Family Dinner: Recently Lebified Aussie Brings His Own Stash Of Garlic Sauce To Accompany Mum's Apricot Chicken

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Betoota Hills-based student architect, Evan Mustard (23) has returned home for a family dinner this week, armed with an artillery of rich Mediterranean flavours in his new bum bag.

The reason for this is to defend his taste buds from his mother’s old school suburban Australian cook book.

This follows Evan’s foray into the real world.

Just several weeks after taking his first job in the city for a prominent architectural firm, Evan is taking advantage of his first weekly pay checks, and is trying an array of different cuisines in the local lunch spots near his office.

Workmates say Evan's cultural enlightenment began shortly after discovering the new legendary Lebanese lunch rolls for just $14.

"It was a gateway” said one colleague.

“First he’s eating Lebanese wraps for lunch”

"Then all of a sudden he’s explaining the difference between garlic sauce and toum. After three weeks of this, he’s now telling everyone that the Doggies are the sleeping giants of this year’s NRL comp”

And it seems that after one mouthful of tawouk chicken at his El Jannah joint, the Lebification of Evan Mustard has begun.

This means he now carries a secret stash of toum and green pickles to accompany his mother’s staple sunday cooking.

“Wallah I swear just try it Mums” says Evan, as he offers her a sample of the white condiment that he is now obsessed with.

“It goes with the chicken so good. Even the apricot chicken”

While the family remains reluctant to join their son in partaking in this level of cultural fusion, Evan opens his Nike cross-body bag to reveal even more culinary accessories.

"Trust me, just wrap the chicken in this Lebanese bread" he says.

"Actually, wait. Try this too"

Evan then pulls out a side of tabouli, which he insists will only further compliment his mother's cooking.

"Don't worry about the boiled veggies next time. I'll bring the greens"

While his mother is far from offended by her son expanding his cultural palette, Evan’s father is deeply disturbed by his son’s decision to give the Cowboys the flick and  suddenly support the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

“Nah Critta’s the goat” says Evan.

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