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cherryripeboy
02-26-2007, 10:09 PM
Does sizzler have a Theme?

Chilies tried but failed
TGI Friday's was still going strong.
Lone Star Steak House was present.
Last I knew there was still a Hard Rock in Melbourne... Burke or Latrobe, been too long up near parliament station.
Hog's Breath

aussiepunkshocker
02-26-2007, 10:19 PM
A strange fact about me: I have never eaten a burger! ;D


[quote=cherryripeboy;986457]Wow, what a thread!

Anyway, this is how I ended up liking my burgers in Australia:

Lettuce,
Tomato,
Egg
Beet root.
Cheese, and of course the meat

-No pineapple for me, the beet root made it messy enough.

cherryripeboy
02-26-2007, 10:24 PM
A strange fact about me: I have never eaten a burger! ;D


[quote=cherryripeboy;986457]Wow, what a thread!

Anyway, this is how I ended up liking my burgers in Australia:

Lettuce,
Tomato,
Egg
Beet root.
Cheese, and of course the meat

-No pineapple for me, the beet root made it messy enough.


LOL, That's cool, I don't eat'em more than I have to. I forgot all about the fried onions like pan fried, not deep fried!! Oh and always made fresh from a local lunch bar. Souvlaki is better though!

I do have to say my even though I like english breakfast, I once had Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon.... swoon.

Alaska
02-26-2007, 10:32 PM
My advice to him: FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT!!!!!!!

This thread is awesome!

GoldCoastGirl
02-27-2007, 12:04 AM
Man I'm late coming into this thread! Been a rather interesting read.

Here at Hungry Jacks (our version of Burger King to a certain extent) there is a burger I used to adore eating called The Aussie Burger. It had egg and beetroot (aka beets to you americans) on it. YUM! ;D

Nowdays our food is more 'multi cultural' as I find myself eating sushi just like I eat vegemite on toast ;)

There is a Sizzler on the Gold Coast!

BTW "Shrimp" is an american term. We call them prawns. We do love our seafood here. A 'typical' Aussie Xmas lunch contains alot of seafood. I always OD on prawns at Christmas usually :laughing:

jaizaine
02-27-2007, 12:16 AM
McDonalds? :D

Hogs Breath Cafe in Sydney, Canberra, Darwin
TGI Fridays in Melbourne

I have a TGI's right near me. They make awesome alcoholic drinks and they come in fish bowl size glasses. I don't care too much for the food tho, very fattening stuff. Everything seems to have cheese and bacon on it.

Lysondra
02-27-2007, 05:58 PM
Man I'm late coming into this thread! Been a rather interesting read.

Here at Hungry Jacks (our version of Burger King to a certain extent) there is a burger I used to adore eating called The Aussie Burger. It had egg and beetroot (aka beets to you americans) on it. YUM! ;D

Nowdays our food is more 'multi cultural' as I find myself eating sushi just like I eat vegemite on toast ;)

There is a Sizzler on the Gold Coast!

BTW "Shrimp" is an american term. We call them prawns. We do love our seafood here. A 'typical' Aussie Xmas lunch contains alot of seafood. I always OD on prawns at Christmas usually :laughing:

Chrismtas Time I was doing 6 shows a day - all at Christmas parties. Every single one of them offered me food. I had 5 Moreton Bay Bugs, over 50 prawns, 1 crab, 1/2 lobster, a barrumundi fillet and 5 oysters on the half.

That was a good working day - fershure.

Yekhefah
02-27-2007, 06:06 PM
Oh damn, I'd forgotten barramundi. :drool:

Kell
02-27-2007, 08:11 PM
Chrismtas Time I was doing 6 shows a day - all at Christmas parties. Every single one of them offered me food. I had 5 Moreton Bay Bugs, over 50 prawns, 1 crab, 1/2 lobster, a barrumundi fillet and 5 oysters on the half.

That was a good working day - fershure.

oh.my.god. :'( i'm australian (married to an american and living in the states) and reading your post made me incredibly homesick for the food! yum! it sounds so typically christmas from where i grew up..

thanks! :)

MishaBliss
02-27-2007, 09:26 PM
Hi Kell! (sorry to sidetrack the thread) I'm in the same situation as you.I am in LA...you?

