{"id":1401,"date":"2013-11-18T15:30:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T07:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2024-06-04T07:06:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T23:06:15","slug":"shami-restaurant-review-san-leandro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/2013\/11\/shami-restaurant-review-san-leandro\/","title":{"rendered":"Shami Restaurant Review – San Leandro"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: THIS RESTAURANT HAS CLOSED<\/strong><\/p>\n

We came upon Shami last July, 2013, while trying to have dinner at the not-yet-open Padi.\u00a0 It was a positive experience, though the only one who would want to rush back is my 11-yo daughter Mika, she positively LOVED the salad there.<\/p>\n

Shami’s menu is pretty limited, all they had when we visited were kebabs and sandwiches, in addition to a few salad and appetizers.\u00a0 It calls itself a Middle Eastern restaurant, but the owners are Yemeni, as indicated by the posters on the wall and the specific seasonings in the food.\u00a0 Indeed, we found most dishes to be more spicy than you’d usually find in other Arab cuisines.<\/p>\n

I tried both the grilled chicken and the beef kebabs, both were nicely spiced and very tasty.\u00a0 The chicken was a bit dry, however, and too charred in parts.\u00a0 The flavors were very homey, there was little sophistication on these dishes. \u00a0 The yellow rice was perfumed with cinnamon and other spices and was addictive – though a bit too spicy for my youngest daughter.\u00a0 The meals came with salads, and Mika just adored it.\u00a0 I can’t say what it was about it – surely the dressing – but she ate every last bit, and has been asking us to take her back since.<\/p>\n

The only thing that didn’t prove popular was the felafel. The kids found it too spicy, and since a falafel food poisoning incident 24 years ago, I haven’t been able to eat it.<\/p>\n

Platters are about $10, sandwiches I think were $8.<\/p>\n

I’d recommend it for when you need a kabab fix.<\/p>\n

Shami Restaurant <\/strong>
\n16490 E 14 St
\nSan Leandro, CA 94578
\n(510) 258-0000
\nshami-restaurant.com<\/a>
\nM-Su 11 am – 10:30 pm<\/p>\n

San Leandro Restaurant Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: THIS RESTAURANT HAS CLOSED We came upon Shami last July, 2013, while trying to have dinner at the not-yet-open Padi.\u00a0 It was a positive experience, though the only one who would want to rush back is my 11-yo daughter Mika, she positively LOVED the salad there. Shami’s menu is pretty limited, all they had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[296,286,297,62],"class_list":["post-1401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restaurants","tag-arab","tag-closed-restaurants","tag-middle-eastern","tag-san-leandro","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}