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Henrietta

Get reacquainted with the delights of charcoal chicken, and then some.

Henrietta’s charcoal chicken with condiments, bread and pickles.
Henrietta’s charcoal chicken with condiments, bread and pickles. Jiwon Kim

Middle Eastern$$

Hailing from Sydney, Henrietta is all about Lebanese-style charcoal chicken. But it’s only part of the story.

Pass the open kitchen and you’re enveloped in a vision of disco-era Beirut. This is the scaffolding for a proper night out that includes fruit-forward Middle Eastern-accented cocktails, attentive staff and linen napkins.

Bouncy duck kofta, DIY-wrapped in cos lettuce, are a Levantine answer to sang choy bao. Falafel nails the formula of super-crisp outside, light and fluffy inside. Tiramisfouf is the bastard child of the turmeric sponge known as sfouf and Italy’s dessert du jour.

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The chook – free-range, brined, cooked to order – is unsurprisingly good, especially on flatbread with toum, pickles and harissa. It’s a valid life choice to grab a half chicken, a lamb-stuffed pita and sumac-dusted chips from the takeaway window. But there’s plenty more to love here.

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Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/vic-good-food-guide/henrietta-20240418-p5fkyj.html