Monday, December 29, 2025

Grub Crawl - Casselberry and Hourglss District: Cafe de Wan and JJ's Scratch Kitchen

I tried these spots today at lunch. The first is in the strip mall on 436 near Red Bug Lake Rd in the strip mall that has Aladdin. The other is in the strip mall on Curry Ford Rd in a strip mall with a Winn Dixie.

Cafe de Wan - Turkish. Open for a week. Has a full menu. Eggs with sausage breakfast was $9. The other was a full meal for $25. Lunch dinner stuff too. Pide, flatbreads, dips, etc. I had a pogaca cheese pastry for $4 and a ground beef borek for $6. The first was better. The borek was stale and without flavor. Around a dozen tables. Very full with probable Turks. Head scarves, etc. Faux marble tile floors. Gray plush cushioned chairs. Wood tables. I think the colors were light gray, off white and black. Mural of Cappodoccia. The people seemed nice. Will have to go back when I have more time. I think I wrote earlier that it replaced the chicken place. Nope. Another store front. Interesting.

JJ's Scratch Kitchen - A rehash of A past JJ's. Now it'a worse Chipotle with arepas. Bowl, quesadilla, burrito or arepa. You fill it. They had chips and a few other things. I think the interior was the same. Nice. Four or five tables and a long one. I tried the grilled chicken burrito. I added mushrooms, beans, lettuce, cheese, pico and sour cream. A bit bland. They didn't grill the tortilla. Had all the meat on one side. Cost $15. They added 25 cents for the sour cream though the menu said it was included. Took too long. You can pass.

*The place on Aloma I wrote of is called Mr Wok. It was closed. I passed a place on 436 near the 408 called Lele's. Johnny's Diner on Curry Ford Rd opened on the 19th. They closed the one on 436 in Casselberry.

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