magical K’Bab’s
While Canberra may be known as the capital of Australia to most, the real importance of this Aussie government seat started out in 1979. In the suburb of Woden, the world’s first Ali Baba restaurant opened doors and became and instant K’Bab taste sensation!
Really, this place is fantastic. Check out their website, where they repeatedly refer to the Ali Baba world as “magical,” and invite you to become a part of their tasting panel. I can’t help but wonder if their K’Bab craze would take the States by storm were some clever American convince them to franchise an operation overseas…
The basic idea is like Subway-gone-international, and instead of ham and turkey subs, they serve hot K’Bab’s with your choice of chicken, beef, lamb or falafel. Sure, their main side item is chips (fries, for those of you in North America), but their main concept is serving fast healthy foods, and who can deny that a piece of flatbread with lettuce, onion, tomato, lamb and tzatziki sauce is both scrumptious and health conscious? I’m not sure how or why they transformed the word kebabs into K’Bab’s, but if tossing in a couple of apostrophes let them trademark the idea, I say good on ‘em!
fly who zoomed inside while I was closing the chilly night air out. The only downside to Aussie summer thus far is the constant swarm of flying insects that bombard you anytime you’re outdoors…there are more flies than I’m sure I can handle. I’ve even just recently heard that there are sand flies buzzing around that will leave you with a sore, pussy bite mark. Regardless of type, I’ve never had trouble with any of the little monsters I’ve sucked into the vacuum coming back out, so the next time you’ve got pests don’t bother with trying to swat or smush them…suck ‘em up!