Sooner or later, you're going to share a meal with someone who only eats white meat chicken. When you do, take them to Wafa's, share some stellar vegetable appetizers, and let them order the shish tawook ($7.95). You may actually fight them for it halfway through. More

Come to Wafa's for the eggplant, but stick around for the shawarma. (The reverse, I suppose, is also okay.) This stuffed-to-bursting version is different from other renditions you'll find in this city, and it's all the better for it. More

I wasn't looking for great eggplant at Wafa's in Forest Hills, but it found me, along with several other vegetable-forward wonders. And I'm glad they did. More

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