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24
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0%
0 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
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61/100
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I lit a candle the night Gray and Gray Bread and Wine passed.
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Bread → light → candle
, it was a fearlessly delicious and pioneering place to eat.
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it → eat → ?
It fed my curiosity for a country I now love.
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I → feed → country
But when it drew the curtains for the final time, Victoria’s Georgian restaurant count took a critical hit.
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count → draw → hit
Tbilisi has since filled that void; it’s Melbourne’s new home of Georgian food.
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it → fill → food
That means khachapuri, Georgia’s obscenely cheesy national dish, is back in a big way, restored to hot, gooey glory on a busy street in Bentleigh East.
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khachapuri → mean → East
Blinding overheads and chandeliers beckon from the street, illuminating a small, tiled room filled most nights.
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overheads → blind → room
Aching folk tunes, another Georgian strong suit, set the mood, and an altar of walnuts and pomegranates hints at the Caucasian timbre of the feast to come.
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altar → ache → feast
You only need a glance at the atlas to triangulate Georgia’s culinary appeal.
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You → need → appeal
The country is one of the world’s great cultural melting pots, and it’s also the birthplace of wine, invented there, they say, 8000 years ago.
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they → ’ → wine
Tbilisi will honour that ingenuity with an all-Georgian wine list on the other side of a frustrating liquor licence delay.
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Tbilisi → honour → delay
Those familiar with Georgia’s culinary canon will find it largely in good health here.
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it → find → health
Pink and green spheres called pkhali, a traditional vegetable dish, see walnuts, garlic and secret-weapon spice blend featuring marigold and blue fenugreek bludgeoned to paste, mixed with chopped beetroot or spinach, and compressed into cheery snacks.
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spheres → call → snacks
Like supersized xiao long bao equipped with a handle, khinkali are filled with juicy ground lamb worked with onion and plenty of coriander, plus a hot slurp of comforting soup.
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khinkali → equip → soup
There are many varieties in Georgia; two are served here: megruli khachapuri, a circular, cheese-topped number; and the more recognisable adjaruli khachapuri.
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two → be → Georgia
A golden rhombus of hot bread – steamy and feathery on the inside, crisp and shiny on the outside – is stretched a foot wide.
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rhombus → stretch → outside
Your task is to bind the yellow components together in sumptuous matrimony before chipping away at it all with the bread it’s bedded in.
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it → bind → bread
There isn’t a soul this dish wouldn’t soothe.
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dish → be → ?
Sure, but it’s loaded with lamb and herbs: a major comfort at a reasonable price.
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it → load → price
Come the liquor licence, I see many a supra, Georgia’s legendary feasts, kicking off here.
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supra → come → licence
In the meantime, I’ll be returning regularly for this sublime khachapuri.
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I → return → khachapuri
Liquor licence pending, try a Georgian tarragon lemonade for the time being
Cost: About $100 for two, excluding drinks
This review was originally published in Good Weekend magazine.
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review → pende → magazine
Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently.
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reviews → book → ?
A restaurant can’t pay for a review or inclusion in the Good Food Guide.
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restaurant → pay → Guide
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