Just like your (Middle-Eastern) mum used to make
GilbraltarUl. Pulawska 61Hours: 10am - last guestTelephone 845 49 92Reservations and credit cards accepted
After last week's OTT dining experience in Krakow's Copernicus, walking through the doors of Gibraltar in downtown Pulawska felt a bit like heading home to mum's for a big nosh-up. That is if your mum happens to be from the Middle East, and happens to have a bit of a thing for salmon-pink paint.
Opened three months ago, this dining establishment offers a strange combination of Israeli and Arabic food with some lasagne and fondue thrown in for good measure. It still feels like it's finding its feet, but before too long, I suspect it could be just about perfect. The owners, one Israeli and one Algerian, have already had plenty of experience at their other restaurant, Nowy Bazar on ulica Ordynacka. They chose the name Gibraltar because it kind of sits halfway between their home countries.
And best of all, just for a change, Gibraltar appears to be a C.F.Z. or Cabbage Free Zone. Not one shred of that ubiquitous Polish veggie appeared on our plates either as part of the meal or as garnish.
"And there's no kielbasa lurking around either," offered David, who tired of the fatty Polish sausage years ago after one too many, post big-night-out kielbasa snacks. But the restaurant still had a bit of that all-pervading pork-sausage odor you find in many a restaurant in Poland, which made me wonder if in fact there were some meaty morsels frying somewhere in the kitchen?
From the menu:
Hummus zl.15
Tabouleh
zl.13.50
Tas kebab
zl.28
Royal couscouszl.29
Crepes with fruitzl.13
