Moorish Cafe is located on Knuckey Street, ph 8981 0010.
To start with we decided to try several Tapas dishes.
House baked bread with dukkah and olive oil. $4.00 The waitress informed us that it was served with roast vegetables, this turned out to be misleading as the bread itself contained only a few tiny morsels of vegetables.
Grilled pork belly with fennel seeds and rosemary, $7.50. The flavour had not permeated the pork as the herbs were merely sprinkled on the outside of the meat.
Bruscetta with houlmi and sun dried tomatoes, $8.00. This was over-grilled resulting in the bread being burnt making the dish dry and crumbly despite the topping.
Roasted Lamb Rump with hot mint sauce and crunchy polenta served on spiced eggplant puree. $34.00.
I enjoyed the fried polenta, having never eaten this before. I was a bit disappointed that the meal did not come with extra vegetables. The lamb was tender although slightly under-cooked for my liking. I wasn't sure why the mint sauce was referred to as being hot because it wasn't hot in either temperature or flavour.
Grilled Organic free range half chicken, marinated in yoghurt and sweet paprika, with sweet potato chips and gazpacho salsa, $32.00. This meal was served with a small half chicken. It presented as if there had been very little care taken with the plating.
Sumac spiced NT barramundi fillet with a tahini and avocado puree and a moghrabieh couscous and pomegranate salad, $32.00. This dish presented with an unusual looking salad; it had a type of couscous that we were not expecting.
On the evening we asked for a copy of the menu but were advised to go online to access their website. However, we found out later that the website is not up to date. Eventually we were able to get a copy of the main menu dishes emailed to us by an apologetic owner.
This was a very expensive learning experience for us. We felt the tapas were over priced and the meals quite expensive.
A friend had mentioned to me that she and her family had eaten here at considerable expense; I now understand how their meal came to be so expensive.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the Tapas menu is quite extensive I really had difficulty in equating many of the dishes with the prices charged. On the menu it suggests that you could have an entire Tapas meal, which the people on the next table did have - 10 Tapas in all. Quite an expensive meal.
Unfortunately I didn't enjoy any of our 3 selections.
I particularly ordered the chicken because it was free range. Yes, it was half a chicken but it was pink at the bone and the additional piece was dry. I did enjoy the sweet potato chips but the gazpacho salad was a non-event.
Personally, I wouldn't return to the Moorish Cafe but on the night there did seem to be tables of diners enjoying their meals.
when i went to the Moorish Cafe there was a vast range of meals, but many of them high-priced. i personally thought the food was really nice but i was a bit surprised when they didn't offer any water at first and we had to go and ask for water. Most likely not a place i would go to often, but a nice place to go once in a while.
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A friend of mine went to Moorish cafe and viewed it a 7/10. Describing the place as a modern cafe with a wide selection of great meals,describing them as colourful and tasty. Although the meals were very expensive.
ReplyDeleteHer last comment was " its a place you'd enjoy, but wouldn't go to often".
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ReplyDeleteThis would be one of my least favourite of the places we have been. The menu did not appeal to me and I really didn't enjoy the meal.