Thursday, November 22, 2012

Food

Fave restaurant:
The Moat: A small restaurant tucked under the State Library in Melbourne. A warm, bookish ambience, excellent wine selection and serving staff who always smile and know their stuff.
Fave dishes:
Venison carpacio with chocolate paint, schezuan pepper, balsamic jelly, barberry and watercress.

Jamon with creamed blue cheese and tiny figs.

Fast food chains I wish we had in Canada:

Snag Stand: Gourmet hot dogs slathered in surprising ingredients.

Breadilicious / Breadtop:  Two different chains, same basic model. The store is filled with plastic boxes of pastries: Asian sweet buns filled with curried pork; Croissant wrapped sausages; Coconut buns... Walk around with your tray and tongs, pick up a few nibbles and off you go for a picnic.

Pie Face:  Salty and sweet pies for take-away. Peppered steak, curry, stews. You name it, they'll stick it in a pie.

Nando's: Portuguese chicken. Kinda like Swiss Chalet but with heat. According to their website, there is on in Ottawa.

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