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ReviewGood Food Guide (Vic)Brunswick East

The Rocket Society

An all-day wine bar serving Lebanese fare.

Bar hounds outside The Rocket Society.
1 / 9Bar hounds outside The Rocket Society.Monica Styles
The chicken and bastourma flatbread.
2 / 9The chicken and bastourma flatbread.Eddie Jim
Cocktails are on the menu at The Rocket Society.
3 / 9Cocktails are on the menu at The Rocket Society.Supplied
Lamb skewers.
4 / 9Lamb skewers.Eddie Jim
Inside The Rocket Society.
5 / 9Inside The Rocket Society.Supplied
A wrap filled with hot chips, toum (garlic sauce) and pickles.
6 / 9A wrap filled with hot chips, toum (garlic sauce) and pickles.Eddie Jim
Mussels al-sikbaj with saffron and honey.
7 / 9Mussels al-sikbaj with saffron and honey.Eddie Jim
Wine and skewers.
8 / 9Wine and skewers.Supplied
Bread and dip.
9 / 9Bread and dip.Supplied

Middle Eastern$

The move of chef Joseph Abboud’s Middle Eastern restaurant Rumi from Lygon Street to a nearby apartment development brought with it a second venue: all-day wine bar Rocket Society. At lunch, get sauced-up Lebanese wraps; later on, share mezze from the charcoal barbecue. Lamb-heart shawarma on house-made bread pairs nicely with something from the natural-leaning wine list or a glass of the anise-flavoured Levantine spirit arak.

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