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i am susan thye. aka chocolatesuze. lives in sydney, australia. born 30.5.83. hitched to noods. started The Biscuit Tree. this is a food and lifestyle blog. i like cheeseburgers, ice cream, macarons and Reuben sandwiches :D
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sahara, parramatta
7 October 2009, 02:07
There’s just something about the smell of char grilled meats that makes me want to shake my club and roar… Sahara (Shop 2185 Cnr Church & Argyle St, Parramatta) is my local that i go to to partake in juicy smokey meats on skewers cooked over a charcoal grill. The promise of cheese and prosciutto at my house later on has lured out Helen, Lex, Minh, Richard and Simon to my neck of the woods.
Mezze dips platter served with crisp garlic herb pide bread ($14.90). After the majority of the group manage to get lost we are late to start eating and when the dips platter arrive we set upon scooping and slathering the dips onto the bread. I’m disappointed that the beetroot dip wasn’t available but the spinach dip is tasty enough to make up for lack of beetroot dip.
Diablo chilli garlic prawns ($16.90). The prawns arrive to oohs and ahhs but sadly was pretty devoid of all forms of chilli and garlic.
Kusbasi shish ($22.90)- Skewered and bbq tender lamb backstrap marinated in Sahara’s famous herbs and spices served with authentic salad, pilaf rice and aioli. We also ordered the Adana shish ($21.90) but for the life of me both looked the same in my photos. They definitely tasted different but my photo skills are fail. I liked the Adana shish which was lamb mince instead of pieces and were juicier than the kusbasi.
Lamb cutlets ($26.90). The lamb cutlets arrive and our group of six eye the 5 cutlets warily before Minh is given the job of cutting the lamb off the cutlet and cutting into equal portions. The girls then steal the bones and gnaw away hoho
Authentic dondurma ($11). Not wanting to stuff ourselves in preparation of the cheese and meats that was to come we decided to order one dessert between us all to share lol the waitress was tops tho she just smiled and asked if we wanted 6 spoons. The icecream is not as chewy as i expected. I think i thought there would be threads of icecream haha
Turkish apple tea ($3). The tea arrives and boy it is freaking hot! But ah so sweeeeet
I like my tshirt heh it says video games ruined my life good thing i have 2 extra lives :D
Back to home
Love this place, was my first experience with turkish/middle eastern food. Love the shirt as well, I can relate lol
— Howard Oct 7, 11:16 AM #Ahh such shexy photos. A shame the beetroot dip wasn’t available but I hear you – meat? roar!
— Helen (Grab Your Fork) Oct 7, 12:51 PM #Mm the turkish apple tea looks nice :) Sorry again that I couldn’t make it dude, I don’t think the meal I was booked in for was as satisfying as this looks!
— Steph Oct 7, 04:43 PM #Haha, I have the same shirt, the pide bread looks so yum..
— Rainie Oct 7, 09:16 PM #I have the same shirt too!
— Fern Tree Gully Oct 7, 09:37 PM #love the photos! what new equipment did you get? looks fancy! :D
— cathy x chen Oct 7, 09:50 PM #After porky goodness u guys hoed into more food! Man i wish i had a worm in my stomach so i can keep up with all the food you guys eat.
is this joint overlooking parra river? lamb looks good!
— Leona Oct 8, 01:35 PM #The apple tea looks so pretty. Like liquid gold :)
The meats and pide we so nice!
— Simon Oct 8, 11:38 PM #howard: lol i play way too many games haha
— chocolatesuze Oct 12, 11:52 PM #helen: haha still playing around with schexy lens and have nfi what im doing
steph: ah no worries dude next time!
rainie: threadless tshirts are so awesome!
fern tree gully: heh i have so many threadless tshirts ive hung them in colour order…
cathy: aw thanks dude! its just the 50 1.8? ive had it for ages but never liked it hehe
leona: hehe other way round dude we ate here first and then porky! nah not near the river its kinda part of westfield? near the train station near max brennar?
simon: you shoulda tried the tea! nice and sweeeet :D
I went to the similarly named Sahra by the River, before Christmas. Totally recommended! We had a banquet meal and everything was yummy, but the highlight was the Fatoush salad. Salad has no business tasting that good!
— Amanda Jan 6, 04:24 PM #