Zabrina
02-28-2007, 12:17 AM
So do vegetarians just starve to death or merely get laughed out of the country?

MishaBliss
02-28-2007, 12:39 AM
Um...What? ^^^
Americans are WAAAAY more "meat proud" than Aussies. There are plenty of vegetarian options in most restaraunts. It may be a little harder in small towns, but no serious vegetarian I've ever known in Australia has a problem.

Zabrina
02-28-2007, 01:11 AM
I was just checking. From the menus linked in this thread I didn't see anything remotely veg so I was curious.

Kell
02-28-2007, 04:40 AM
Hi Kell! (sorry to sidetrack the thread) I'm in the same situation as you.I am in LA...you?

hi Misha! YAY another aussie! :) i'm in houston.
how long have you been living in the states?

cherryripeboy
02-28-2007, 07:11 AM
I was just checking. From the menus linked in this thread I didn't see anything remotely veg so I was curious.

I agree with Missha on this one. There are plenty of vegetarian options. The only country I think that would have traditional meals featuring vegetarian food would be India. If you got stuck in walkabout creek that might be a problem... lol

I know in Melbourne if you want to go vege you can. I know there are at least 2 vegetarian restaurants in Box Hill, good ones too.

You pretty much have to go traditional to find something that is more Australian, most of us would have gone multicultural the last time we went out to eat there. I never bothered much going to Western restaurants, I could either cook it myself or a friend would.

Dam now I miss the Vietnamese restaurants....

MishaBliss
02-28-2007, 03:31 PM
hi Misha! YAY another aussie! :) i'm in houston.
how long have you been living in the states?

Since December...I'll PM you :)

Kell
02-28-2007, 06:20 PM
okay! :)

ohh yay i'm so happy to know there are more of us in the states!

GoldCoastGirl
02-28-2007, 11:23 PM
I have definately second (or third or fourth?) the whole "out in the sticks" it is hard to be vegetarian thing. I can't tell you how many times I have had to just opt for a plate of mixed vegies because there was nothing else (not even fish/seafood which I have always liked) on the menu for me to have as my 'dinner' when I worked in small towns (mainly skimpy barmaid work).

Otherwise, there are plenty of options! Hungry Jacks has vegetarian options so does MacDonalds (Maccas) and so forth.......

flickad
03-01-2007, 06:07 AM
So do vegetarians just starve to death or merely get laughed out of the country?

I was vegan for a long time and I found plenty to eat.

I've never left Australian borders, by the way.

flickad
03-01-2007, 06:21 AM
Wow, what a thread!

Anyway, this is how I ended up liking my burgers in Australia:

Lettuce,
Tomato,
Egg
Beet root.
Cheese, and of course the meat

-No pineapple for me, the beet root made it messy enough.

I've found in my collection 5 books that could be helpful for anyone planning an Australian/Kiwi Menu.

Simply Australia A Culinary Journey ISBN 0-908808-76-3
Australia The Beautiful Cookbook ISBN 1-875628-13-4

Simply New Zealand A Culinary Journey ISBN 0-67078838-3
New Zealand The Beautiful Cookbook ISBN 0-86867-250-5
Edmond's Illustrated Cookbook ISBN 1-86958-625-5

The Beautiful Cookbooks were a great series, I have quite a few of them. The China one has some authentic yet difficult recipes. My friend looked at it once and said the only place you'd find some of these meals was at a 5 star restaurant, think Eat Drink Man Woman.

The food of Australia does tend to have english roots so in some ways it is not very different from American. There is however a great multicultural bent, to what I experienced in Melbourne. Lots of Greek, Italian, Middle-Eastern, Asian, and Indian.

I would think roast lamb would be a typical staple of a family dinner. Roasted and 'stuffed' with slivers of garlic, and rosemary.

