The Rest of the World

Gordon St Garage

Gordon St Garage is a beautiful space; with soaring ceilings and large windows, the space makes you feel that this establishment is important. Welcomed by a front counter full of cake- sirens, singing their tempting songs and a humming coffee machine piled high with Pantone turquoise coloured cups, I was […]

Public

The burger from Public (gastro-pub in Manuka) is your average pub burger with the lot. I don’t think I am a fan of the lot. All of that added frim-frammery just detracts from the task at hand, which is that delicious, juicy meat. Not to sound cruel, for the burger […]

Eightysix

Although the nation’s capital may be seen as a bit of a sleepy hollow (with a few headless horsemen galloping around, the victims of the latest political war) one corner of the city is certainly anything but sleepy. It’s Friday night, 9pm and the otherwise sedate Elouia Pl has one […]

Playground

Playground – one definition is thus: A place where a particular group of people choose to enjoy themselves. Bang on. Visiting the nation’s capital is something I have done three times in my life: for the obligatory, if not national rite of passage, where year 6 goes to visit Canberra […]

Nordburger

After last night’s almost transcendental burger experience, the burger I ate next had big burgery shoes to fill. So it was off to Nordburger, with my new-found hip Adelaide guide, Ross. Having only opened last weekend, the word is out and on a relatively quiet Tuesday night, in pokey ol’ […]

Chuck Wagon 175

Just when you think a woman so small could not possibly eat another large burger, she does… After a long day of classes studying medieval iconography in relation to culinary history, I thought a brisk rather lengthy walk up to Chuck Wagon in North Adelaide was in order to revive […]