The urban geek files

The inlaws are halal eatin’ folk, which tends to impact on the venues I can take them to on those  Sundays  I’m feeling vicariously filial.

Late night kebab vans - my meal of choice - are prevalent in my nook, but not really the type of venue you want to take the geekette’s mama.
Now I have Kantara, Laabanese Bar and Grill, in Victoria st North Melbourne.

The food is good and plentiful.  The dips are fresh, and run to more than just your standard humus and babaganush. The meat supply is large and imposing.

The best bit though is the owner. Within three minutes, he knows your family history and has explained exactly what those flurecent pink vegetable strips in the salad are.  (Pickled turnip apparently).

Glorious stuff.