Category Archives: Restaurants

RUMI PALACE, Adelaide

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Saturday special of Kaabeli Uzbeki - Afghani lamb pilaf - basmati rice, lamb shoulder, carrot, sultanas

 

As you well know, I get excited when a good new place opens up.  Well, I’m excited again!  Rumi Palace was recommended to me by friends (Norwood locals) who had recently been.  I was off to see a late movie at Hoyts Norwood and thought – what a perfect excuse to give it a try, given that it’s situated right in the newly redeveloped cinema entrance on the corner of George Street and The Parade.

Rumi Palace brings us Middle Eastern food – the taste of Persia, featuring dishes from Afghanistan and Iran.  It’s is a family business so you’re Read more

ANDRE’S CUCINA, Adelaide

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Herbed ricotta filled green olives, crumbed and lightly fried with salsa piccante & parmigiano

 

I have to say, I’m really enjoying Andre’s Cucina these days.  It took a while to grow on me but since the early days, the menu and food have improved a lot.  Initially it was more of a polenta bar (Cucina and Polenta Bar), and the polenta wasn’t cheap – but now, it’s so much more!  You don’t even have to go anywhere near polenta if you don’t want to.  The owner, Andre Ursini, was a contenstant in the 2009 series of Masterchef and is committed to Read more

KAFFANA, Adelaide

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Want to know where to go in Adelaide for some good Serbian food? Kaffana in Peel Street. This, I’m happy to say, is a meat lover’s paradise! MMmeeeeaaaaat, and lots of it! Beef, pork, veal, chicken, plus a smattering of seafood – but fear not, my vego friends – there are also a few non-meat options.

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MAYFLOWER RESTAURANT AND BAR, Adelaide

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Duck and tangerine pie

There’s a new boutique hotel on the corner of King William and Hindley Streets in the old CML building.  As soon as you walk into Mayfair Hotel, you’re in a different world and you forget that you’re actually on the somewhat seedy Hindley Street.  It’s a quality and classy fit out, and you don’t have to wonder why they have curtained off the street view on both sides.

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MADAME HANOI, Adelaide

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The beautiful wall painting by Emma Hack - Madame Hanoi - body painted and photographed, placed on a painted background

 

What an amazing transformation! Adelaide Casino’s Loco Bar on North Terrace has now been turned into a chic bistro eatery and bar – Madame Hanoi.  It’s a fantastic fit out with food to match.  Touting itself as an espresso bar and bistro, it serves both traditional and modern Vietnamese dishes, a smattering of French, plus a blend of the two.

It spans two floors and the upstairs area is huge.  The artwork is by Emma Hack, a local artist.  The gorgeous wall mural combines body paint, photography and Read more

GOLDEN DRAGON PALACE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT, Adelaide

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Combination with cripsy fried noodles

 

Great Chinese Food!  It took me a while to finally try this place as I thought it might just be another run-of-the-mill Chinese restaurant. It’s not, and since that first time, I’ve been going back – I need my regular fix!  The menu is full of really interesting dishes, and dishes that are right up my alley!  Two of my favourites are the Braised Dried Scallops with Enoki Mushrooms and Vegetables, and the magnificent Shark Lip and Read more

SHARK FIN HOUSE, Melbourne

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Prawn, tofu and seaweed

 

This place is an institution.  Famous for its yum cha, it’s not to be confused with Shark Fin Inn, one of its sister restaurants just a bit further up Little Bourke Street.  You need to go to Shark Fin House to get the whole experience – lining up at the door, shuffling inside with the crowd to get to the guy with the booking clipboard, cramming into Read more

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