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items: Torres Strait: how to cook like a local
items: Tasmanian food: how to cook like a local
items: A local insider’s guide to Queensland, Australia
items: Four foodie trips in Queensland, Australia
items: Sydney foodie guide: where locals eat and drink
items: Foodie road trip in Australia's McLaren Vale wine region
items: Foodie road trip in Tasmania
items: Melbourne foodie guide: where locals eat and drink
items: Best places to eat and drink in Wellington
items: Best city food tours for 2016

Torres Strait: how to cook like a local
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date: 2022-01-17T12:25:42.000Z
creator: Nornie Bero
subject: Australasia
subject: Travel
subject: Cook Like A Local
description: Experience the multicultural flavours of this Australian island strait, from soy-braised chicken to citrus and coconut-marinated fish
encoded: Want to learn about the food of Torres Strait? Looking for Australian recipes? Read Nornie Bero's guide below, then check out more Australian recipes. Recipes extracted from Mabu Mabu, by Nornie Bero (£22, Hardie Grant) Torres Strait's cuisine The Torres Strait was multicultural long before the rest of Australia. Our dishes have strong Japanese and Southeast Asian influences, filtered through an Island lens. The Islands traded food, plants, baskets and nets with Papua New Guinea and Indonesia for generations. The Japanese settled there as early as the mid-19th century, diving for pearls and bêche-de-mer (sea cucumbers). Flour is an essential part of life in the Torres Strait Islands. While many kids come home from school and have a slice of bread, Island kids have dombois, which are similar to doughnuts and can be savoury or sweet. They’re very filling, especially when cooked ‘sabee’ style, in rich coconut cream. Damper is the bread I grew up with. You don’t get freshly baked loaves off the barges – just flour and tins of butter. It was always made ‘Island style’, wrapped in banana leaves and steam-baked in the kup murri (underground oven). You don’t often find a kangaroo tail in the meat aisle but Aboriginal people have been eating it for generations. They know it has some of the juiciest meat. Whenever we cook an animal, we make sure we eat the whole thing. Seafood is abundant – garfish, squid, oysters, mussels and periwinkles are all fished and foraged. Native Island ingredients include the sea succulents samphire and karkalla, and seeds such as pepperberry and wattleseed, a seed with a hazelnut flavour. Torres Strait recipes Semur chicken Semur is a hearty dish in which a whole chicken is cooked in a thick soy broth with vermicelli noodles – lemongrass, soy and chilli feature in many dishes from the Torres Strait Islands, influenced by the multiculturalism there. Wattleseed scones Wattleseed has a hazelnut-like taste and thickening ability similar to ground almo…

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Tasmanian food: how to cook like a local
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date: 2021-02-08T14:08:05.000Z
creator: Analiese Gregory
subject: Australasia
subject: Travel
subject: Cook Like A Local
description: From fresh-off-the-boat seafood to award-wining wine and fragrant indigenous honey, try a taste of this unique Australian island at home
encoded: Want to learn about Tasmanian food? Looking for Tasmanian recipes? Read Analiese Gregory's guide, then check out our Australian recipes and our guide to the cuisine of Torres Strait. Recipes extracted from How Wild Things Are: Cooking, Fishing and Hunting at the Bottom of the World by Analiese Gregory (£22, Hardie Grant). These recipes were supplied by the publisher and not retested by us. Tasmanian cuisine A tiny but wild island-off-an-island at the end of the world. The last stop between Australia and Antarctica, Tasmania is a pristine wilderness abounding in natural beauty and ingredients with a purity of flavour. From the abalone (large sea snails) that pepper the whole coastline, to oysters, mussels, sea urchins, fresh seaweed and rock lobsters, the seafood options are ingrained in the eating culture of the island. Wild local game and bush food plants, part of the indigenous diet, are in abundance, too. Another taste of Tasmania is leatherwood honey. Unique to the island, it comes from a rainforest plant that flowers for just six to eight weeks of the year. The flavour has been described as a taste of the Australian bush after it rains: buttery, creamy and distinctive. This is also a place of farmers’ markets, oyster shacks, cult fish ’n’ chip shops, food festivals, distilleries and vineyards. Tasmanian wine is particularly hot right now – House of Arras EJ Carr Late Disgorged 2004 was named best sparkling wine in the world in Decanter’s Wine of the Year 2020 tasting. The island is cooled by the Southern Ocean, making ideal growing conditions for classic sparkling wine grapes such as pinot noir and chardonnay. Production is small but there are some great bottles to try. Tasmanian recipes Pickled mussels and octopus with XO aïoli Love seafood? Let it shine in this medley of pickled mussels, octopus, fresh herbs, thinly sliced turnips and a quick homemade XO aïoli. Honey madeleines Flavour your next batch of madeleines with honey (the leatherwood variety, used in…

