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I like hummus with roasted garlic…
My favorite restaurant in the whole world is a little hole in the wall place in Budapest called the Hummus Bar. I’d get a falafel pita with hummus there nearly every day for the few months I lived in Hungary.
Man, I miss that place. There’s a Pita Pit near school and I tried it once, but the food there doesn’t even deserve to be compared with the Hummus Bar. I’d kill to have a one of those in my town. Good, cheap, healthy, delicious food.
I’m so hungry now…