Lamb cutlets with wild oregano and sea salt, smoky baba ganouj... a taste of what to expect from one of Smith Street's new gems - gigibaba.
Being a restaurateur and a lover of all things food, it can take me up to two hours to decide where to eat when I head out. In a group situation, the onus is invariably on me to sniff out the best or latest place.
Gigibaba is uber cool. A tiny shop front with the obligatory hanging bare globes, a mother of a marble bar, a Persian rug cleverly featured on the back wall and a couple of quirky tables and chairs... for the lucky ones.
They have menus I'm sure, but I've never seen one. Bruce the cool waiter intuitively steers me towards the sardines stuffed with pinenuts and fetta, tomato and walnut ezme and steamed prawns with capsicum butter. Plenty of good quality bread to mop it up and a half bottle of Barossa Valley rose for good measure. This place really lives up to the hype it attracts. You might struggle scoring a table on Fri or Sat nights so during the week is probably the go. This is truly one of Melbourne's best little bars / eateries. And it only took me half an hour to decide tonight! Gigibaba, 102 Smith St Fitzroy, Victoria
Mr Jones (Jason McLaren Jones) is a contributing food & lifestyle writer to the Graceful Taylor and runs a number of successful Melbourne cafes, S
0 comments:
Post a Comment