Best Lamejuns In Boston area

[2ForTheRoad]

Forget Watertown. THE best lamejuns are sold at an unlikely spot, "Victor's Falafel Wraps" 233 Worcester Rd Natick. The proprietor of this new sandwich store sells packages of lamejuns he imports from Canada! Because he agrees with us, the ones sold in Watertown are...just ok. These are truly superior; when heated on a rack in the oven until just beginning to crisp around the edges, the bread becomes a little chewy with great flavor. Victor's Falafel is on the Westbound side of Route 9 just past Wellesley.

[trufflehound]

Near East bakery in W Roxbury made great ones. The products coming from Montreal are fantastic usually. Many bakeries and stores here sell them and they are superior. There is a very large Arab community from all nations with high expectations.

[lergnom]

The Montreal bread is better so the lamejuns are better. I haven't had them around here, but I'll have to check this out.

[StriperGuy]

Huh, better then Arax, Eastern Lamejun, Sevan, Massis, etc...?

What makes em better?

[Bob Dobalina]

I have to admit - I don't really get the lamejun thing - I have tried the ones from Eastern Lamejun and found them sort of bland, too chewy and generally meh. What am I not getting? Maybe they need to be made fresh or maybe I am not prepping/reheating them properly at home?

[StriperGuy]

I'll agree in general I don't go out of my way for a Lamejun, but the ones at Arax, particularly when they are fresh from the kitchen are pretty darned good.

[Boston_Otter]

I get the 'garlic' (meatless) ones from Eastern Lamejun, which are made with pomegranate syrup. A few minutes in an oven to crisp it up and a small dollop of sour cream on top, and there's nothing bland or meh about it :)

[nsenada]

I was raised on the things and totally agree. There's something inherently boring about the tomato paste and minced pepper flavor that predominates. I though Eastern had the best ones of the lot, though. I used to get the stinkeye for melting cheese on them.

My mom did make them from time to time, and those were awesome. Not quite as thin as the ones from the store, but she eased up on the pepper and tomato, and added more fresh garlic to the ground lamb. I'm gonna have to pester her to make some, now that I'm thinking about it.

[Infomaniac]

My kid likes to melt cheese on them also and sometimes she likes to add some salad with feta and roll them up.

I mostly make them myself now with the recipe that my mother and grandmother used. Not very difficult and having an extra hand in the kitchen helps.

[Luther]

I also agree. Homemade ones have a good chew, nice cinnamon and garlic flavor... the type in the box are flabby or just cracker crispy when heated and the pepper flavor dominates.