Category Archives: Middle Eastern

Sydney Food Diary: Shwarmama, Surry Hills

Is this the best shawarma in Sydney? I think maybe. I mean, it certainly must be the hippest shawarma in Sydney, coming from the owners of Poly, Paramount Coffee, Reuben Hills and Ester). It’s perfectly located for us to grab … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Babylon, Westfield CBD

I didn’t even know Westfield CBD had a seventh floor, but Lai Heng told me it’s new. Head Chef Arman Uz, from the restaurant Efendy, uses influences from Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and Egypt, presenting a menu of dishes to … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Sabbaba, Bondi Junction

I’ve always liked the Bondi Westfield mall. It’s got a good vibe, good shops and beautiful people. We occasionally end up here for a movie, and if we have time, a meal before the movie. There’s a lot to choose … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Din Din Persian Kitchen, Surry Hills

Near the corner of Cleveland Street and Elizabeth Street is the quiet oasis Din Din Persian Kitchen. There have always been restaurants around here, a cluster, mostly Lebanese with somewhere East Asian around the corner. Pub food and it looks … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Zaida Cafe, Darlinghurst

It’s such a casual-looking place, Lebanese food, set slightly back from the street, that I must have walked by it a hundred times and never tried it. My loss. We split a falafel salad, four yummy kibbehs, and some hummus … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Sabbaba, Bondi Beach

I remember going to this, the original Sabbaba, over ten years ago. It seemed to me that they’d expanded broadly over the years, but it turns out that they expanded only to places where I go (the Westfield CBD food … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Cubby’s Kitchen, Circular Quay

I didn’t even know that Cubby’s Kitchen in Surry Hills had popped down, and has now popped up again in Circular Quay. I had a great meal in the Surry Hills location; would it be as good in the new … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: The Gözeleme Co., Circular Quay

Gözleme may be a Turkish dish, but I’ll probably always associate it with Sydney, coming across it at the Surry Hills Market or at Mardi Gras Fair Day or pretty much any other outdoor event, Turkish ladies in head coverings … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Pazar Food Collective, Canterbury

If the idea of Turkish-Mexican fusion food doesn’t intrigue you, what would? I’m a fan of the NYT, and of their restaurant reviews. I’ve been really happy about their new Australian desk, and then even happier to find out that … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Le Souk Beirut

Aside from that one time in Bangkok with the bad food poisoning, I love street food. So anywhere that advertises street food hooks me in, whether it’s accurate or not. Le Souk Beirut intrigued me as most of the Lebanese … Continue reading

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