What I ate today - the food thread

[TheRealTMA]

Will have to put this place on our list to try next time we're in Brisbane.

The same owners as Rich and Rare at West End, also excellent.

 

[drron]

Tuesday night's dinner. At my Club - the Dicky. You can even buy a T shirt.


We started by sharing a dozen oysters. Then our 2 guests had the beer battered snapper.


Mrsdrron had the Osso Buco.


And I had the half rack BBQ pork ribs with spicy chicken wings.


Good simple club food at a decent price.

 

[Scash]

The same owners as Rich and Rare at West End, also excellent.

Thank you @TheRealTMA. We often stay at Southbank or Westend and this place is on my wife's list to go to!

 

[Rugby]

Soluna - North Sydney. Veal chop, pea & edamame, fries. Followed by Monte Carlo ice cream sandwich and a liquorice bullet.

 

[drron]

So Wednesday's lunner. Booked for 3pm as lunches are busy and parking spots at a premium. at just before 3 pm we parked at the front door.
Tziki Bar at Forest Glen. Good Greek food. Began by sharing Greek lamb ribs, grilled haloumi, roast cauliflower salad, calamari and some hummus with pita bread.






We then shared a main dish - slow roasted lamb shoulder on Greek potatoes. It was melt in your mouth good. Forgot to take a picture.
Recommended if you are in the area.

 

[JohnK]

I'm hungry. Chicken drumsticks with Thai yellow curry and potatoes on a bed of Thai Jasmine rice.

These 2 didn't even touch the sides.

 

[drron]

Thursday's Lunner. Bocca At Bokarina beach. Very popular and nearly half full when we arrived at 3pm. They had a winter truffle men u.


We started off with the truffled mushrooms this is an everyday item and doesn't have fresh truffles. We also had chargrilled eggplant, marinated octopus and a garlic and rosemary bread.








All very good. We love their bread.
After that we shared Tagliatelle with lamb ragu and Stracci al sugo with duck ragu.




We were still were a little hungry so shared the truffled pizza.


Perfect.
For dessert 2 of us had the limoncello meringue and 2 the panna cotta.




It is a bit on the expensive side but we think it is worth it. The menu.

https://boccaitalian.com.au/menu

 

[Scash]

We’re in Brisbane for a few nights mainly to see a show but also to try out a few reastaurants. As suggested by @TheRealTMA our first night was at Rich and Rare in Westend. They have choices of A La Carte or various banquets. We ended up going with the $75 pp which was way too much food for us and could have fed three people!




The bone marrow butter was delicious but the olives were way too salty for me. I love olives but the saltiness masked the taste of the olives.



Next course scallops and beef tartare. Both delicious (scallops especially).



Then the piece de resistance…the 700 gm rib eye with chips and lettuce salad (the salad was a bit average). All washed down with a nice bottle of Langmeil Shiraz.

 

[TheRealTMA]

We’re in Brisbane for a few nights mainly to see a show but also to try out a few reastaurants. As suggested by @TheRealTMA our first night was at Rich and Rare in Westend. They have choices of A La Carte or various banquets. We ended up going with the $75 pp which was way too much food for us and could have fed three people!

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The bone marrow butter was delicious but the olives were way too salty for me. I love olives but the saltiness masked the taste of the olives.

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Next course scallops and beef tartare. Both delicious (scallops especially).

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Then the piece de resistance…the 700 gm rib eye with chips and lettuce salad (the salad was a bit average). All washed down with a nice bottle of Langmeil Shiraz.

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Yummo. I do like their cos lettuce plate.

You could also try the “new” Supernormal at top of Queen street.. getting good reviews. Haven’t been myself yet.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Struck up a conversation with the proprietor of a bottle shop in Whitangi and took his dinner recommendation.

Prawn and chorizo pizza with pesto aioli.



Apparently sourdough bases is the secret.

It was excellent.

 

[Scash]

Yummo. I do like their cos lettuce plate.

You could also try the “new” Supernormal at top of Queen street.. getting good reviews. Haven’t been myself yet.

Yes I have been reading about it and will hopefully get there at some point.

 

[Flyfrequently]

Had a few mates from my student days over for lunch.
Mr Flyfrequently excelled with his crispy pork belly

My contributions were the shallow fried Brussels Sprouts with black pepper and grana padano


and a huge chocolate brownie.
Sorry no photos of the potato gratin and rocket, pear and walnut salad, too busy eating

 

[Scash]

Stella restaurant in Bulimba. $99 free flow lunch!



Aperol Spritz to start.


Followed by bread and olives



Starters were the Beef Carpaccio, Rocket, Parmesan and Citronette and the Salt and Pepper Calamari.




And then mains of King Prawn Spaghetti and Mezzemaniche Sausage Porcini



This was Friday lunch time and the restaurant was quiet, so service was very good. Staff were pro active with the drinks and we managed to consume a few spritzers and a couple of red wines! They even gave us a break between starters and main so we could relax a little. Food was good (and plenty of it) but I thought the pasta dishes overall were a bit bland, although the king prawns themselves were delicious. We certainly got our moneys worth though.

 

[JohnK]

Taste is in the mouth of the beholder but this creation for dinner earlier gave me great satisfaction.

Chuck steak sandwich with lettuce, tomato, cheese, BBQ sauce, mustard and I forgot the onion. Delicious.

 

[Captain Halliday]

A week or so back I posted a pic of a pizza from a place called Slice Slice Baby in Whitianga, New Zealand.

It was prawn and chorizo with pesto aioli. Here the pic again as a reminder:


It was delicious and now that I’m home I decided to give it a go myself.

For mine I went for regular aioli, but added spring onions.

Served with a 2012 Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon.

I’m biased of course, but mine was better.

 

[Flyfrequently]

Last night's dinner at Cielo restaurant in Mercure Samui - the crispiest skin just cooked to perfection. AUD 10 .70 with Accor plus discount.

 

[drron]

Food court food Bondi Junction. Lobster Tail outlet.
Oysters Kilpatrick, Moreau scallops and crumbed whiting. Reasonable food at reasonable prices.

 

[drron]

Tonight we dined at Enbu a Japanese charcoal BBQ restaurant. brilliant.




I thought about a little Sapporo beer.


But we had a bottle of SB instead.


The start of the food.






This waygu skirt steak was free as they are celebrating their first year of operation.

 

[drron]

The food continued. Huge scallops.








We enjoyed the meat so much we had another plate of waygu. this time oyster blade steak.


I also had octopus karaage. The only disappointment as it was overdone.

 

[Ade]

we had a bottle of SB instead.

What is your take on this wine?