Eating Out

[crowm dome]

red hot brazillian charcoal grill. 10/10.. a hidden gem in adelaide, located on gouger street.

if youre looking for something a bit different with a superb range of meats.. and have a rather large appetite i cant recommend this place enough

theres a range of meals u can choose from but the best one to go is the all u can eat option, where your given for starters a bowl of freshly cooked brazillian style hot crispy chips and salads. then the main course begins. the waiters come out with a range of meats including pork spare ribs, chicken breast, lamb, pork, and a few others and bring it to u fresh from the spit.. you can either say yes or no and this continues throughout the night until ur bursting at the seams the meat is top notch and very reasonably priced at $32 all u can eat.

highly recommend it (i sound like an advert)

Cheers for the heads up. Will definitely suss it out.

 

[Geoffa32]

Have you ever been to a bad bakery but?

IMO most bakeries are good (some excel and stand out from the rest) but overall most are good and when you come across a bad one it very rear.

some of the vietnamese bakeries not too good. One in James place in town, stay clear, although their sausage rolls are nice. But the doughnuts and other pastries, no.

 

[Eggzoi]

I finally have something to contribute to this thread, went to Mantra on King William the other night and it was probably the best meal I've ever had. It was just damn perfect, go get some in you.

 

[Macca19]

Went to Vietnam Restaurant tonight. Luuurrrve it. Their entrees are the best and a lot of people seem happy just ordering big serves of three of their specialty dishes which are BBQ Quails, Warm Seafood Vermicelli Salad and make your own cold rolls.

The make your own cold rolls, with Prawn and Pork meat + all the herbs/salad is divine.

Great place. Highly recommend. Gotta book though.

 

[Jumbo]

Went to Overland Corner Hotel (near Barmera) on the weekend and has one of the best settings ever for a pub. Food is ok but the front bar and beer garden is a must for all to experience.

 

[Jars458]

This thread title is misleading

First genuine laugh out loud post in 2008 for me.

Gauchos is the only place to go for a decent steak.

My favourite eating place used to be the Grange Jetty Kiosk as the atomosphere and service were fantastic. It has now changed to cafe style eating though and is just average in all respects other than the location which is still the best in Adelaide.

For Italian, I really like Ciao on Pirie Street or Boticelli's on Flinders.

Union Hotel make a really nice Paella but I must say its usually far too busy there.

Blue and White Cafe best takeaway in Adelaide. Give me and AB any day. Is Tony still there? Havn't been in for a while.

 

[cammo84]

chinese: my yen on belair rd, hawthorn (have to book usually)
thai: tongue thai'd on henley beach rd, torrensville (also v. busy, book first)
schnitta: you cannot go past the earl of leicester in parkside! they're HUGE

 

[crowm dome]

chinese: my yen on belair rd, hawthorn (have to book usually)
thai: tongue thai'd on henley beach rd, torrensville (also v. busy, book first)
schnitta: you cannot go past the earl of leicester in parkside! they're HUGE

Should be Japanese don't ya reckon

 

[NikkiNoo]

Should be Japanese don't ya reckon

Possibly, but it is a chinese restaurant. Must say I didn't like it at all. The Imperial Room, just a bit further down the road on the otherside is the chinese that I compare all other chinese restaurants against. Their pork spare ribs in plum sauce are divine according to my taste buds.

 

[crowm dome]

Possibly, but it is a chinese restaurant. Must say I didn't like it at all. The Imperial Room, just a bit further down the road on the otherside is the chinese that I compare all other chinese restaurants against. Their pork spare ribs in plum sauce are divine according to my taste buds.

You should check out Ying Chow's on gouger st. Its as good a chinese as I have had.

Will have to check yours out and compare the two!!

 

[NikkiNoo]

You should check out Ying Chow's on gouger st. Its as good a chinese as I have had.

Will have to check yours out and compare the two!!

I've had Ying Chow and unfortunately it really didn't agree with my stomach at all. I am hesitant to go back, but I know that their Yum Chow (which is what we had) is very, very popular. It was good but then so are many other chinese / vietnamese places. The Imperial Room is a chinese / vietnamese combination.

