Damas Cafe and Restaurant — Restaurant in London

I ordered the Chicken Sharwarma served with chips and salad + Moussaka vegetarian dish for collection via Just Eat. The food was ready for collection much sooner than the anticipated collection time and there is parking in front of the premises for 30 minutes max.

To my surprise there was a large flat bread + a Pitta bread with sufficient marinated chicken breast pieces to feed 1.5-2 people. The fries were more than sufficient and salad consisted of red shredded cabbage, lettuce and the odd tomato. There were no cucumbers and the tomatoes could have been a bit more.

A chutney sauce was provided which although tasty, would be better suited for a savoury snack than paired with a main course. Would have been better to offer a garlic and herb, chilli & garlic or a peri peri sauce.

The moussaka was indeed a vegetarian dish and not the usual greek style I was expecting. There was no mince meat for obvious reasons. However the dish resembled vegetarian dishes found in some indian restaurants as it was a tomato based dish paired with mainly channa (chick peas) and the odd sliver of aubergine. Given the small proportion of aubergine I would not have called this a Moussaka. That said it was relatively ok, not bland and not spicy. Some may prefer it to be better seasoned though.

All in all happy to recommend and...

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