Burger Battle, New Zealand Style
By squishies
Posted in American, Dinner, Lunch, New Zealand, On The Road on 18 September 2009
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The second and final part of my two-part series of our eats in New Zealand’s beautiful South Island is a burger battle! In the ring we have the newly found (i.e. we just found it) Red Star Luxury Burgers challenging the old favourite Fergburger for the title of EST’s Burger Champion of New Zealand.

Lord of the Fries, Melbourne
By squishies
Posted in American, Lunch, Melbourne, Vegetarian friendly on 2 June 2009
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Lord of the Fries, I belatedly found out, is a vegetarian burger joint. It has two burger joints actually: one is a store front with two sides opened towards Flinders St and into Flinders St Station, and the other is a tiny store on the corner of Elizabeth St and Flinders St. It is unmistakeable with its bold white on red sign and the line of people impatiently waiting for their turn. The lack of seating on the Flinders St side (there are several communal benches inside the station) had us finding a shady spot on the steps of Federation Square (off to the side of course to avoid being trampled on). It was kind of fun actually – kind of like a fast food picnic!

Thai-Restaurant Sida, Berlin Steglitz (Germany)
By squishies
Posted in Germany, Berlin, Thai, Vegetarian friendly on 19 March 2009
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There were only a handful of Chinese restaurants (that I saw anyway) about 5 years ago, which was the last time I was in Berlin. Now it would seem that Asian restaurants have become more prominent – and not just Chinese or Vietnamese restaurants, there’s also Korean, Japanese, and Thai.

New Shanghai Chinese Restaurant, Ashfield
By Howard
Posted in Chinese on 20 July 2008
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Word on the street is that Ashfield knows a thing or two about making dumplings.
I’ve been to Beijing and Shanghai and I must say, their dumplings lived up to expectations. However, apart from the freshness, I’d dare say we in Sydney are fortunate to have dumplings which taste just as good. Perhaps the wonderful dumpling [...]