Fatima’s Mini Market

In a city were you can’t sneeze without blowing boogers on a kebab shop, there are certainly some that stand out and some that should be avoided like the bird flu.
Fatima’s on Cleveland Street in Surry Hills (nearing Redfern), is one of the good ones. Many a time I have stumbled in from the Norfolk across the way in search of some quick, cheap eats. I wouldn’t even venture to recount the details (of anything) on those occasions but I have, however, been to Fatima’s whilst sober. And eating a sober kebab is something I very rarely do.
The freshness and zest of their hommus is worth noting all on its own. Sometimes I take home a whole tub of it (for $ 7, I believe), to eat with veggies during the week. Usually, I go for the falafel kebab, if I’m goin’ big. The tabouli is amazing as well.
If you’re indulging, please don’t NOT get the baklava, we’re talking life-​changing flakey, ooie, googie greatness in puffy square form. Don’t tell anyone, but one time I went in there and got one, ate it, paused, reflected, got another one, ate that, pondered, praised, then NEARLY got a third. A friend had to intervene.
And wanna know what else? Fatima’s is open til 3am! Boom, put that in your hooka and smoke it.