About Food

I want to say something more about my observation regarding the Aussie foods. I think it is very similar to any North American western food/restaurants. Unless the meal costs you an arm and leg, it is very hard to have a hearty meal where the ingredients are fresh and the dishes taste amazingly interesting (if you have one of those in your neighborhood in these English speaking regions, go there as much as you can because they will close down soon - just heard about the burger joints, Five Guys, are closing down in Hong Kong. They sell junk food, no doubt, but they make junk food from very good ingredients, good grade beef and sinister cream for milkshakes). What is the reason that people are ok with the food standard - it is not bad after all, just average for those restaurants in the high street. My theory is that there is no reference to judge what is good. At home, modern life has squeezed all housewives/househusbands time and energy to prepare for good hearty meal, industrialization of meat productions, packaging and logicstic makes it impossible for people to taste fresh beef/poultry/pork. Just got some feedback regarding the eggs in Australia, we asked why the eggs taste so blend and old in the algriculture giant country? Especially they came from the biggest supermarket chain, which should have very strong barganning power. It is explained that the government culted all egg-laying chicken few years back due to birdflu scare, what's left in the farm are not egg chicken. I guess if the kids who never taste great fresh eggs will think that's what the eggs should be. I belive a good dish came from good ingredient, so it is not likely to have great meal at home, will it be possible to get it from the street? My observation is not likely, either. It is very expensive to dine out, typical high street restaurant will put much more effort in creating the good ambience, good services and providing good drinks rather than good dishes. It pays to be nice, because no customers will give you bad review, especially when the whole street's restaurants tastes the same. supplement after a day away from Noosa:

Recommended by our Air BNB hostess, we drove 45 mins away from the posh Noosa into the less well-to-do farming county. The restaurant is sitting next to the old hotel recently renovated, food is good. The beef short ribs is from the bred of Wagyu X Jersey, smoked then slow cooked. Tender, but a bit too salty to my taste.