Named after the 13th century Persian poet, Rumi is Middle Eastern, but not as you know it. Hot yoghurt soup, spiced slow-roasted lamb shoulder and freekeh salad replace the traditional Lebanese fare. Chef Joseph Abboud has taken the traditional and upped the ante. The Lebanese/Middle Eastern dishes are so laden with love and exotic flavour that the space is always full with large numbers of enthusiastic diners.
Named after the 13th-century Persian poet, Rumi is Middle Eastern – but not as you know it. Here, owner Joseph Abboud draws on dishes from his Lebanese heritage and from around the Middle East. Since he first opened Rumi on Lygon Street in 2006, thi...
Rumi
2 Village Avenue, Brunswick East
