Mi Va Mi, Paris France

On our last visit to Paris we were staying with a guy who lives there and he took us to some of the best falafel ever - Mi Va Mi. One of the reasons why this is so amazing - the toppings. The put grilled grilled eggplant which is amazing (Raymond even loved it and he doesn't like eggplant usually), onions, a white sauce which we did confirm was vegan, white and red cabbage, cucumbers, tomato, and hummus. The other thing that I love is that they put a few falafel in then some topping then more falafel then more toppings, etc until the pita is full (so no running out of toppings when you get to the bottom). It is also huge! Good thing we walked all over every day so we could eat more as this was so much food and so delicious! 
Overall - definitely stop by here for some falafel. It is a huge amount of food so if you are not that hungry get one to share. Amazing. 

Maoz Vegetarian, Paris France

Maoz Vegetarian is a falafel place where they give you the falafel in a pita and you choose the toppings from the topping bar.



Here is my falafel. The only problem with this method is it is hard to get toppings throughout, but I made it work. The toppings I put on it were cooked carrots (delicious! Sweet and tasty), pickled vegetables (eh - cauliflower etc. just okay. Would skip next time), cucumber salad (delicious. I love simple cucumber salads), and couscous (pretty tasty and went well with the falafel). The falafel itself was tasty (though Raymond complained about it. He doesn't like most falafel for some reason - he thinks it never has any flavor even though the ones he loves tastes pretty much the same as those he hates). The falafel was also made when we ordered so all in all it was really tasty.



We also ordered some french fries to share. These were also cooked fresh to order and really good. Nice and crispy on the outside and lightly salted.

Overall - I really enjoyed my falafel at Maoz. I would definitely go back and get another one next time I am in a city that has one of their locations.

Amsterdam Falafel Shop, Washington DC

From Vegan Gastrobot

Normally I wouldn't go to a falafel place on vacation in the US as I can get good falafel in Seattle. I saw that Amsterdam Falafel Shop had a toppings bar that you could use to doctor up your sandwich however you would like I put it on the list.

From Vegan Gastrobot

We ordered a small white pita with cucumber salad, hummus, cabbage, beets and a few other salads on it. This was very disappointing. The toppings were really good - the beets very sweet and pickled, the cucumbers crisp and tasty, but the falafel...the falafel did not have much flavor except hot spice, and it was incredibly greasy. Raymond made the comment that they left them in the oil too long or left them sitting in oil or something...they were just spicy hot grease balls. I really don't know why people like this place. We spoke with numerous people about falafel while we were in DC, and overheard people talking about it, and the common consensus was that you have to go to a place where that is all they make - like Amsterdam Falafel - for good falafel. I just don't get it. Maybe they just have never had an actually good falafel sandwich and everything else is worse than this in DC? That is the only thing I can think of.

Overall - Skip Amsterdam Falafel. The falafel is greasy and lacks flavor and it just not good.