Restaurant Review: Zamaan Cafe - Ann Arbor

3580 Plymouth Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734.213.3350
Hours:
Monday - Friday 10am - 10pm
Saturday 11am -10pm
Sunday 11am - 9pm
Price: $$

Hungry the other night, I decided to sift through my pile of coupons and try something new.  I cam across a coupon I had clipped out of a monthly coupon mailer for Zamaan Cafe.  I am in love with Mediterranean food (especially chicken shawarma sandwiches) so I thought I would check to see where this restaurant was.  When I looked at the address on the coupon I discovered it was located only about a mile and a half from where I live.  How did I not know there was a Mediterranean restaurant so close to home.  I immediately called the number on the coupon and ordered my stand by favorite, a chicken shawarma and fattoush salad. 

When ordering I was asked if I wanted the traditional chicken shawarma or the one with feta cheese.  A chicken shawaram with feta was a new concept to me, I have been to a lot of Mediterranean restaurants but I have never seen this on the menu. 

Once home with my take out, I could hardly wait to dig in.  Everything looked and smelled delicious  My first bite was of my fattoush salad.  The dressing was yummy, but overall I thought the salad was a little heavy on the lettuce and a little light on the cucumbers, tomatoes, and other yummy additions.  Overall the salad was average.  Next I bit into my shwarma and OMG feta should be a standard addition.  The sandwich its self was average, like the salad, but the addition of the feta made it AMAZING.  I will for sure be ordering this addition on every chicken shawarma I order from now on. 

Zamaan has a pretty good combo deal, a sandwich with your choice of salad, fries, or rice for $6.99.   Not a bad deal for something much healthier then fast food. The food was good, but pretty average compared to other Mediterranean restaurants in the area. 

Leslie @ Munchin' Michigander

Restaurant Review: Mister Spots - Ann Arbor, MI

808 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 734.747.7768
Hours:
Mon-Thu 10:30 AM to Midnight
Fri-Sat 10:30 AM to 1:00 AM
Sunday Noon to Midnight
Price: $$




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Mister Spots Menu

I ventured to Mister Spots in a quest to try what they claim to be "Ann Arbor's best buffalo wings".  Any one who knows me well knows I have issues with meat served on the bone, I just can't eat it.  With that being said I decided to take one of my friends who is a known wing connoisseur to give me his expert opinion on Mister Spots wings.  Mister Spots is a small restaurant which caters more to delivery and carry out customers.  While you can eat in the restaurant, there are only a few tables and booths.  The decor is pretty dated, and the building as a whole is pretty run down.  Since Mister Spots lacks the relaxing atmosphere that my friend and I were looking for, we opted to place our order to go.  We placed our order for a half dozen Buffalo Style Spot Wings with original hot sauce and a side of blue cheese and headed home.  On the drive the aroma coming the wings was amazing.  The smell alone was making me consider trying one, but my whole meat on bone phobia kept me from actually doing it.

1/2 Dozen Buffalo Style Spot Wings $ 4.45

Once we got home I barely had time to to snap a picture before my friend started tearing into the wings.  His reaction after the first bit was that the wings were pretty good and worth recommending.  His opinion quickly began to change after this first bite.  He thought wing sauce was pretty good but the heat was a little stronger then the average wing sauce.  This normally isn't a problem with a side of blue cheese to cool them down.    This is where his opinion started turning south.  The blue cheese served to us with the wings had a foul taste and was pretty much not edible.  Thankfully I had a bottle of ranch in my fridge to quickly remedy this problem.  As he continued to work his way through the styrofoam container of wings the heat from the sauce was starting to get to him.  He mentioned that the sauce had a great flavor but thought the heat might be a little much for the average person.  Upon finishing I had asked him what his overall rating was and if he would choose Mister Spots again for wings.  He said they were not so bad that he wouldn't eat them again, but they were not his first choice for wings.  They tasted a bit overcooked, and the chewy and slightly to crispy breading made them a little difficult to chew through.  Assuming they were overcooked his overall rating was that Mister Spots wings are good, but nothing special.  

Leslie @ Munchin' Michigander