3/5 Jackie M. 1 year ago on Google
(3.5
stars)
Pakistani
street
food
wasn’t
what
I
expected
to
find
in
Padstow,
after
growing
up
just
two
suburbs
down
the
East
Hills
train
line.
However
it’s
clearly
what
the
locals
want,
with
large
family
groups
filling
the
over-lit
SizZzlingo
dining
room
on
the
evening
I
dined.
The
charcoal
walls
are
adorned
with
posters
of
the
dishes,
which
you
order
from
a
men
flyer
at
the
counter
in
the
first
room.
Filled
with
potato,
chickpeas
and
sauces,
gol
gappay
($8/8)
are
a
great
start.
Spoon
in
some
cumin-heavy
dipping
sauce,
and
pop
the
whole
crisp
ball
into
your
mouth
in
one
bite
for
a
vegetarian
explosion.
Also
from
the
chaats
menu,
the
mix
chaat
($8)
is
a
textural
adventure
with
crisp
wafers,
washed
onions,
chickpeas,
potatoes
and
lentil
dumplings
sitting
under
yoghurt,
mint
chutney
and
tamarind
sauce.
Everything
is
served
on
disposable
paper
and
plastic,
from
“burgers”
like
the
anda
daal
bun
kabab
($10)
with
its
soft
channa
dahl
patty
teamed
with
lettuce,
onion
and
omelette
in
a
low
rise
sesame-seed
topped
bun,
to
the
drinks.
The
date
milkshake
($6)
won
out
over
a
Kashmiri
chai
($4)
that
looked
pleasantly
pink
and
drank
okay
but
had
an
off-putting
aroma
to
me.
If
you’re
eating
on
the
go,
the
spicy
chicken
paratha
wrap
($11)
is
your
go-to
item,
with
diced
charcoal
BBQ
chook
wrapped
inside
a
freshly
made
flatbread
with
lettuce,
onion
and
Pakistani
spices
offset
by
a
pot
of
mint
raita.
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