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A local insider’s guide to Queensland, Australia
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date: 2020-09-11T14:09:27.000Z
subject: Australasia
subject: Travel
description: In-the-know locals share their favourite al fresco restaurants, urban pitstops and hidden beaches across this sunny, laid-back state
encoded: With 260 days of sunshine, Queensland has always been a sought-after holiday destination thanks to its sparkling coastline. But scratch the surface and you’ll also uncover verdant tropical rainforests teeming with wildlife, an expansive scenic outback and remote, rugged mountains. Thanks to this rich and diverse landscape which yields an abundance of fresh produce, cutting-edge micro-producers, world-famous chefs and innovative locals have redefined the food and drink scene of the state over the last few years, making it one of Australia’s hottest culinary destinations. What better way to indulge in this flourishing food scene than by teaming it with the stunning surrounds. Think al fresco terraces, waterside restaurants and rooftop bars, sitting side by side with Queensland’s easy-going locals. In fact, these guys know some of the best places to soak up the scenery and where to dine in style, which is why we’ve asked a few for their insider foodie travel tips. Read on to discover some of the best spots along Queensland’s stunning coastline and tropical inland. Or, if you’re after itineraries tailored more to your taste, check out four foodie trips in Queensland here. Café culture in a sun-soaked city – Brisbane This lively city boasts a bit of everything for a foodie stay – rooftop bars with sweeping views, intimate restaurants hidden down quirky laneways and a lively coffee scene with a unique character. Cycle through the city on a coffee-shop crawl in Brisbane’s West End area. Order a double-filtered cold brew from Who Shot The Barista’s yellow hatch and take in the colourful mural displayed on the charming, heritage-listed building. Cycle via Streets Beach to the kiosk café on Goodwill Bridge, where you can sip on a flat white and soak up views of the river and South Bank. Local tip: Lee-Anne Harris of Walk Brisbane knows where to find hidden gems and hole-in-the-wall haunts in Queensland’s cool capital city, having led walking tours in Brisbane for more than fi…

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Four foodie trips in Queensland, Australia
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date: 2020-09-04T11:10:02.000Z
creator: Alex Crossley
subject: Australasia
subject: Travel
description: Whether you’re after a tropical adventure, laid-back coastal unwind or an eclectic urban culinary tour, embark on one of our diverse foodie trips in this beautiful Australian state
encoded: Queensland has something to offer everyone – from action-packed tropical trips to relaxing beachside escapes and cultural city breaks. This Australian state has stepped up its game in recent years and now boasts a cutting-edge culinary scene thanks to innovative chefs, a laid-back dining culture and a crop of new-wave producers making the most of the rich soil and tropical climate. We’ve picked out four foodie itineraries catering to different tastes to help you discover this must-visit destination. Choose one or string all four together for a diverse fortnight full of adventure, sun and al fresco eating. BRISBANE – for eclectic urban diners For those seeking variety and a dynamic city buzz, Queensland’s capital boasts an eclectic dining culture. From elegant rooftop bars and fine-dining restaurants to hipster hangouts, there’s something for every taste. Fortitude Valley, known by locals as The Valley, is a neighbourhood with a buzzing food scene, culture and nightlife. Grab a coffee from trendy King Arthur Café then browse leafy James Street’s upmarket boutiques. Head into the laneways, a quirky network of small pedestrianised alleys brimming with intimate cafes, boutique bars and pop-up studios. Order colourful poke bowls from Raw + Rice on palm tree-lined California Lane, tuck into juicy patties at Ben’s Burgers down Winn Lane or book a spot at tiny omakase-style eatery Joy on Bakery Lane. Work up an appetite by kayaking down the Brisbane River, drinking up the views and spotting where you can head for lunch or dinner. Down by the river, beneath the iconic Story Bridge is the impressive, recently renovated Howard Smith Wharves. Reward yourself with Brisbane-brewed beer and pizzas at Felons Brewing Co. on the water’s edge. For more stunning city views along the water there’s also Mr Percival’s for sunset spritzes, Greca for contemporary Greek taverna food and the rooftop bar at arty hotel The Fantauzzo. To discover more of the city’s art scene, join a street-art t…