Meat pies sausage rolls, and others can be good as well. However you had to find a good bakery!! Hopefully a mate will be sending some pie plates over soon, so I can do the hand held ones. Oh I just thought Bacon and Egg Pies!!! Yum!!

I honestly found a lot of what I saw on Jaime Oliver's show to be common in Melbourne. I love that english breakfast.

Depends on the family. I'm a second generation Australian and the kinds of foods I grew up on were frequently things like curries, minestrone soups, pasta and stir-fries, with meals out at mostly Asian restaurants and Polish food at my grandparents' homes (which I refused to eat upon entering my teens). I've always refused to eat roast dinners, on the grounds of violent dislike. In fact I hate most traditional Australian foods and have never eaten a meat pie or sausage roll (the look and smell of both revolt me). Nor have I ever liked hamburgers or sausages. In fact, I'm really not much of a red meat person per se.

I'll add that I'm of Eastern European descent, lest the multicultural diet lead you to suspect otherwise.

flickad
03-01-2007, 06:28 AM
there was a 'planet hollywood' in sydney when i lived there, tho' i think it's probably folded by now...

and we had some hard rock cafes for a while... sigh.

There's still one of each in Melbourne.

cherryripeboy
03-01-2007, 07:23 AM
^^ Is Planet Hollywood still that or just a space holder? I thought they turned the one in the casino into a sports bar, been so long now I don't remember.

cherryripeboy
03-01-2007, 07:29 AM
Depends on the family. I'm a second generation Australian and the kinds of foods I grew up on were frequently things like curries, minestrone soups, pasta and stir-fries, with meals out at mostly Asian restaurants and Polish food at my grandparents' homes (which I refused to eat upon entering my teens). I've always refused to eat roast dinners, on the grounds of violent dislike. In fact I hate most traditional Australian foods and have never eaten a meat pie or sausage roll (the look and smell of both revolt me). Nor have I ever liked hamburgers or sausages. In fact, I'm really not much of a red meat person per se.

I'll add that I'm of Eastern European descent, lest the multicultural diet lead you to suspect otherwise.

Well Melbourne is very multicultural, still if I asked my Vietnamese or Chinese mates what was a traditional meal in there homes, it would not be roast anything . lol Same if I asked my Lebanese friends.

Dam now you make me want to go to Yum Cha for brekfast, have Pho for lunch (Vietnamese Soup for lunch) and then have some Lebanese food for dinner, something from the set menu. Pity that is not likely to happen here.

aussiepunkshocker
03-01-2007, 07:50 PM
Alot of vegetarians / vegans wont eat at McDonalds or Hungry Jacks though :) I still boycott both.



I find it hard to eat decent food away from the cities period, lol. I got stuck in Macsville for 24 hours once with friends and for dinner we had no other option than a couple of packets of nuts and beer. Of course Im not complaining as such but if we had have been tea totallers it would have sucked! ;D


I have definately second (or third or fourth?) the whole "out in the sticks" it is hard to be vegetarian thing. I can't tell you how many times I have had to just opt for a plate of mixed vegies because there was nothing else (not even fish/seafood which I have always liked) on the menu for me to have as my 'dinner' when I worked in small towns (mainly skimpy barmaid work).

Otherwise, there are plenty of options! Hungry Jacks has vegetarian options so does MacDonalds (Maccas) and so forth.......

flickad
03-02-2007, 02:54 AM
^^ Is Planet Hollywood still that or just a space holder? I thought they turned the one in the casino into a sports bar, been so long now I don't remember.

The last time I went to the casino it was still there. Granted, that was quite some time ago (and we're talking YEARS here).

