Recently I've had the privilege of showing the awesome Lish around Melbourne. She's not veg but an equal opportunity eater: if it's delicious, it's all good, which is the best kind of person to hang out with! So we hit all of my favourite places: Sweetwater Inn, Shandong Mama (twice), we even made time for vegan cupcakes. It was awesome and such fun to wander around my city like I was seeing it for the first time.
The last place on our must-go list was Overdosa for the incredible avocado. We walked in, said hi, ordered our avocado and then the lovely guy goes OH HEY I'LL MAKE YOU ONE OF OUR NEW MENU ITEM. Oh yes please. A few minutes later, we were delivered this glorious thing:
It's called the Bombay Burger (vada pav in India - vada means fried thingy, pav means bread)! Soft, soft white roll (made in a local Brunswick bakery - awesome) smeared with tamarind-date chutney and kolapuri, a chutney of chili, garlic and coconut. Blistered green chilis (though you can have them fresh too), carrot salad and a vada of potato masala deep fried in a chili, tumeric and chickpea flour batter until crunchy. You smash it down and get a very serviceable patty:
I don't think I really need to qualify it but yep, it's amazing. If you've tried the Guru Burger at Lord of the Fries - this kicks its butt a thousand times over. So much flavour, and not too spicy! I'm a spice wuss and this was very manageable. It's also very easy to eat - no dripping on your clothes, and you could totally do it one-handed. Genius fast food. Lish loved both the burger and the avocado - her views will appear in part 5 of her travel blog on her livejournal. We left very, very happy.
And of course there was avocado (blurry pics - I think I fingerprinted my lens, too busy stuffing face:)
The best part about the burger, though? It officially launches today at Batman Market. Hope you didn't have plans, because you probably do now. Get this in your face.
OVERDOSA
spinning at the Emerald Peacock Weds thru. Friday (4 pm onwards), Batman Market on the weekends (from 9 am)!
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