We met upwardly amongst a twain of friends at Talk of the Town for a south-side dinner on a Mon night. Despite the name, I'd never heard of this house before, but our dining companions assured us it was worth a visit. It's a pretty basic-looking Lebanese house - there's a large cabinet loaded upwardly amongst food, near 10 tables as well as a no-frills sort of atmosphere.
Still, you lot don't consume atmosphere, as well as the card had a lot to instruct excited about: falafel, veggie kibbeh, vine leaves, stuffed capsicum, cabbage rolls as well as tons as well as tons of salads to pick out from. Nearly all of the veggie dishes are vegan, as well as the staff are happy to speak you lot through your options. Options are sort of the occupation - at that topographic point were far also many dishes to pick out from, as well as so nosotros sent Craig upwardly to figure out an guild for the table.
He came through amongst the goods, ordering upwardly a falafel as well as dips entree ($8.50), a stuffed capsicum ($9), a twain of veggie kibbeh ($6 each) as well as a alternative of 5 salads ($5 each, although I intend at that topographic point powerfulness direct maintain been some mass discounting going on).
The falafel were excellent, as well as good served past times the hummus, babaganoush as well as pickles that accompanied them, as well as the kibbeh (pumpkin crust around a leek as well as silverbeet filling) were superb, but the existent stars of the demo were the salads. We ordered the light-green beans amongst love apple tree paste, onions as well as spices (above, bottom-right), the eggplant as well as Irish Gaelic patato amongst love apple tree paste, garlic as well as cumin seeds (below, top-right), the chickpeas amongst silverbeet as well as mint (above, top-right), the fried eggplant amongst walnuts, garlic as well as za'atar (below, bottom-left) as well as the mejadara (rice as well as lentils, below, bottom-right).
There were separate opinions every bit to the best dish of the night, amongst the fried eggplant as well as the Irish Gaelic patato eggplant both getting rave reviews as well as the spicy beans hitting the grade surprisingly well. It was all fresh as well as interesting plenty for us to smooth off everything without whatever problem - a pretty impressive feat given how much nutrient at that topographic point was on the table.
The proprietor generously served us upwardly a alternative of fudge to cap the repast off - this wasn't vegan, as well as so Cindy as well as I scoffed it all as well as he fifty-fifty to a greater extent than generously dished upwardly some Turkish delights for the other ii to direct maintain away amongst them.
We had a groovy fourth dimension at Talk of the Town - the nutrient is cheap, varied as well as delicious, the service is efficient as well as friendly as well as the corkage of $1 per beer is pretty damn reasonable. We don't instruct to Elsternwick that often, as well as when nosotros produce nosotros commonly air current upwardly at Ren Dao. It's groovy to direct maintain some other alternative along Glen Huntly Road - we'll last dorsum to locomote our means through the residual of the salad menu.
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Only little white truths as well as Spatula, Spoon as well as Saturday direct maintain reviewed LTOTT - both were by as well as large enthusiastic.
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Lebanese Talk of the Town
446 Glen Huntly Road, Elsternwick
9528 6591
menus: one, two
Accessibility: There's a pace on entry as well as a fairly narrow dining area. You guild as well as pay at a high counter. We didn't see the toilets.
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