So, I have a deep love of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern food. It's a part of my heritage and I've eaten some amazing food in this category over the years. For some reason, finding this sort of food can be a bit of a challenge as it's not as ubiquitous as Italian or Mexican food. So when I saw Kabob House while driving up Ruby, I added it to my mental list of restaurants to try.

Now, Middle Eastern food boasts some incredible flavors and textures and I've had many variations of falafel, hummus, gyro, kebbe, tabbouleh, etc because they change so much depending on who is making them and where they are from. I didn't go into Kabob House with particular expectations of what "style" of food I was going to get; I simply expected it to be tasty and I was desperate for some desert food unsullied by the hipster trend of taking amazing food and making it overly fussy (I once ate falafel with whole kalamata olives stuffed in them...it was unpleasant). But it was not to be.

The (regular) hummus was a bit loose and not at all creamy, the souvlaki (and the bed of rice with peas it slept on) was so dry (and I'm a weirdo that likes my chicken a bit dry), the tzaziki I needed to dip said souvlaki in to be able to swallow it was okay, but nothing very memorable. The falafel was just okay, too, fluffy but flavourless. During this meal I couldn't taste mint, I couldn't taste dill, no sumac, no baharat, no cumin, anise, cardamom, and for the love of all things Mediterranean I could not taste the garlic! A friend got the fries that come covered in feta but again they lacked luster; at least make the feta melty and gooey since otherwise it just falls of the fries when you pick them up. I will say that my friend found them to be a highlight of our visit so take that as you will. I am so sad that I didn't love this place. Honestly, I went in with such hope.

All in all, I think this is the sort of place that caters to palettes unfamiliar and possibly afraid of Middle Eastern cuisine. If you don't know any better, you might like it. If you're super white and don't like food with spices, you might like it. Maybe the gyros are good? I don't know, and I don't feel like going back to find out.