Showing posts with label vegetarian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegetarian. Show all posts

Sunday, 15 May 2011

The Australian Veg Food Guide, 2011

Dempster, L (ed.) 2011, The Australian veg food guide 2011, aduki Independent Press, Brunswick, Vic.

Compiled by aduki Independent Press with a stable of food reviews The Australian veg food guide carries 200 reviews and specialises in eateries who are vegan and vegetarian friendly or who are primarily vegetarian. The guide is divided by state and by geographic location within each state and in alphabetic order for each range  Each pages holds a review of one eatery containing the following details: eatery name, address, phone number and where applicable a website listing. Average prices for entree, main and where applicable sweets. Also indicated at the top of each listing are the opening hours of the eatery. An overall rating is given, as well as individual ratings for food, service, ambience and value. Written reviews contain the reviewers impression of their dining experience, recommendations of food to select and more specific information such as whether booking are essential. The bottom of each page contains symbols to easily identify the degree of vegetarian options on the menu, offering vegan and/or gluten free, licenced or BYO and which credit cards are accepted. Most importantly each listing throughout the guide identifies the cuisine such as Asian, Ethopian, Italian, Vietnamese, etc. The size of the guide, measuring 15cm x 10cm makes it easily transportable in a pocket or bag for easy quick reference. J.S.

Sunday, 8 May 2011

Sweet And Sour Fork blog


Ming 2011, Sweet And Sour Fork, weblog, viewed 29 April 2011, <http://sweetandsourfork.blogspot.com/>.

Ming, a university student, is a food blogger and gastronomic adventurer who only began the Sweet And Sour Fork in February this year and already attracted 2415 pageviewers to her blog. Ming’s blog includes reviews of Melbourne's CBD restaurants, cafes, multicultural cuisine venues, and cheap eateries. Ming’s true passion for food is evident from her postings, which reflect her social life of eating out with friends. V.O.

Lentil as Anything

'Lentil as Anything' 2011, Wikipedia, wiki article, viewed 29 April 2011, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentil_as_Anything>.

This article in Wikipedia reviews a group of Melbourne based organic, vegetarian restaurants, Lentil as Anything, with an extensive variety of ethnic cuisine, ranging from African to Asian cooking. The article reveals that restaurants are part of a multicultural non-profit organisation, which provides support and training to people from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds. The authors observe that despite applying a unique operational concept based on a 'pay-as-you-feel' philosophy, the restaurants still depend upon the generosity of their patrons and suppliers. Numerous volunteers not only contribute their time and skills towards the restaurants’ functionality, but also participate in live music performances or artworks donations. From my own visitation to one of the restaurants at the Abbotsford Convent, the combination of peaceful surroundings of the beautiful gardens and a great food on a budget leaves an unforgettable impression of unity of a local community spirit. V.O.