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Sydney foodie guide: where locals eat and drink
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date: 2019-09-12T09:10:56.000Z
creator: John Gregory-Smith
subject: Australasia
subject: Travel
subject: Local city guides
description: Eat your way around Australia’s vibrant east coast city via kingfish ceviche, laksa flecked with chillies and lime and peanut butter parfait with chocolate ice cream
encoded: The iconic Opera House and majestic Harbour Bridge, miles of sandy beaches, swish suburbs and crisp, clear light: Sydney is one of the world’s great cities. And one of its most foodie. The locals love eating out so there are great restaurants, bars and cafés to choose from whatever your appetite, with Asian cuisine a staple and a definite Middle Eastern culinary scene emerging. Australia is also the land of brunch, kicking Italian coffee into touch with a stellar home-grown coffee culture and introducing the world to avocado on toast. Best brunch spots in Sydney A1 Canteen – best for global flavours East meets West on the menu at this industrial café, home to some of the most interesting brunches in town. Za’atar eggs come with tangy braised rainbow chard, while a lip-smackingly good XO crab omelette has salty undertones from a touch of finely chopped dried fish, as well as a light hum from fresh red chilli. a1canteen.com.au Concrete Jungle – best for Insta appeal Become the envy of your Instagram followers at this feed-friendly café. It serves pretty plates of food that, thankfully, also taste rocking. There are a lot of plant-based dishes, including smoothie bowls and a dish of incredible beetroot hummus with sumac tomatoes. Brunch is brilliant, with an all-day selection of eggs and the obligatory smashed avocado. concretejunglecafe.com Reuben Hills – best for coffee Coffee roaster, ethical sourcer and incredible café all wrapped up in one gorgeous location on a sleepy street in Surry Hills. The coffee is the best in Sydney (fact!) and the menu knockout. Fried tortilla chilaquiles are drenched in yogurt, salty feta and sumac, and the café’s take on the infamous breakfast bun (a Sydney staple found in different guises on every brunch menu worth its salt) comes with bacon jam, chipotle aioli and a smashed omelette. reubenhills.com.au Best Middle Eastern restaurants in Sydney Nomad – best for seafood Located in sizzling Surry Hills, this epic Lebanese-inspired restau…

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Foodie road trip in Australia's McLaren Vale wine region
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date: 2018-10-09T10:01:13.000Z
creator: Lucy Gillmore
subject: Australasia
subject: Travel
description: Drive just 45 minutes south from Adelaide to discover South Australia’s best-kept secret – a laid-back land of eccentric winemakers, abundant farmers’ markets, wild beaches and gourmet boutique hotels
encoded: Want to tour Mclaren Vale wineries? Hop on one of Mclaren Vale's wine tours and visit Australia's wine region south of Adelaide... Until now the Fleurieu peninsula has been South Australia’s best-kept secret. In Adelaide, the state capital, locals tend to innocently point tourists towards the Barossa and Clare Valleys, or to tourist hot spot Kangaroo Island, which dangles off the peninsula’s southern tip. Yet with Fleurieu (pronounced floo-ree-oh) just a 45-minute drive away – virtually Adelaide’s backyard – they’re starting to get wise. The Fleurieu has a Mediterranean climate, laid-back vibe, wild, windswept beaches (you might recognise the glorious sweep of Maslin Beach from Russell Crowe’s film The Water Diviner), swathes of silvery olive groves, a clutch of field-to-fork eateries and farmers’ markets along with more than 70 boutique wineries. Within the peninsula, McLaren Vale is the birthplace of the South Australian wine industry and home to some of the world’s oldest grapevines. This is shiraz country, the vineyards rolling right down to the beach. The cooling winds flowing from the Mount Lofty Ranges to the coast also create the perfect climate for cabernet sauvignon and grenache. Mclaren Vale Wineries What is McLaren Vale's USP? Most of the cellar doors are family owned, not commercial. Whether they’re the old brigade or the new vanguard, they’re all one-offs. D'Arenberg Wine-making is full of complexities. McLaren Vale’s larger-than-life winemaker, Chester Osborn, pondered how to showcase this strange alchemy. His response was the d’Arenberg Cube, a dazzling glass and steel structure that has been dubbed ‘Willy Wonka’s wine factory’. A wonderfully bonkers box of a building, it materialises, Tardis-like, out of the vines like a half-finished Rubik’s Cube. As you approach, eyes entranced by an optical illusion at the entrance, soft music (activated by weather stations among the vines) lures you in. Inside the five-storey attraction, restaurant and tasting r…

