(This venue is closed.) Pickled turnip, caramelized onion, and sauce-striped falafel make for a pretty photo, but the measure of the underlying mujadara — prepared by Wafa's Express for The World's Fare — is a combo of lentils and bulgur wheat so moist as to evoke mounded porridge. Here it's largely hidden; for the full picture, dig we must.
My review of this restaurant's previous Forest Hills location and its homespun food, prepared by Lebanon-born chef-owner Wafa Chami, appeared in the April 18, 2012 edition of The New York Times. The current fast-casual incarnation of Wafa's has a smaller dining room, but the sparkling and ample kitchen bodes well for other old favorites on the menu. For more photos, see my album.
Wafa's Express
812 Grand St. (Bushwick Ave.-Humboldt St.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
718-576-3547
www.Facebook.com/WafasFood.com
Closed Sunday
