457 Chapel Road, Bankstown NSW 2200
http://www.summerlandrestaurant.com.au
http://www.summerlandrestaurant.com.au
Belly dancing banquet for $30
I don't think I've ever eaten so much food in one day! After enjoying a huge Christmas in July lunch in Rose Bay it was off to a birthday dinner in Bankstown for a $30 per person banquet of freshly cooked lebanese bread served with plenty of delicious dishes. Last year I visited this place on a Sunday and it was deadly quiet with only a handful of small groups dining. This year it's a fully packed Saturday night complete with belly dancing show and lively music by the very talented Alex Hadshiti whose booked in every Thursday, Friday and Saturday and can apparently sing in 6-7 different languages. He was singing plenty of sing-a-long favourites as well as a few traditional ones and really created a fun party atmosphere for the many birthday groups dining tonight.
Once they start serving the banquet the dishes keep coming out quickly from the kitchen along with plenty of freshly cooked lebanese bread. The table space is soon completely filled leaving little room for even your cutlery and drinks. I really liked their baba ghanouj, tasty lamb skewers, fresh fattoush and tabouleh, moist vine leaves and of course the freshly cooked bread. They cook a pretty good falafel too which is tasty and crunchy on the outside although my favourite is still at Jasmin in Punchbowl. Tonight we decline ordering the kibbeh nayah (finely ground raw lamb) which is included in the banquet because we struggled last time to eat it — definitely an acquired taste.
What's your favourite Lebanese restaurant?
SIMON FAVOURITE :-)
Olives, picked radish and pickles
Hummus, baba ghanouj and labni
Salatat al gargir
Salatat al za’atar
Marinated mushrooms
Fattoush
SIMON FAVOURITE :-)
Vine leaves
SIMON FAVOURITE :-)
Tabouleh
SIMON FAVOURITE :-)