 

[crowm dome]

I've had Ying Chow and unfortunately it really didn't agree with my stomach at all. I am hesitant to go back, but I know that their Yum Chow (which is what we had) is very, very popular. It was good but then so are many other chinese / vietnamese places. The Imperial Room is a chinese / vietnamese combination.

Its definitely up there in my books. As the old saying goes...once bitten, twice shy.

You seem to have good taste in food so if you like chinese and are in Melbourne for a crows game take the time to check out the Flower Drum. You will pay through the nose but it can't be beat, the service is unrivalled and the food is to die for. Make sure you book well in advance (which shouldn't be a problem if you work your trip around the crows draw)

 

[Gets!]

Maccas West Tce goes alright

 

[cammo84]

Possibly, but it is a chinese restaurant. Must say I didn't like it at all. The Imperial Room, just a bit further down the road on the otherside is the chinese that I compare all other chinese restaurants against. Their pork spare ribs in plum sauce are divine according to my taste buds.

yeah the name is definitely misleading. their problem is that they've got over 100 meals on the menu so i can't see how they can possibly make them all to perfection. but, I'm somewhat of a regular there and I've only been disappointed in the food on one occasion. they're dirt cheap too

 

[cammo84]

red hot brazillian charcoal grill. 10/10.. a hidden gem in adelaide, located on gouger street.

if youre looking for something a bit different with a superb range of meats.. and have a rather large appetite i cant recommend this place enough

theres a range of meals u can choose from but the best one to go is the all u can eat option, where your given for starters a bowl of freshly cooked brazillian style hot crispy chips and salads. then the main course begins. the waiters come out with a range of meats including pork spare ribs, chicken breast, lamb, pork, and a few others and bring it to u fresh from the spit.. you can either say yes or no and this continues throughout the night until ur bursting at the seams the meat is top notch and very reasonably priced at $32 all u can eat.

highly recommend it (i sound like an advert)

the 'tiser food & wine lift-out had it 10th on their top 10 "spicy" restaurants in adelaide list. i'm trying my best to check out the whole 10, so should be checking that one out in the not-too-distant future.

if anyone is interested, they had the top 10 as follows (some nice places on the list IMO)

1- beyond india, o'connell st nth adelaide
2- ying chow, gouger st city
3- thuy linh, jetty rd glenelg
4- bhaji on the beach, seaview rd henley beach
5- the himalayan kitchen, melbourne st nth adelaide
6- sagarmatha, payneham rd stepney
7- tongue thai'd, henley beach rd mile end
8- woks happ'ning, hutt st city
9- my yen, belair rd hawthorn
10- red hot charcoal grill, gouger st city

i'm a HUGE fan of hot food, i'd eat it every night if my girlfriend didn't complain about the heat so often! but i'm still working up the courage to try the habanero chilli's i've grown in my backyard this summer. the videos on youtube of people screaming in pain after eating just one have made me a little hesitant

 

[Alex99]

I went to Kublai Khan (Mongolian) Saturday night with a few friends for dinner, the place is fantastic.

You walk up to the cooking area and pick your choice of Ingredients and the chief cooks it as you wait. Must say it was difference but bloody nice food as well.

It was just off Glen Osmond road. I think its just down the road from the Tap Inn.

 

[Geoffa32]

I went to Kublai Khan (Mongolian) Saturday night with a few friends for dinner, the place is fantastic.

You walk up to the cooking area and pick your choice of Ingredients and the chief cooks it as you wait. Must say it was difference but bloody nice food as well.

It was just off Glen Osmond road. I think its just down the road from the Tap Inn.

I amte of mine loves that place, going there for his birthday in a cioule of weeks. I dont mind it, but on a busy night you spend so much time waiting in line, you cant get a decent conversation going, plus I like to be served when I go out.

But it does taste good.

 

[crowm dome]

I went to Kublai Khan (Mongolian) Saturday night with a few friends for dinner, the place is fantastic.

