Cruising round the Eastern bazaar

For our day out there were several choices,we could go to the flicks at Paddington,take in a meal and movie at Newtown or head west into the exotic,we chose to head west.

We both like sampling middle eastern food,I prefer to take mine with a glass of wine,but after peering into the dark sombre bunker called a pub,we headed up Auburn road ,our sights being tantalised by sultry olive skinned females,in long loose fitting dresses and hejab.

A pleasant change from tight fitting jeans and fat bottoms.

We were in one of the most multicultural communities in Australia. The traditional Anglo-Celtic European population has slowly been replaced by a high percentage of migrants from Turkish,Lebanese and Vietnamese backgrounds.

Could we be induced to buy golden spiderweb designed necklaces, or stacks of giant sized stainless steel cauldrons,suitable for cooking for an extended family.

Photo of shops

We were attracted to several cake shops displaying in their sliding shelf cabinets,intricate delicate designed cakes almost too attractive to eat.But finally after walking most of the shopping area we arrived

at Khaybar restaurant,where Mustafa formerly from Kabul greeted us

We chose to eat at the outside paved area,so not to miss any passing pedestrian traffic.on a bright sunny day.

After considered advice we chose ,bulanee  kachalu, aush and  large buranee badenjan ,which meant we ate potatoe flavoured flapjack,garlic flavoured noodles and vegetarian curry with dolops of yoghurt.very satisfying.

The only distraction to our visual senses was we were overlooked by Salim Mahaja's giant tower under construction.Totally out of place in a street scape of two story shops .

What possesses an individual to break planning laws to submitte the public to such a monster ?

Our magic carpet ride was extended by a favorable airline ticket price to Europe.

Photo of 

shopfronts

31.4% of the population of Auburn born in Australia, 13.3% born in China,6.2% born in Turkey, 5% born in India 4% born in Lebanon according to the 2011 census. 42% are of Islamic faith 12.6% catholic and 12.3% no religion.

Overwhelmed by all of this we took our coffee and biscuits on the train,for an Opal ride  cost of $2.50