Rumi

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• Rumi

  Dani Valent, Reviewer

  Monday, March 26, 2007

  With its fresh take on traditional Middle Eastern cuisine, Rumi could be the Lebanese Ladro.

  Love at first sight is scary. You're swept up and away, but a cruel little voice way down below warns about the let-down, the heartbreak, the bursting of that beautiful bubble. Often the voice is right: you're going to crash and burn. Sometimes, though, there's a restaurant like Rumi: instant passion is followed by a delicious romance that extends all the way to the post-dessert glow. I loved Rumi as soon as I walked in. The waiters were friendly and helpful even though it was rush hour - always a good sign of a restaurant on top of its game. The snug corner shop is furnished with retro wooden school chairs and bare timber tables (with linen napkins) -- there's none of the cushiony clutter that's more or less regulation Melbourne-Middle-Eastern decor. The spunky, modern look is balanced with delicate cultural flourishes: brass coffee pots, tactile green carafes (a bog-standard water jug in Lebanese households), and Whirling Dervish figurines in the dessert cabinet (the restaur...

  Source: The Age

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