Location: 75 Portland Street Main, Toronto
Website: https://littlebaba.com/
Little Baba is a casual spinoff of a Michelin-recommended Lebanese restaurant called Amal, specializing in various Middle Eastern wraps and plates (that they call Baba boxes). A casual restaurant with a Michelin connection? Sure, I’m intrigued enough to check that out.
I wound up trying a couple of their wraps: tenderloin (“pita, hummus, parsley, onion, pickles, grilled veggie salsa”) and kefta (“pita, hummus, pickles, grilled veggie salsa”).
Both wraps feature a grilled piece of meat wrapped in toasted pita bread, and both are quite tasty.
That grilling really does make a difference, bringing both sandwiches a nice smoky flavour. And both pieces of meat are perfectly cooked — the tenderloin, in particular, is cooked to a nice rosy medium and is impressively tender, with a tasty beefy flavour.
The kefta is quite good as well, with a good amount of spicing and a nice tender texture.
As for the other flavours, there’s a nice zippiness to both wraps that’s quite satisfying. Both were a bit oniony for my tastes, but then I’m not a fan of raw onion, so most people will likely disagree.
Michael Eats 