BLACK SEA DELI, INC — Restaurant in Burnsville

Not all experiences are created equal — some are just... created. I heard the hype about this place serving great food, so naturally, I had to investigate. I ordered 2 gyros and 6 sambusas. The gyros? Solidly “meh.” Not terrible, not amazing — just hanging out in the friend zone of flavor.

As for the sambusas… well, I’d love to tell you how they were, but they never made it into the bag. That’s right — six ghost sambusas. They had one job, and it slipped right through the pita.

The location and aesthetics? Let’s just say, if ambiance were an Olympic sport, this place would be watching from the couch at home. Check the photos — they say a thousand words, most of them confused.

Moral of the story: double-check your bag before you leave, and maybe don’t cross county lines for a “just okay” gyro. There are better wraps waiting for...

Discount Coffee and Deli brings to you the unique Somalia food offerings in a seat-in restaurant set out on Nicollet Avenue with ample parking. Open 7 days from 10am to 9pm, the food Cafe presents the well cooked long grain rice with delicious servings of beef or chicken suqaar, chicken BBQ, chicken legs or steak. These may be topped up with Philly steak, beef or chicken kabobs. Heavy eaters can order the large plates and have the sumptuous goat meat served to specification. Salmon and camel meat are an option to pick on any day. What with that waslad available on Fridays and Saturdays!

Along comes the cookies including bajiha, mandazi, beef samosa, fish samosa, cake among others. Chapati, Somalia muufo, anjeera and Malowa are in the menu.

Somalia tea and coffee are great. Call and...

It was kinda late in the day so they didn’t have the full menu. I was still very pleased with my 1/2 bbq chicken. The meat was falling off the bone. The rice is really good, I put the lime all over and some of the salsa on one part for spicy rice. My only regret was not getting the whole chicken because I had so much rice left over, it could have been a whole nother meal. You get a drink, meal and a fruit for $13. I tried the fish sambusa too, very good. Everything was fresh. I encourage you to try the food here. It’s not your typical American “hi welcome in” restaurant, but still found service to be friendly and willing to explain the food. This food gave me energy to get through the day too, I wasn’t tired after eating. If I’m ever back in the area, I’ll...