Lebanese

If you are visiting Sydney , out of the aquarium and want to halt for some good food , Sumac is a great pick.

We had ordered breads with mix dips plate, a pizza, stuffed vegetables and greek salad along with some drinks.

First the food, all the dips were perfect if not very distinct since i thought the eggplant dip would have a different taste. The hummus was brilliant! Eating them with some great variety of breads , the quantity looked like a disappointment!

The stuffed veggies had potato,tomato and capsicum with rice and couscous. Both the tomato and capsicum stuffings were yummy but potato combination with couscous was a little flavor-less.

The pizza was the most liked with again the bread base scoring high and the topping was ideal! The greek salad was as good(nothing different although).

I did not try the seafood but am assuming that going by the look of the things and what other people were being served , it would be worth a try. Funnily, some female waitress dropped the tray while serving lobsters and even those dropped creatures looked exotic and edible!

Coming to drinks, since my other companions had ordered normal juices which were good , i just thought of asking if they had any mock tails since it was not listed. They asked me to name it and they will make it. I hit a blind shot with 'Virgin Pinacolada' and it came perfectly made on my table.

The ambience and decor was eye catchy as well and with the coastline location of the place,the cuisine, some arabic music was all appetising :)

- The food costs are in AUD
- The official website

Think Falafel, Hummus, Fresh Pita-unadulterated mid-east cuisine & Ta'am fits the bill perfectly...simple, neat seating arrangement to hold 15-20 people max.

The Menu revolves around combinations of falafel/salad/ hummus/pita and some delicious unusual combinations. Try add-ons like baba ganoj, sauteed mushrooms & fried cauliflower,aubergine.

Wind up the meal with refreshing Pomegranate juice, not that other beverages/ drinks were bad, but this one was absolutely heavenly:)

This is a restaurant complex with

Crossover Point - Veg Restaurant (the others are non veg)
Grill - Self explainatory ;-)
Fire and Flakes - Lounge
The Silver Tube - Music & Dance
Ville Chaumiere - Food from Europe, Mediterranean, the Far East, Middle East and India

I only had cocktails here so this isn't a comprehensive review. But the cocktails were great. The second best Long Island Ice Tea I've had in Bangalore But the Dog Beach Ice Tea was a killer. A bit less stronger than the LIIT but it had Absolut & Bombay Sapphire Gin. Rocked!

Cocktail were between 250 and 300 each. I'm definitely going back for the cocktails if not anything else. More later.

Al Mallah is an institution in Dubai. It is a chain of Lebanese restaurants. All of them fitted with huge, over-the-top neon-green signboards, surely visible from outer space.
A hearty meal of hot mezze (starters) and the bottomless basket of Arabic bread, khubuz, washed down with a fresh pomegranate (delish!) or watermelon juice is about AED 50 (INR 600.. and don't splutter, its one of the cheaper places in Dubai).
My absolute fave: cheese and zatar mannekish. This is a like a stuffed paratha fresh out of the oven, filled with hot, melting halloumi cheese and tangy zatar, a Lebanese herb that's kind of a cross between aamchoor and thyme. The shawarmas of course, are legendary.
And the outdoors seating is perfect, as the weather is lovely right now. A good spot to park yourself and people watch.

They have good grilled chicken and shawramas.

Seating is a bit of a problem as there are only two tables and some 10 chairs.

If seating is available give the place a try.