I accidentally ended up at Baba Kabob today and I honestly wish I'd found the place a year ago. I ordered some Sambosas and a Gyro Salad to go.

The Sambosas are essentially the same concept as East Indian samosas, but the potato filling is mashed. For $5.95, you get four sambosas, which use a lighter, flakier pastry than with the typical samosa. But the filling has a very mild taste, perfect for dipping in the two sauces it comes with - some green that could be parsley or cilantro, blended with a bit of oil, I think.

Now while the place is Afghani, they have some dishes that are associated with Greece, including the Greek Salad and the Gyros Salad. You get a choice of regular or spicy gyros. I had the latter and it was incredibly tasty. Now, despite it being served with a "Greek Salad," there are no cucumbers, which in my books means it's not really a Greek Salad. (My fave Greek place in Cupertino, CA, Ylassoo, had cukes, and every single Greek resto I frequented in Canada for decades had cukes.)

Still, I loved the food at Baba Kabob so much that I'm trying to stop myself from going again today.

UPDATE: I've been back a few days in a row, re-ordering the sambosas and trying the baklava pastry. It's as good as any I've had anywhere, maybe more so. The pastry is lightly flaky phyllo dough, with a tasty, crunchy, traditional filling, not too sweet, with a perfect amount of syrup -- not too sticky. One piece is $1.59, but if you buy a pack of 8, it's only $9.99 -- like getting two free pieces.

I'm still planning to go back to try other items.

UPDATE: Sat Aug 10/19: I love their sambosa and Gyros Salad so much that I've actually stuck with them. But if you're going, be forewarned that their prices have increased recently. Sambosas are now $6.99 for 4, which is more than $1 increase.

While the Gyros Salad base price is the same, they seem to be charging more for getting it spicy than a few weeks ago. They're also inconsistent on the meat. I made 2 orders of this salad and they had different amounts of meat -- both less than the 3 or 4 other times I ordered.

While the salad is as tasty as before, two of the 4 sambosas were burnt and split, full of cooking oil. Whenever the owner isn't present, it seems like the rest of the staff have no sense of quality control. If I had noticed the state of the sambosas, I would have asked for replacements. This is the second time this has happened. As a result, of increased costs and decreased food quality, I will not be returning.