Moroccan Soup Bar, Fitzroy North

07 Aug Moroccan Soup Bar, Fitzroy North

Posted at 22:11h in Fitzroy North, Food, Middle Eastern, Moroccan Soup Bar, Restaurants by A Chronicle of Gastronomy 0 Comments

After many, many years, I finally made it around to Moroccan Soup Bar. I’d heard there are normally crazy queues, especially on Fridays and weekends, but I think today the cold and wet weather got the better of most people, and though it was still full, there wasn’t a line at the time we came. We’d made a booking to be safe, since we just made the minimum requirement of six people.

It’s a spoken menu here, and most people go with the banquet. There’s a choice of either regular or deluxe; the deluxe coming with a few extra dishes along with the dips at the beginning. They try to cater for people with dietary requirements, and one of our party needed the gluten-free options, so it was interesting to see how the offerings differed.

Dips – Hummous, Yoghurt, Broccoli, Potato, Olives, Eggplant

We began with the dips, which were accompanied by a huge heap of pita bread. My favourites from this platter were the eggplant and the broccoli.

Moroccan Soup Bar - Saffron Rice, Veggies

Tumeric Rice, Veggies

Fetteh – Chickpea Yoghurt Bake

Vegetable Stew with Couscous

Almond Rice with Tabbouleh

Potatoes and Tomato Rice

The dips were promptly followed by five mains, including the Fetteh aka ‘the chickpea bake thing from Moroccan Soup Bar’. I loved the way the chickpeas went with the crunchy pita in the fetteh, though to be honest, after hearing so much about the dish it didn’t quite live up to my expectations. Of the mains, I particularly enjoyed the almond rice, and the stew that came with the saffron rice.

Although there was only one glutard our the group of five, their serve of gluten free options was rather generous, being up to a third of the size of the regular versions. The gluten free alternatives included fetteh without the pita, and rice with the vegetable stew instead of couscous.