Cuisine – Page 2 – The Last Appetite

Not an economic analysis of food trends

Thomas the Think Engine takes on an economic analysis of food trends and the growth in American barbecue in Melbourne, and it’s really quite wrong. The whole city is suddenly buzzing with American cuisine – and just a few short years ago, that would have seemed like an oxymoron. The reason is one restaurateurs almost… Continue reading Not an economic analysis of food trends

Burger Joint Name Generator

Any word that ends with “-am” can be joined to the word “burger” to make the name of a burger joint. Here are all of them:

Melbourne’s Oldest Restaurants

Melbourne’s oldest restaurant is Florentino (est.1928), if you count restaurants opened on the same site, serving the same cuisine under the same name. The oldest continuously running restaurant (as far as I could find) is Cuckoo Restaurant in Olinda (est.1958) which took over the site from Quamby (est.1914). Even though they’re important to local cuisine,… Continue reading Melbourne’s Oldest Restaurants

Cambodian rice is the best in the world

So it turns out that those people that I accused of romanticising Cambodian rice a few years ago were right. The Phka Malis variety is the best in the world. From the International Rice Research Institute: Cambodian rice variety Phka Rumduol, often called Phka Malis or Cambodia Jasmine Rice by rice millers and traders, was… Continue reading Cambodian rice is the best in the world

Cronuts are over

I get the feeling that food trends are collapsing in ever shortening cycles: in a mere 7 months from their invention and a few months since they became shorthand for the culinary zeitgeist of 2013, the cronut has fallen out of favour, at least, according to Google’s aggregation of searches.

I have seen the Bulgarian Ambassador

Originally sent: 2 February 2006 About this series Happy Australia Day and Lunar New Year! M and I celebrated by going to the Australian Embassy function at Phnom Penh’s most expensive hotel, Raffles, and drinking imported stubbies of Victoria Bitter at their expense. Thanks again, foolish Australian taxpayer. The Australian Embassy paid Raffles to serve… Continue reading I have seen the Bulgarian Ambassador

The first Somali-Australian food blog?

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