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Emil’s Cafe

Mahalbia (milk pudding) at Emil’s Cafe.
Mahalbia (milk pudding) at Emil’s Cafe. Supplied

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Emil and Houda El-Khoury brought up six kids in the house behind their milk bar; now the next generation has turned the whole place into a cafe. There’s heartwarming memorabilia on the walls, and food nods to the family’s Lebanese heritage with hummus shakshuka and chargrilled spatchcock with toum.

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