For a long time now I've been wanting to go to Kazbah. We've been there once before and I loved the bread and dips we ordered. This time was no exception.
We started off with the large serving of bread and dips ($16 - $8 gets you a serving of one of the dips)
Starting from left to right the dips were, tzatziki ( wonderfully cucumbery and refreshing), babaghanouj (nice but oily), hummus ( very smooth), carrot!! ( my favorite and Kens) and taramasalata (tasted like it was made from black olives, it was very nice, bit of a salty kick to it).
The dips were served with three kinds of bread; char-grilled Turkish bread, fresh and crispy Lebanese bread.
Shredded lamb topped with pistachio sauce served on a pita crisp ($17). This was absolutely delicious! The morsels of lamb were so succulent, not at all oily even though it looked a bit oily. The pita crisps were great, even better when I let the lamb juices soak in a little so it was still a little crispy and had the lamb flavour.
Fried cauliflower, eggplant jam, pine nuts and yoghurt tahini sauce ($15). The cauliflower by it self was a bit dry but when you eat it with the eggplant jam and pine nuts it tasted awesome.
And lastly our main, Harrisa marmalade beef, sticky pearl couscous, Moroccan eggplant, tahini sauce and red wine onion marmalade ($36). The beef was very flavoursome but a little tough. I loved the couscous and it was very very filling. Overall it was a bit of a sweeter dish because of the marmalade.
Kazbah is a nice place, it manages to create a nice quiet ambience even though it a faces the courtyard of the piazza and is next to the walkway towards to bathrooms and library. Its a bit expensive but once in a while is ok.
I love the bottles they serve water in and the leaf is a nice touch.
Kazbah Top RydeLa Piazza, Top Ryde City Shopping CentreRyde, NSWTel: +612 9555 7067Open: 7 days, from 8am Visited: 2nd May 2012
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