You walk up to the cooking area and pick your choice of Ingredients and the chief cooks it as you wait. Must say it was difference but bloody nice food as well.

It was just off Glen Osmond road. I think its just down the road from the Tap Inn.

Tap in is at Kent town. Its Just down the road from the Arkaba & Founain Inn.

 

[BunjiMac]

yeah the name is definitely misleading. their problem is that they've got over 100 meals on the menu so i can't see how they can possibly make them all to perfection. but, I'm somewhat of a regular there and I've only been disappointed in the food on one occasion. they're dirt cheap too

I don't get why the name is misleading?? or considered Japanese?? considering My Yen are chinese words. Anyway been to My Yen and Ying Chow, and most of the chinese on Gouger Street. IMHO most of the XXX Chows (Ky Chow, Ying Chow Ty Chow etc etc )taste the same and are fairly good. Cafe Kowloon likewise taste the same and Easte Taste prettty much taste the same as well. I could quite happily eat at any of those if after chinese.

Thai: Used to be Nu's Thai on gouger when Nu was actually still working there. He was a featured chef on the Food Lovers guide to Australia shown on SBS. He has since moved to Sydney and the food no longer taste the same. Star of SIAM is always a safe choice though.

I'm not a fan of the Gauchos, and much prefer Norbertos or even that other Argentinean on rundle street (forget the name).

Someone mentioned vietnamese, the only vietnames I eat is the Pho (beef noodle soup) and if you are willing to ignore the bad service and surroundings the Pho in the western suburbs is amazing. After a big night out theres nothing like a big bowl of pho to cure that hangover.

For greek, I used to go to the Greek on Halifax, but would love some suggestions from people.

Theres so much Italian food around Adelaide, and most of it (in my uneducated opinion) taste pretty good to me. Latratts, Amalfis??

Lenzerhide and Alphuttes are very nice and Auge on grote and SOHO on melbourne street are great places to take a girl on date.

Theres so many places though and I could go on forever. I personally think Adelaide is blessed with very nice selection of fine restaurants and authentic food and yes I have lived in Melbourne and Syndey, selection might be greater but quality is harder to find.

 

[James23]

I don't get why the name is misleading?? or considered Japanese?? considering My Yen are chinese words. Anyway been to My Yen and Ying Chow, and most of the chinese on Gouger Street. IMHO most of the XXX Chows (Ky Chow, Ying Chow Ty Chow etc etc )taste the same and are fairly good. Cafe Kowloon likewise taste the same and Easte Taste prettty much taste the same as well. I could quite happily eat at any of those if after chinese.

Thai: Used to be Nu's Thai on gouger when Nu was actually still working there. He was a featured chef on the Food Lovers guide to Australia shown on SBS. He has since moved to Sydney and the food no longer taste the same. Star of SIAM is always a safe choice though.

I'm not a fan of the Gauchos, and much prefer Norbertos or even that other Argentinean on rundle street (forget the name).

Someone mentioned vietnamese, the only vietnames I eat is the Pho (beef noodle soup) and if you are willing to ignore the bad service and surroundings the Pho in the western suburbs is amazing. After a big night out theres nothing like a big bowl of pho to cure that hangover.

For greek, I used to go to the Greek on Halifax, but would love some suggestions from people.

Theres so much Italian food around Adelaide, and most of it (in my uneducated opinion) taste pretty good to me. Latratts, Amalfis??

Lenzerhide and Alphuttes are very nice and Auge on grote and SOHO on melbourne street are great places to take a girl on date.

Theres so many places though and I could go on forever. I personally think Adelaide is blessed with very nice selection of fine restaurants and authentic food and yes I have lived in Melbourne and Syndey, selection might be greater but quality is harder to find.

check out estia mate. best greek food restaurant in SA IMO, you can choose several different platters of food that you can all share together and the food is brilliant

 

[CoZi36]

Used to live in Adelaide until January 2002, went down in June last year and The Brompton is a lovely place to eat at. Nice staff and great meals. As a kid I loved The Lockelys and The Rex Hotel.