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Post by aj on Jul 26, 2005 17:44:28 GMT 10
Hey don't blame me if you don't choose the right places to eat at Wang !!
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Post by vickihb2 on Jul 26, 2005 18:12:00 GMT 10
and the right places are?  |
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Post by aj on Jul 26, 2005 18:25:06 GMT 10
a) apparently, not where you've been going b) what, tell you lot & get crowded out when the festival's on |
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Post by Yaboo on Jul 26, 2005 23:39:19 GMT 10
there is one passable place to eat but the service is too slow between gigs. AJ we've seen you at the KFC next to the Gateway. Your secret is out.
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Post by aj on Jul 27, 2005 8:06:41 GMT 10
actually, I don't recall using that one...........but i do remember when the festival began in 1990, there used to be 2 KFCs within 100 metres !
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Post by Kenny on Jul 27, 2005 9:00:09 GMT 10
actually, I don't recall using that one...........but i do remember when the festival began in 1990, there used to be 2 KFCs within 100 metres ! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by Kenny on Jul 27, 2005 9:15:07 GMT 10
Actually, this is a fit topic for further, slightly more serious discussion.
The problem seem to me a tricky one: Basically everywhere is too crowded, especially in the dinner "window" between about 5pm and 8pm.
At the same time, as it is only one weekend a year, we can hardly expect small businesses to invest in extra facilities that may lay idle for the rest of the year.
I like the meat, bread and dips at the kebab joint, but the salads are awful.
The noodle joint is merely OK.
I haven't tried the Thai joint. Or the Chinese places.
Tips please!
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Post by Vickieeeeeeeeee on Jul 27, 2005 14:56:34 GMT 10
you can cut the oil down if you take the skin off and the meat should still be moist if you use maryland. And you are 100 per cent spot on about carmelising the paste, vital. But really Kenny you should be roasting your own spices and pounding them with a mortar and pestle but given you are doing your show again, we'll let you use curry paste.
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Post by aj on Jul 27, 2005 16:01:05 GMT 10
I also recall back in 1990, I sent my brother out to get my a coffee ; he returned looking dazed & horrified.......apparently the girl at the pizza place assured him they made 'real' espresso coffee, then added instant coffee to the filter before slotting it into the machine.
Things have improved in the coffee dept since then !!
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Post by johnyf on Jul 28, 2005 7:52:06 GMT 10
they made 'real' espresso coffee, then added instant coffee to the filter before slotting it into the machine. It's completely unfair to expect any Australian town with a population of less than 50,000 to make 'real' expresso coffee! Maybe i'm just a coffee snob. |
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Post by aj on Jul 28, 2005 7:55:28 GMT 10
Not at all ; just had a good long black at Aroma Deli.
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Post by Kenny on Jul 28, 2005 8:01:19 GMT 10
Yeah, well, I'm with AJ on this - generally speaking, I am able to secure good coffee.
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Post by johnyf on Jul 28, 2005 13:33:31 GMT 10
Possibly my bitterness at the quality of coffee served in my town - ACT, found regularly at a bargain price of $3.50!
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Post by Kenny on Jul 28, 2005 13:39:10 GMT 10
BTW, nothing wrong with being a coffee snob.
For a few years after I started writing jazz for the Sunday Herald Sun, I adamantly refused to go to Wangaratta on the grounds (ha ha) that the coffee was bound to be shithouse - as I explained to AJ at some length.
Then, one day, I received in the mail - anonymously - a newspaper clipping proclaiming that some Wangaratta barrista had won a contest as the best coffee-maker in Victoria or wherever.
As I say, I've had few problems in recent years, although quality can be variable.
And actually, in a wider sense, I rather like the Wangaratta vibe which makes it so pleasurable to concentrate on fuck all except the music.
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Post by Kenny on Sept 15, 2005 16:51:46 GMT 10
I got this from last Sunday's Age, and tweaked it a bit. Sometimes the basil side of dinkum pesto is bit much perfume-wise, so this went down a treat with Bennie and me. And, given my music listening of late, the psychedelic green was most appropriate.
[glow=green,2,300]ROCKET PESTO[/glow]
couple handfuls long-leaf parsley
ditto rocket
50 grams roasted cashews
1 clove garlic, roughly chopped
parmesan
virgin olive oil
Place all in whizzer and pour in enough oil so it blends properly.
Toss with short pasta and steamed green beans chopped to same length as pasta.
Music suggestion: John Martyn or Nick Drake.
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