Re: [CH] Oz & NZ +Peppers

Suz (socalsuz@earthlink.net)
Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:34:59 -0700 

Maybe I was too harsh using the word horrid describing the food in Oz.
Possibly because I ate at the
wrong places, the food was not to my liking.  Maybe it was because it was
just "different".

I had envisioned good seafood restaurants, and found none.  The
menus were undecipherable.  The waitresses and waiters would rattle off the
special, and we couldn't understand them.  When I did find a
familiar selection on the menu, it was covered with "blood sauce" or
something ... what the heck is "blood sauce" anyway?

The hamburgers tasted like the meat had been ground with sawdust.  Maybe
it's because I'm used to good ol' US cows.  One hamburger came topped with a
beet and fried egg.  No mustard or mayo.  I sprinkled my chile powder
liberally over the meat, but ended up eating the beet and egg, leaving the
meat.  The club sandwich also had fried
egg.

The chipotle shrimp at the Rattlesnake Grill was delicious, but it was
served over a mound of "something" which while wasn't bad, was
"something".  I had no idea what the "something" was.  The jalapenos at that
restaurant were truly fantastic, tasty and with plenty of heat.

At the Hyde Park restaurant, the special of the evening was seafood.  The
waitress told us at least five times what it was, but we never figured out
what she was saying.  The fish was served over a loaf of something white
with colored "things" in it.  It was horrid.  Salads were served after the
main course, I like my salad first.  Just a personal preference.

The Somerset Inn in NZ had a delicious steak and Tony Flynn took us to a
great
fish 'n chips place.  No, I didn't try the lamb.  I bought a beautiful
bottle of habs at Pepperama, too pretty to open.

Ask for ketchup and you receive tomato sauce.  We did get a bottle of
ketchup once without asking, during breakfast.  Granted, some people like
ketchup on pancakes and fruit.

I certainly do not mean any offense to the Aussies and their taste in food.
Again, it might have been that we just didn't pick out the right places.

The trip down under was fantastic, and we are most definitely planning a
return trip.



> >The Australian food is quite horrid,
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Funny I thought the same about American Food in 98 -------- Till I Found
the good places to Eat..


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