Nicosia Turkish Restaurant @ Glenferrie Road - Malvern

This is as usual, a tad late... we were strolling up and down Glenferrie Road on Easter Sunday...



Looking for a Greek Restaurant, we somehow found a Turkish Restaurant...Nicosia Turkish Restaurant



It was cosy... and they had a wide array of items on their menu's...



A bit of research on trusty 'ol Google revealed that it had recently undergone some changes, and used to be known as Nicosia Kebab House...



Their menu also included a brief introduction and history to Nicosia.



We started our meal with a choice of 3 dips of our choice $12

Tarama (the pink one - caviar mixed with onions, lemon and olive oil)
Hummus (tahini, chick peas, lemon and herbs)
Tahini (sesame seeds mixed with yoghurt, lemon and herbs)



The delicious Turkish bread that came along with our dips...



And of course I have to have Dolma $9

Described on the menu as a "Mouth watering combination of delicately spiced rice & minced lamb wrapped in vine leaves served hot with tomato and yoghurt sauce", it was a bit bigger than I thought... and not as delicious as I've previously had in Almazett(although that was Lebanese, you know what they say, "Same same but different")



We also had Bulgur Kofte $12.50

Which is a traditional Cypriot kofte made of cracked wheat filled with minced lamb, onion, parsley and herbs.

We thought it tasted a bit like a cinnamon donut with meat... interesting... in a good way...



For our mains, we went with a Mixed Sis (Entree $13.50 Main $16), which consisted of marinated lamb & chicken skewers char grilled with mushrooms and served with lemon and rice (or vegies)



Chicken Doner $13.50

This was our other main, which was marinated chicken combined cooked on the spit and served with tomato, herb sauce, rice and salad



All in all, a very satisfying dish... and we will definitely make a come back ^_^

Overall Food Rating: 7/10
Restaurant ambiance: 7/10
Value for money: 7.5/10

Address:
250 Glenferrie Road
Malvern 3144

Tel:(03) 9509 9033

Website:http://www.nicosiaturkishrestaurant.com.au/

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Namaskar India @ Glenferrie Road, Malvern

This time, we were still on Indian food high, so we decided to drop by Namaskar in Malvern at night.

Namaskar is the original restaurant, before they branched out to Namaste as well.

Please see Namaste Part I and Namaste Part II



The whole night, we were watching and listening to Bollywood MTV on the LCD tv behind... fun to see Shah Rukh Khan in his muscly glory in the videos'...



As we were here for dinner... the place was packed!!... We got sent upstairs.. where there were only 1 other group of people there...

Service was extremely slow.. (THE whole dinner took about 2 hours!!)

I had a really spicy lamb dish... I can't remember what it was called.. but the gravy/curry tasted of spinach and mushrooms amongst other things.

I'm not sure because this isn't on their online menu (which Namaste follows), Namaskar has a bigger extended menu.

Also... not too sure if it was meant to be like that, but it was a bit more watery than their curries which I've tried in Namaste.



I again had the butter naan... (better in Namaste)



The Boy had chicken murtarbak (which he said was good) and he was sweating throughout the dinner (he's useless with spicy dishes)...

He also ordered Roti Telur, and I had my Mint Naan



To be honest, I'm not too sure why, this being the original restaurant and all, I found the quality of the food and the service of the place a bit disappointing.

Overall Food Rating: 7.5/10
Restaurant ambiance: 9/10 (much bigger than Namaste and fun Bollywood MTV for upstairs whilst we wait hungrily to be served)
Value for money: 8/10

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Hoi An Vietnamese Restaurant @ Glenferrie Road, Malvern

We decided (Cousin A, the Boy and I) to take a drive down to Glenferrie Road, and see what was open and good to eat.

Walked past a couple of really expensive looking restaurants, and decided to try Hai On, as it was actually filled with people (as opposed to the other scary empty restaurants)...

Do not be fooled by the word "Vietnamese", as the only Vietnamese sounding items they had on their menu, were spring rolls and rice paper rolls... 0_0

So we decided to try their spring rolls ... and it was a tad too peppery... but it was really crispy...



We went for Bean Curd with Prawns in Pot... which turned out to be so-so..



I ordered sizzling pork with ginger and spring onions... (it was really sizzling), but that was about it.. too much corn flour...



Cousin A went for their special:
Chicken in Batter with special sauce... and it was a HIT!!

The best dish... cos it came with theatrics... IT'S ON FIRE!!!



The chicken inside was really soft and tender, and the cashew nuts were just nice. Slightly sweet and vinegary.. which was really good!



Overall Rating = 5.5/10

NOTE:
Apologies for the photos - the Boy didn't let me take pictures with the flash as he was embarrassed by the looks from the other tables... *grrrrr*

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