“New Jaffa has materialised in the old Pizza Capers Collingwood site with a late contender for Melbourne’s best sandwich of 2018. Behold the fricassee sandwich from Tunisia, its sugarless doughnut bun pan-fried, smeared with house-made harissa and piled with tuna, egg and boiled potato chunks, before being bombarded with capers, sliced black olives and preserved lemon.”

“The menu offers some traditional meat-based dishes – try the homemade lamb and beef kebab served with a chopped tomato salad and green tahini dressing – but much of the menu is plant-based. The chickpea-falafel pita comes stuffed with tahini, pickled green chilli and parsley; roasted cauliflower arrives with spiced mayo and a soft-boiled egg; and there are a couple of lighter salads on the menu, too.”

“Hummus is the main attraction at New Jaffa, a Middle Eastern diner in the backstreets of Collingwood. Owner and chef Moshe Ittah makes it fresh daily with traditional ingredients (chickpeas, garlic, lemon, oil and tahini sourced from Israel) using a secret technique.”