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| # Posted 2006-11-19 12:29:43 | |
| kendal: | i love tim hortons! mmm cant wait..only 4 weeks till i can eat some! |
| # Posted 2006-11-19 21:12:37 | |
| Hammer: | So when I visit Australia in 2010 what would the equivalent be?
Cricket and ??? |
| # Posted 2006-11-20 00:06:44 | |
| robw: | a warm beer and cold pie at the G maybe.
There's heaps of good places to eat but none of them are a chain. |
| # Posted 2006-11-20 05:25:28 | |
| kendal: | do they still have tim bits?
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| # Posted 2006-11-20 06:12:11 | |
| Hammer: | Of course!
Warm beer Rob? Fosters or ???? |
| # Posted 2006-11-20 07:31:58 | |
| kendal: | tim bits were my favourite when i was like 5. because i couldnt eat a whole donut, tho i probably ate the equivalent in tim bits. haha. |
| # Posted 2006-11-20 07:55:41 | |
| Shep: | no chains rob? what about starbucks? theres a few of them here... |
| # Posted 2006-11-20 08:32:31 | |
| blairtrewin: | It actually wasn't bad, and their hot chocolate definitely gets the thumbs up - not quite as good as the Vines cafe in Ararat, but pretty good. |
| # Posted 2006-11-20 08:35:05 | |
| kendal: | i cant wait!
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| # Posted 2006-11-20 12:37:48 | |
| robw: | Its supposed to be cold obviously Hammer but by the time you get back to your seat... it would be VB at the G, no one in australia drinks fosters, they ship it away so we dont have to drink it.
Shep i meant there was no chains that have good food or coffee, although i suppose starbucks is ok if your desperate like at KL airport. |
| # Posted 2006-11-20 17:55:05 | |
| Hammer: | Starbucks? what's that. Hamilton has 93 Tim Horton's outlets and only 2 Star Bucks. Vancouver is likely the reverse ratio. But I don't drink coffee (or Fosters). VB at the G. OK, Rob I'll remember that. |
| # Posted 2006-11-20 17:57:44 | |
| kendal: | thats because tim hortons rocks. tho i dont think 93 can really be justified! |
| # Posted 2006-11-21 00:56:56 | |
| TheInvisibleLog: | Hammer.
I t has to be the South Australian pie floater. I remember my shock on my first US trip when I stopped for breakfast at a diner in Nevada and saw a pancake stack covered with egss, bacon and maple syrup. The pie floater will do the same for you. |
| # Posted 2006-11-21 02:02:20 | |
| Bruce: | The only chain worth visiting is probably Baker's Delight.
For those not from Adelaide, a pie floater is an upside down meat pie covered in peas and gravy. It is usually eaten by locals at about 2am after a hard night out (similar to a kebab in Melbourne). I think they are only served at mobile caravans outside; 1) the casino/railway station on North Terrace 2) Victoria Square (opposite the Hilton Hotel) 3) the Parade at Norwood |
| # Posted 2006-11-21 02:54:06 | |
| Clara: | Bakers Delight invaded Canada about 3 years ago as I recall?? The question is...do they sell Cheeseymites? |
| # Posted 2006-11-21 04:02:47 | |
| blairtrewin: | They did indeed invade Canada (under a different brand name, which I have forgotten, but it definitely looks the same inside the door). |
| # Posted 2006-11-21 04:06:20 | |
| Bomb: | Bakers Delight is Cobbs in Canada |
| # Posted 2006-11-21 04:32:48 | |
| TheInvisibleLog: | Bruce, you didn't do the pie floater justice. Being a native of Adelaide, you are showing your excess familiarity with this culinary delight. It takes an appalled foreigner to really capture the essence of the sight.
Think three concentric circles of vivid colour. The outer circle of luminouse green is the pea soup. The middle circle is the yellow of an upside down meat pie floating in the soup. The inner circle is the bright red blob of tomato sauce (ketcup) sitting on top of the pie. And that is before the eating commences. Then it starts to resemble a bad night at the local hospital casualty ward. |
| # Posted 2006-11-21 05:01:15 | |
| Shep: | i know what you meant robw, i was just stirring the pot ;)
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| # Posted 2006-11-21 06:04:15 | |
| blairtrewin: | In Melbourne many and varied ailments get blamed on "dodgy kebabs" which actually have more to do with the quantity of alcohol consumed before the intake of said kebab. Do pie floaters carry a similar reputation in SA? |
| # Posted 2006-11-21 06:10:02 | |
| lazydave: | Pie floaters from Harry's Cafe D' Wheels at Wooloomoloo have to be up there, perfect on the walk from the Cross to the city on the way home. That or a Mrs Macs Steak Bacon and Cheese pie at any servo, with a wallaby gold rush powerade. Magic. |
| # Posted 2006-11-21 09:24:31 | |
| Nev-Monster: | How good a beer is XXXX, do Aussie's actually drink it? It was the first I ever ordered at a bar, underage but acted like I knew what I was doing; they also serve it at a beer buffet here.
There's a great scene in my favourite track minute The Four Minute Mile in which John Landy is late for a race and stops in to get a meat pie to eat on way to the race, then blows away the field. Wooloomoloo? Come on, you guys just make some of these places up to fool with us. |
| # Posted 2006-11-21 17:04:20 | |
| Hammer: | Yeah Nev and we make up Tuktoyaktuk to fool them.
Four minute mile is indeed a great film. |
| # Posted 2006-11-21 17:19:16 | |
| robw: | Yeh i love that bit in the film too, he gets the pie cos he is a bit hungover if i remember right. I dont rate XXXX but there are a few queenslanders that drink it. |
| # Posted 2006-11-21 21:41:46 | |
| markg: | The best aussie beer I've found in Canada is Coopers Sparkling from SA. Not on tap unfortunately but good nonetheless. |
| # Posted 2006-11-22 05:14:40 | |
| Fat Rat: | Coopers Sparkling... the thread has class. |
| # Posted 2006-11-22 09:43:02 | |
| TheInvisibleLog: | Ran an International beer tasting in Moose, Wyoming in the 1981. The tasters were mountaineers. We were all down in the valley because the mountains were just a bit too wild. Retired to the local establishment to watch the storms on the Tetons and feel thankful for being in the valley. Being a beer hater, I was made the organiser of the tasting. Many brands were tried. Coopers came out on top, with O'Keefes (Canadian) second. Third was daylight followed the Europeans and then slather of American beers and Fosters. A wedding was going on in the background and the new marriage was degenerating before our eyes. Cowboy hats, rhinestones and wedding white weren't mixing. Bridesmaid and best man had an argument, newly weds took opposite sides along sex lines and the girls left the establishment, leaving the blokes to join the beer tasting. Parting comment from bridesmaid two was 'Don't drink Schlitz, its nigger's piss'. It was that sort of place. I think Schlitz came equal last with Coors. I had to drive the climbers home after the owner of the vehicle fell asleep at the wheel. The last I saw of the groom was he was still going hard at it. Not the best start to married bliss. But he did enjoy the Coopers! |
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