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Foodie road trip in Tasmania
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date: 2018-09-11T10:14:02.000Z
creator: Lucy Gillmore
subject: Australasia
subject: Travel
description: Tassie may once have been seen as a sleepy backwater, but the island’s creative food scene now attracts chefs and tourists keen to try charcoal and blackcurrant cordial, dived-to-order sea urchins and sheep-whey vodka
encoded: Looking for places to eat in Tasmania? Read about our foodie road trip in Tasmania, including places to stay and eat in Hobart, Tasmania's riverside capital. It might be the gateway to Antarctica, but Hobart is hotter than Hades. Not in meteorological terms, of course – Tasmania, Australia’s southernmost state, is closer to Shetland in temperature than Sicily, but its culinary scene is sizzling. Whispers of the island’s lotus-eater pace of life and bountiful natural larder – from oysters and abalone plucked straight from the sea to wagyu beef and Cape Grim rainwater so clean they bottle it – has caused a stampede of hotshot chefs moving over from the mainland (read about Sarah Glover below). There’s plenty of homegrown Tasmanian talent too. This is an island of innovators and oddballs who love nothing more than to shake things up a little. Got some sheep? Lets make vodka from the sheep’s cheese whey. Whisky? Why not knock up a still in the barn and use a tumble dryer as a malting machine? Campfire cook up with Sarah Glover Instagram favourite Sarah Glover swapped life as a pastry chef in Sydney and New York to rediscover her culinary roots – and became a poster girl for outdoor cooking along the way – back on her home turf of Tasmania (her new cookbook, WILD, a collaboration with photographer Luisa Brimble, is part recipe collection, part adventure handbook). sarahglover.com.au Where to eat and drink in Hobart, Tasmania Faro at Mona (Museum of Old and New Art) Tasmania’s big-guns-blazing attraction is the creation of one man’s whimsy. David Walsh’s phenomenal art collection is wonderfully bonkers, irreverent and also home to one of the hottest tables in town, Faro (there’s a winery, Moorilla, next door for post-culture-vulture tastings; moorilla.com.au). Faro, the tapas bar and restaurant, is all brushed concrete, black tiles and huge picture windows looking out over the water. Sip a Night is Day, a black mocktail made with active charcoal, tonic water and homemade …

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Melbourne foodie guide: where locals eat and drink
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date: 2018-05-08T16:31:48.000Z
creator: Lucy Gillmore
subject: Australasia
subject: Travel
description: Its multicultural make-up and an influx of pioneering chefs has helped Melbourne take the crown as Australia’s culinary capital. Whether you’re after cardamom and roast pistachio ice cream, a rooftop gin cocktail or whipped emu egg, the southeastern city caters for all
encoded: Want to know what to do in Melbourne? Read our foodie guide to where to eat, including the best restaurants in Melbourne. Melbourne food experiences If you want to find your foodie feet in Melbourne turn to Allan Campion. A chef turned food writer, with a library of cookbooks and food guides under his belt, Campion founded Melbourne Food Experiences in 2002. His food tours include the grazing and give you the lowdown on the secret spots you'd be mad to miss. Melbourne after Dark, for instance, steers you down tiny alleyways to some of the city's coolest cocktail bars, such as Union Electric's new rooftop gin bar, where the gin list includes Yarra Valley's Four Pillars - or go wild with a signature Lola cocktail, a heady ginger, gin, curacao and coconut cream concoction. melbournefoodexperiences.com.au The best coffee shops in Melbourne Where can you get a decent coffee in Melbourne? Cold-drip, AeroPress, siphon or espresso, flat white or long black? Coffee is king, customers are connoisseurs and baristas and micro-roasters are gods in Melbourne. This is the city that invented the flat white after all – or so they say (that's a latte with less milk and a smoother texture – it's all about the micro-bubbles). The roll call includes sleek, pared back Sensory Lab (which also holds barista classes), Market Lane (which roasts its own single origin beans and offers public cuppings - tastings) and Industry Beans (also famous for its bagels). marketlane.com.au; sensorylab.com.au; industrybeans.com Spring Street Grocer The Spring Street Grocer might sound like a local corner shop but it's not. Upstairs it's a gourmet food store but most miss the spiral staircase down to the extraordinary cheese cellar – and Australia's first underground cheese maturation rooms, where regular cheese tastings and workshops are held. Try Holy Goat artisan cheeses from Sutton Grange organic farm – Black Silk is a tangy, ash-coated, fresh curd pyramid. There's also a bakery and espresso bar and, on…

