A roaring wood-fire oven stars at this Middle Eastern diner on one of our favourite Eat Streets
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Two years after the closure of Isme in Fitzroy in 2022, chef Joseph Rahme reignited the contemporary Middle Eastern diner within a sleek corner site in Thornbury, just next door to his focaccia bar Juju's Deli (also in South Melbourne).
HSP bites are Rahme's sophisticated take on the late-night kebab shop favourite. Crisp potato sandwiched with lamb and onion, plus carefully piped layers of chilli and garlic sauces, bring the typical HSP flavours to the fore, while mint cuts through the richness. The stack is finished off with a flurry of freshly grated cheese.
Crowd favourites from the Fitzroy eatery have also made their way over to Thornbury, like cheese-filled filo cigars, and bite-sized dumplings filled with spicy sujuk sausage and lathered in Turkish chilli butter and labne.
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