Wowshee
Egyptian restaurant · Soho ·
Award-winning Egyptian falafel with fresh pita, hummus, salads
Award-winning Egyptian falafel with fresh pita, hummus, salads
"This Egyptian falafel spot in Berwick Street Market usually has a big queue and it’s understandable considering the glorious pitta. Overfilled with three flattened falafels, fried aubergine, cubes of fried halloumi, pickles, tahini, and chilli sauce, this is a lunch for someone who’s hungry as a character trait. It’s crispy, wholesome, and so generously stuffed that you won’t need a mid-afternoon snack." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna
"Labelled on Google Maps as ‘Best Falafel In London’ and with a queue that suggests it might just be right, this Egyptian falafel stall in Soho's Berwick Street Market doesn’t shy away from setting expectations high. And you’ll understand why after taking a bite into Wowshee's gloriously huge pitta, which is overfilled with three flattened falafels, fried aubergine, cubes of fried halloumi, pickles, tahini, and chilli sauce. It’s crispy, wholesome grab-and-go sustenance, and so generously stuffed that you won’t need your usual mid-afternoon snack. This is a lunch for someone who’s Hungry with a capital H. If you’re near Berwick Street around midday: Get. This. Pitta. photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch" - Rianne Shlebak
"There aren’t many places in London to experience the Egyptian version of falafel, tameeya. Made with fava bean instead of chickpea, they have a more distinctively vegetal taste. These ones in the heart of Soho are quite flat, but have enough inside softness and outside crunch to merit an order. The flavour of broad beans is there, with an innovative touch coming from using dukkah as a coating, instead of the typical sesame seeds. Here, falafel arrive as part of a salad plate or inside a fairly soft pita, with Egyptian style grainy hummus, turnip and beetroot pickles, fried aubergine, lemon-pickled red cabbage, fresh tomato and lettuce, tahini sauce, chilli sauce, and the atypical but delicious additions of fried halloumi sticks and garlic mayo." - Joel Hart
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