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Best places to eat and drink in Wellington
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date: 2017-09-07T17:16:19.000Z
subject: Australasia
subject: Travel
description: Eat your way around New Zealand’s craft beer and coffee capital, sampling barbecued halloumi skewers, kimchi croissants and lemon meringue pie doughnuts
encoded: Check out some of the best cafés, bars and restaurants in Wellington, New Zealand's foodie capital. Here you'll find local beers and interesting wines, lively bars and buzzy cafés. Check out our local food and drink guide to Wellington... Nikau Café Just off Civic Square, in the City Gallery, you’ll find Nikau Café. A stalwart of the city, it serves an inspired, NZ-produce-driven menu, with some of the best breakfasts in town. Beautiful coffee, an array of sweet treats, and sage fried eggs are standouts, but it’s most famous for its kedgeree. Harbourside Market The Wellington waterfront is worth a wander in any season and, rain or shine, its Harbourside Market is a great place to pick up fresh fruit and vegetables, and to browse an array of food vendors and trucks. Don’t miss the barbecued halloumi on a stick from Brazilian Skewer. Shepherd Fairly new to the Wellington restaurant scene, Shepherd comes with a high-calibre team. Serving an ever-changing and inspired menu, expect surprises such as baby kimchi croissants or miso crème brûlée. With local beers and interesting wines, it’s equally good to stop by for a drink and a snack as it is for a full meal. Golding's Free Dive Hannah’s Laneway is home to various artisan food factories (think peanut butter, bean-to-bar chocolate and soda). There’s also a dive bar called Golding’s Free Dive. Like something out of a movie set, the eclectic fit-out has a rotating selection of the best beers from NZ and abroad. Order a legendary pizza from across the laneway (pizzapomodoro.co.nz) and eat it at Golding’s with the local brew of your choice. Hawthorn Lounge Low-slung lights and a healthy dose of velvet adorn Hawthorn Lounge, the place in Wellington for a cosy, late-night cocktail. Sometimes weird but always wonderful, seasonal drinks here include the likes of a cauliflower sour crafted from house-made saffron and mole bitters. Tucked away upstairs, it also serves a small range of snacks, including a ham and cheese toastie wit…

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Best city food tours for 2016
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date: 2016-03-31T15:04:13.000Z
subject: Australasia
subject: Travel
description: Looking for an authentic taste of a city? Eat your way around Melbourne, Athens, Lisbon, Malmo and Paris with these food discovery tours
encoded: Melbourne For anyone with a sweet tooth, Queenies’ Sweet Dreams food tour is a must – as is a trip to Melbourne, where high-end confectioners and pastry chefs have created a major new food trend. Last-course-only restaurants like Om Nom (omnom.kitchen) are increasingly popular, some of the world’s best chocolatiers are here (make time for a visit to chocolate brewer Mörk, morkchocolate.com.au), and people even go on dessert dates. Is there a better philosophy by which to live than the one decorating the window of pudding restaurant LuxBite (luxbite.com.au), the first stop on the tour? ‘Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first’. Andrew Prior founded Queenies’ after taking part in MasterChef in 2013, as an alternative to returning to his former, corporate, life. The Sweet Dreams tour is one of four small-group food trips he leads around the city, and includes five sugar-laced stop-offs in the up-and-coming South Yarra neighbourhood – some for shopping, some for eating. Don’t miss: The seven-layer lolly cake at LuxBite has to be seen to be believed – its wafer-thin layers include mandarin jaffa ganache, spearmint leaf buttercream and musk mallow. Or try a Meringue Monster: green tea sponge, pistachio, watermelon yogurt and strawberry mousse all wrapped in softly charred meringue. If you love macarons, leave room for Mercédé Coubard’s beauties at A La Folie (alafolie.com.au). After years of experimentation she has discovered a secret ingredient which allows her to add far more fruit than most macaron recipes allow; her signature is the Rose Delight, with orange blossom and raspberry jelly. Like a posh Willy Wonka, Burch and Purchese Sweet Studio (burchandpurchese.com) is famous for its large-scale edible installations and beautifully over-the-top wedding cakes – check out the shop’s wall art, all made entirely from sugar. Where to eat & drink after the tour: Cross the Yarra River into neighbouring Richmond and grab a seat at Kong BBQ (kongbbq.com.au). One of Prior’s favouri…

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