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Kebabs make up the bulk of the menu at this busy restaurant.
13.5/20

Surena Persian Restaurant

Don’t miss the kebabs and crunchy rice at this Persian crowd-pleaser.

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Surena.
13.5/20

Don’t miss the kebabs and all things ‘tangy, savoury-sour’ at this Persian restaurant

Marinated lamb and chicken skewers are grilled on sword-like sticks and fanned furiously over charcoal.

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Emergency services at the scene of a car crash in Carlingford, north-west of Sydney, on December 1, 2022.

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