley), a generous glug of tahini sauce, and a drizzle of sesame seeds. All this wrapped in toasted, crackly flatbread; even better: served as a platter. There's other Middle Eastern classics, too: hummus, baba ganoush, muhammara, and tabbouleh and fattoush salads. Open every day!
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