GoldCoastGirl
03-02-2007, 07:28 AM
Where is it meant to be inside the casino? I went there (Crown) when I was in Melbourne for my very very short trip last month due to the death of my grand-ma. I stayed an extra night because I wanted to catch up with friends and ended up wandering around Crown filling in time on my extra day after having lunch with a friend.

cheetahchick
03-02-2007, 10:21 AM
there is NOTHING australian about oatback except the cute names they give all the food.aboriginal burger is just a hamburger with a cute australian themed name. how bout some witchity grub?! now THAT would be YUMMY. I agree that Kangaroo, Emu and Croc are the best suggestions...but because there is no chance of getting those animals here i think it would be pretty hard to offer that stuff.not to mention (most)americans are simply not going to enjoy eating that stuff. i added most so not to insult anyone. its just...different....and not very good tasting...so if you didnt grow up eating it - u probably wouldnt like it...plus the cute little kangaroo that had to die for it...but yeah try Witchity grub. lol ;)

cheetahchick
03-02-2007, 10:25 AM
oh and capsicum...

there was a diner in australia called American Diner.

cherryripeboy
03-02-2007, 11:18 AM
Where is it meant to be inside the casino? I went there (Crown) when I was in Melbourne for my very very short trip last month due to the death of my grand-ma. I stayed an extra night because I wanted to catch up with friends and ended up wandering around Crown filling in time on my extra day after having lunch with a friend.

It used to be in the 'sports bar section' before the entrance to movie theater. I think it used to have the corner spot, if you came up from the escalators. The escalators being near the rear fountain (opposite the exposition centre)and cab rank. Lucy Chan's (horrible bland food) was on the corner outside (behind you), and a lotto shop. If you went streight past the PE you'd go by all the bars then hit Galactic Circus, a foot court and some youth orientated shops.

I'm fairly sure Planet Hollywood in the casino its a sports bar now. I remember the one in Hong Kong $24 (HKD I think) for a coke.

-I should just draw a map LOL :D

GoldCoastGirl
03-02-2007, 07:24 PM
I know where you are speaking about!! It isn't there. I would have noticed otherwise as I tend to notice little things like that.... There are quite a few good little eateries there tho' !

lwtex52
03-02-2007, 08:45 PM
I eat battered onions when I feel my cholesterol level dropping. However, I have never, not for a single moment, believed them to be Authentic Australian Cuisine.

jaizaine
03-02-2007, 10:51 PM
PLanet hollywood in the casino has been replaced by a bar.

flickad
03-03-2007, 08:43 PM
there is NOTHING australian about oatback except the cute names they give all the food.aboriginal burger is just a hamburger with a cute australian themed name. how bout some witchity grub?! now THAT would be YUMMY. I agree that Kangaroo, Emu and Croc are the best suggestions...but because there is no chance of getting those animals here i think it would be pretty hard to offer that stuff.not to mention (most)americans are simply not going to enjoy eating that stuff. i added most so not to insult anyone. its just...different....and not very good tasting...so if you didnt grow up eating it - u probably wouldnt like it...plus the cute little kangaroo that had to die for it...but yeah try Witchity grub. lol ;)

Hell, most Australians don't eat those meats (though kangaroo's not a total rarity, the others are, except on the odd specialty menu). I've never tried any of them and have no desire to. Nor do I know anyone who's tucked into a crocodile or emu steak, and I've spent my entire life in Australia.

Also, if you're eating ANY kind of meat, the fact is that an animal died for it. Why is the death of a kangaroo more tragic than that of a lamb, chicken or cow?

Nautilus
03-03-2007, 10:48 PM
i just don't wanna be eating our coat of arms, is all. /:O

kangaroo tastes like the smell of the inside of a handbag.

GoldCoastGirl
03-04-2007, 12:23 AM
:laughing: That's what I find hilarious about our Coat of Arms. We can actually find those two animals as 'steak' on a menu if you want to eat them! ARGH!

http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/images/coat_of_arms.jpg

cherryripeboy
03-04-2007, 12:27 AM
^^ Nothing too wrong with that, and well unless it was survival would you really eat 'em?

Katrine
03-04-2007, 01:52 PM
Fried alligator tastes pretty decent. Since its related to the croc, I'd bet they are similar. Tastes like chicken. No, really.

How adorable is the wallaby though, I couldn't eat it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Red-necked-Wallaby.jpg

Nautilus
03-05-2007, 04:53 PM
wallabies are too little to eat... all bones, bits and cuteness...

big fat kangaroo tail... now that would keep you going... if you like handbag.