September 17, 2010: Mankoushe

The Internet is a wonderful affair - fifty-fifty earlier i of Melbourne's 2 i thou one thousand nutrient bloggers were on the case, the denizens of Mess in addition to Noise were bigging upwards East Brunswick's newest root of amazing food: Mankoushe. When Three Thousand followed upwards amongst a rave review, nosotros were rapidly on the case.

A1 in addition to Tabets, but amongst a wider arrive at in addition to made fresh spell y'all watch. There are enough of vego options on the carte du jour (many, but non all of them cheesy), from uncomplicated zatar pizzas ($1.50) to haloumi pies ($3.50).

Once you've made upwards your mind, y'all house your gild in addition to sit down dorsum to spotter - the 2 guys who run the house are incredibly friendly in addition to their enthusiasm for the nutrient they're making is infectious. They also travel the machines similar seasoned pros - mixing in addition to rolling dough, slathering on toppings in addition to paddling them inward in addition to out of the giant wood-fired oven.

We walked inward exactly subsequently a massive takeaway gild had been placed, in addition to so nosotros got to spotter them travel their magic spell nosotros waited for our dishes to arrive. Cindy ordered the spiced feta mankoush (feta, fresh tomato, capsicum, onion in addition to a dash of lemon in addition to chilli, $4.90), which came out good earlier my falafel plate.

By the fourth dimension it turned upwards nosotros were both starving in addition to I had to practice all kinds of self-restraint to bound myself to a duo of slices (even amongst the copious tomato plant inside!). The fillings were mushed into a cheesy paste, in addition to the fresh, warm staff of life was faintly sugariness in addition to beautifully cooked. I could direct maintain eaten 3 or 4 of these whole.

My falafel plate (mama's falafel, fresh tomato, lettuce, pickled turnip, hummus in addition to a tarator sauce, $7.50) took a fair spell to arrive, amongst everything freshly prepared.

Melbourne falafel experiences.

We couldn't travel out without sampling the sweets - a piece of pistachio sprinkled pastry for exactly $2. Cindy somehow managed to travel out me a seize amongst teeth of its flaky, sugary goodness.

Mankoushe was a revelation - seriously i of the best novel places we've been to inward ages. The nutrient is freshly prepared, inexpensive in addition to but wonderful, the staff appear to dear what they're doing in addition to all the customers nosotros saw on our see walked away every bit satisfied every bit nosotros were. It's correct on our tram delineate of piece of job in addition to we'll undoubtedly last going dorsum in i lawsuit to a greater extent than in addition to again. Stay tuned...

Address: 325 Lygon Street, East Brunswick
Ph: 9078 9223
Unlicensed
Price: $1.50 - $7.50