New Zealand food

[Muzz]

I've been to Melbourne a few times, and will be there a few more. The food is amazing... Wander the Lane ways and you will find suburb eateries of all ethnicities, I have a couple I go to every time, and always try to hunt out more. Also I find it very hard to find a crap coffee in Melbourne. Even from chain stores!! However I have to disagree on your service comments, I've had nothing but stellar service from any place in Melbourne. I always return to NZ thinking our retail and hospo workers need a bit of a kick in the pants.

Also Muzz is correct re the snass and watties sauce! 

Must admit, the first time we went to Oz I thought their coffee was 'orrible compared to what we had in NZ. The last time we were there we spent about 5 days in Melbourne and had a blast. Exploring the laneways was fun, and the coffee was great. Ended up frequenting on a regular basis a Lebanese place. Food was great, really tasty.

[beetle]

I still can't think of a single Aussie dish.

I give you the Lamington.

(BTW- I'll take a PBR over a Foster's any day of the week)

As RANDM says, no one here drinks Fosters. I'd rather drink slops out of an ashtray.

[lucky phil]

Maybe we should introduce you all to the quintessentially Aussie dish famously invented in Adelaide, SA, wait for it............the "pie floater".
I'm not sure you are all  ready for it though.

Ciao

[RANDM]

Really? I thought that Pie floated all the over from Blighty?
Lamingtons? Yum - but so are Snot Blocks.

Foster's is our revenge on the World for the shit they send us.

[LowRyter]

OK - using your logic - the only yank food we know
about is Macca's, KFC & Hungry J's; the only Coffee Gloria
Jeans .............. So what's YOUR big signature dish?
Hamburger? Gee thanks for that.

It was "shrimp" so you guys would know what he was talking
about.

Like everyone else our cuisine is a blend of the flavours
from every culture that moved here.

Emu tastes like Emu - very nice thankyou, as is Roo, though
Wallaby is 'milder' in flavour - and yes Witchity grubs are
good too, like 'em roasted in the ashes.

We don't drink Fosters either - we sell it to people who don't
Know any better.

Our Produce is among the best and so are the eateries.

Your ignorance isn't our fault.

Maurie.

Maurie,

all this So Pac food got to Bev and me.  And it got our appetite going, 

so I BBQ'd some (local) lamb chops, Bev did fried potatoes and onions, sauteed mushrooms, caesar salad and Aussie Shiraz.   Man that was good. 

I am not sure that was Okie food or Aussie food.  But other than Meers, Theta and Onion Burgers (look them up), local BBQ and Okarche Fried Chicken (look it up) we aren't known for much either.

Damn there is good wine from down under. 

Stay out of the snow friend, it was 98 here today.





there are few folks here that raised Emus a few years ago but I've never tried one.   The floated pie?  Hmmm ahhh?  But I'll try it (maybe not if pureed peas are in it).  But if you come by and for sure I'll treat you to a burger and a PBR.

I guess we can all agree on FOsters.  I've always wanted to go down there but I am just a poor Okie.   

[RANDM]

Bugger - thought I'd get at least a nibble with Snot Block : )

It's all good LR. Actually I think the Americans idea of a Barbie beat ours hands down - at least until recently.

Maurie.

[coastdude]

I was thinking about aussie cuisine recently and decided that we were lucky that we're not locked into the same style of food everyday as you might be if you lived in Italy or Thailand. Here in Byron Bay we have available choice steak, seafood and organic vegetables with very low food miles on it. We can then turn this into any nations dish that we feel like eating that night. We're lucky to have a rich history of multiculturalism that allows us to initially try these foods in the good restaurants that abound. The menu at my place for a week is likely to include Indian, Mexican, Italian, Irish and maybe a few schnitzels and something on the Weber.
 New Zealand has the best bacon I've ever eaten and Pineapple Lumps were pretty good too. American food that I remember fondly from a stay in Rhode Island was clam chowder and stuffed quahogs that they served at the bar with my Moosehead (Canadian)beer.

[Motu]

Best food Aussie stole from us is the Pavlova.

[Kiwi_Roy]

I really miss the pies you could buy at any service station or corner store.

[beetle]

Best food Aussie stole from us is the Pavlova.

Not that old chestnut.   

[Mr Revhead]

Pav isn't even any good! They can have it! Gimme cheesecake any day!