Walima Restaurant and Cafe (CLOSED) - 5/13/2008

Three friends and i ate here a little back.  Great food, nice server.  We were the only ones in the place, but we did not mind.  The we ordered both types of Bastillas, they were excellent.  My first time having one, and i will order it again.  A chicken dish i cant recall the name of had an amazing sauce, very tasty moist chicken.  Recommended.  The second time i went the food was really good and it was much more busy.  The chicken couscous was fantastic!  Now they have couches and hooka's which is a nice touch.  The chicken shawerma is really moist and has fantastic flavors.  White meat, no fat, really good chicken dish, and i don't order much chicken.

Pollos A La Brasa Mario - 5/13/2008

The chicken is really amazing.  When they are done cooking it, instead of keeping the chicken under hot lights to maintain temperature, they keep the chicken in some kinda steamer.  The result is a very moist chicken.  Lots of flavor.  One of the best chickens i've ever had.  The yuka fried are great also, much better and less greasy than regular french fries.  I don't enjoy the soups or the rice porridge at all, but the yellow rice is very flavorful and moist.  I recommend this place for take out, i doubt i will ever cook a full chicken again, when this is about the same price and much better than what my oven could do.  Corner of 41st Street and Broadway in Astoria, 24 hours a day on the weekends.