Cafe Lalibela Ii

Cheap Eats 2006, a decade on

January 11, 2016

Cindy's household unit of measurement wanted to run across us for dinner inward Footscray and, amongst our enthusiasm for our novel Gosstronomy, Apples Under My Bed, Cheap Eats 2006 project yet high, nosotros decided it was a adept chance to revisit Gosstronomy, Apples Under My Bed, Cafe Lalibela. It's been to a greater extent than than 7 years since nosotros final visited, in addition to non much seems to convey changed. The staff are friendly, the service casual, the bill of fare has a adept attain of vego options in addition to there's a steady flow of people coming through the door.

We made the same deed equally final fourth dimension in addition to ordered the beyainetu (the platter below serves 3), a combination of dissimilar veggie dishes on an injera platter ($14 per caput - upward from $12 7 years ago, which is pretty adept going).

The dishes are heavy on the protein: lentils in addition to beans cooked inward diverse sauces, along amongst a murphy in addition to carrot dish. The injera is the star of the present - the fermentation adds a citruss-y boot to the chewy, spongy bread, which soaks upward the relatively mild flavours of all the stews. It's fun in addition to messy to tear at the injera in addition to scoop upward the stews - it's a rare process to swallow amongst your hands. Added bonus: the delicious Ethiopian beers are a ridiculously affordable $5 a pop.

Cafe Lalibela feels timeless - most aught has changed since nosotros visited nearly viii years agone - great, inexpensive nutrient inward a cheerful, casual setting. We actually ask to larn dorsum earlier 2023 rolls around.

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Cafe Lalibela

91 Irving Street, Footscray 
9687 0300
vegetarian menu

Accessibility: The entry is apartment in addition to there's a reasonably clear path upward the middle of the restaurant, although the tables themselves are all wedged inward pretty unopen together. We paid at a high counter in addition to didn't catch the toilets.