Abbout Falafel House

Place your order - from the handful of simple Lebanese dishes on offer - in the slightly chaotic anteroom, take a number and enjoy the dining room’s Ottoman-style light fittings and flat-screen Arabic pop. One of Melbourne’s great food bargains, the $10 falafel meal is six light, sesame-seed encrusted balls with lemony, tahini-rich hummus, yoghurt-and-cucumber dip, zingy tabbouleh, pickles and warm, house-made pita. Or try a bowl of tese’yeh - excavate layers of yoghurt, tahini and chickpeas to find the fried pita beneath. With the addition of spiced lamb mince, it’s called maliziyah. A side of pickles, tomato and olives cuts through the richness.