Maha's Brunch

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"Open for: Breakfast and lunchPrice range: $$Chef Maha Barsoom opened this Egyptian brunch spot in 2014 with her daughter, chef Monika Wahba, and son, barista Mark Wahba. The east end spot in Leslieville produces a spirited cacophony that’s straight out of the streets of Cairo. There’s usually a line, but patience is rewarded with the tactile pleasures of Maha’s Cairo Classic breakfast platter: intensely aromatic charred baladi bread, piquant ful (stewed, seasoned fava beans mixed with tomatoes and onions) to smear on top, and refreshing tomato-feta salad. The Mind Blowing Chicken sandwich is also bursting with explosive energy: The meat is combined with parsley, onions, and tomatoes, piled onto two squishy buns, and finished with tomeya (garlic sauce), house mayonnaise, and tahini.Know before you go: There could be a massive snowstorm in Toronto and still be an hours-long line-up for a table here. Unless you want to campout at 6 a.m. (before they open doors at 8), consider takeout." - Tiffany Leigh