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I know we already have a recipie thread, but I am hoping this thread will have a different purpose. I'll leave it to the wisdom of the mods whether this thread stands alone or is merged.
Late last year I made myself a 'pre-New Year's Resolution'. I decides to take advantage of the remarkable diversity & quality of food in my home town to try a new food every week. This may be a meal, or just something different. This is complicated by a couple of factors: 1) I really dislike seafood; 2) My actual New year's Resolution this year was to drop at least 10kg, which means less fat & carbs. Oh well. Life wasn't meant to be easy. I'm planning to document my adventures with photos (sadly most of them on my crappy phone cam) so I thought I'd share.
I'm not going to limit my photos to just my 'new' food. I'm also going to throw in other stuff I'm eating or have eaten - I took a bunch of great shots in the US last year & Thailand this year. I'm hoping people will join in with either photos or just tales of what they are eating. Hopefully this will complement the 'recipies' thread.
some starters:
St Kilda is a great place for food & has been since the 50s. This Chicken Burrito wasn't the best thing I have ever eaten, but it is still pretty yummy
In the 1940s & 1950s the bayside suburb of St Kilda & a number of surrounding suburbs became the home for Australia's largest & most concentrated Jewish community. The vast majority were Eastern European Jews from places like Poland & they brought with them many things, including food. As a young child visiting from the country a trip to Acland St was a particular treat. We would stare into the windows in amazement and disappointment at only being allowed to chose one item. It felt like we had been transported to a different place & time. It still does.
This is a Viennese Coffee ring. Beautiful dark chocolate on a perfectly textured biscuit filled with a magical dark brown coffee flavoured concoction the consistency of praline. Damn that diet!
Late last year I made myself a 'pre-New Year's Resolution'. I decides to take advantage of the remarkable diversity & quality of food in my home town to try a new food every week. This may be a meal, or just something different. This is complicated by a couple of factors: 1) I really dislike seafood; 2) My actual New year's Resolution this year was to drop at least 10kg, which means less fat & carbs. Oh well. Life wasn't meant to be easy. I'm planning to document my adventures with photos (sadly most of them on my crappy phone cam) so I thought I'd share.
I'm not going to limit my photos to just my 'new' food. I'm also going to throw in other stuff I'm eating or have eaten - I took a bunch of great shots in the US last year & Thailand this year. I'm hoping people will join in with either photos or just tales of what they are eating. Hopefully this will complement the 'recipies' thread.
some starters:
St Kilda is a great place for food & has been since the 50s. This Chicken Burrito wasn't the best thing I have ever eaten, but it is still pretty yummy
In the 1940s & 1950s the bayside suburb of St Kilda & a number of surrounding suburbs became the home for Australia's largest & most concentrated Jewish community. The vast majority were Eastern European Jews from places like Poland & they brought with them many things, including food. As a young child visiting from the country a trip to Acland St was a particular treat. We would stare into the windows in amazement and disappointment at only being allowed to chose one item. It felt like we had been transported to a different place & time. It still does.
This is a Viennese Coffee ring. Beautiful dark chocolate on a perfectly textured biscuit filled with a magical dark brown coffee flavoured concoction the consistency of praline. Damn that diet!
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