Greek Gypsy, 545 Macaulay Road, Kensington. Phone: 0423 709 769
We are eating from yucky polystyrene – and it’s all our fault.
Well … sort of.
If we’d made clear our eating intentions – to have our dinner right there, beside the food truck that is Greek Gypsy – we’d have been provided proper crockery.
Oh well …
As it is, we do get metal cutlery as we proceed to enjoy our meals.
And very good they are, too.
The outdoor furniture that accompanies the Greek Gypsy routine may not be any less disposable than the polystyrene containers.
But the food is every bit as delicious and enjoyable as that to be had at the other Greek enterprises that have been unveiled in our greater neighbourhood in recent months – see here, here and here.
From the compact menu, both Bennie and I choose …
… open gyro plates ($14), with a mix of lamb and chicken.
The meat is outstanding – both juicy and chewy, the lamb having a slight edge IMO.
Toasted pita goes good with a generous serve of excellent tsatziki.
The salad bits?
Just OK.
Chips ($5) are just the teensiest bit too oily.
But otherwise, they are hot, crisp and yummy – and, like, the meat, way better than we have been expecting from this food truck operation.
One of the dinner options we had been contemplating this night, just down the road apiece, would’ve run to a minimum of $80 for the pair of us – and quite probably more than $100.
Yet here we are, sitting atop Kensington Hill, having spent a fraction of that and grinning like happy fools as we eat like kings and watch the traffic and the world flow by.
Life is grand!
consider the sauce 
Is this that corner Epsom rd/maculay
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Yes.
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The urban list did good review on african. They missed alot african restaurants on flemington and footscray but you can try cafe lalibela and new somali kitchen which they mention urban list. https://www.theurbanlist.com/melbourne/a-list/best-african-restaurants-melbourne
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I’ve tried both cafe lalibela and new somali kitchen,really tasty
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Vomiting, why urban,what do they know about african!!
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Thanks for sharing munid, where is hashtag somali eat kensington,also ras dashen in cray is missing from the list,very good list
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Hi there! All the Somalian eateries in Flemington – but one – are reviewed here.
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Somalian eateries are popular in kensington,flemington.one is too little,couldn’t they squeeze one more,perhaps hashtag somali.
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Yes, that one is tiny. Plenty of room at House of Mandi across the road.
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House of mandi, what a revelation,took family there,superb every inch,new favorite
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Yes!
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Rachael hashtag somali is new kid on the block ,only recently become more popular than new somali kitchen& for cray may be the same,ras dashen is much younger than old favorites konjo/cafe lalibela.
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The house mandi is older than new somali kitchen,they are very popular my friend.
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Well, yes and no. It was operating as an African place before House of Mandi.
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Think its older than hashtag somali.busier as time goes,very popular late night.i think it operates semi african /Arabian.
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Some Yemeni food, is my understanding.
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They operate as yemeni.may be not african cafe.
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Its somali cafe operating as yemeni.they often do such things this community in my understanding
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I have eaten at House of Mandi many times now, eating straight up Somalian food every time. But my understanding is there are some Yemini options to be had.
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They do good Arabian house of mandi,and child friendly,house of magic.
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Had it been unmarked, yes yemeni eatery,but the people behind desk are somali,hence some of regulars are somali.kenny weir is right,its mostly somali food rearranged in yemeni.
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Interesting!
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My partner loves Arabian ‘and me its somali;house of mandi for us;there you go
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Lovely way to to put it.however you relate to that place,glad you and your partner satisfied.i like that place me too
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I like hashtag somali.it belongs chapel,prahan.very beautiful cafe
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Chapel st nooo,no! Hashtag somali is flemington,actually off racecourse rd into pin oak cres,how about noughts crosses cafe.flemington evolving!
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You have a point.people venturing out chapel st too many times these days
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Prahran isn’t as good as once ,but its more up_class than flemington
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He also like marked eateries in flem.
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Too many marked,the man who runs this blog likes diverse aspect of racecourse rd.no more afro eateries please,its enough now
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I will continue to write about African eateries – but that doesn’t mean you have to read about them! 🙂
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What do you mean marked!
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I’m african but we don’t want bored you with one type of food.non food afro business may be
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We go to flemington for african.every food strip is famous for a particular cuisine hani!
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Hi Ashley, all afro eateries in flem is kind boring, look cray its mixed & more interesting, options, Ashley the word marked is just another word for somali,often somalis use but also neighboring of horn africa sometimes use it.
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Where’s the house of mandi,in kensington?
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https://considerthesauce.net/2017/11/19/house-of-delicious/
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strange didn’t notice.i eat straight six alot
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What do you think royal stacks in brunswick
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Ok average burgers,they don’t have location in west,there are better burgers in inner west
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