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For a truly Australian dish, first insert tinnie in bum

The signature dish at the Prairie Hotel , in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges, is its Road Kill Grill ($30), a mix of kangaroo and emu fillet on mash, with a camel sausage tossed in for good measure....

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Was this the worst concert Australia has ever seen?

Rogue’s Gallery lived up to its name. It was meant to be the high point of the 2010 Sydney Festival but appeared on the horizon as a rolling, shambolic ship of celebrity vagabonds in sloppy seas....

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Secret life of a food critic

Nothing gets foodies more excited than the discovery of a new food, for example the cheese-and-bacon-stuffed pizza burger, except perhaps a jolly good debate about whether restaurant critics should be...

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Festival of Obvious Ideas #7: Pig out when you eat out

Guillaume Brahimi makes the World’s Best Mashed Potato in his posh restaurant, Guillaume at Bennelong, at the Sydney Opera House. It costs $14. I could go there for dinner and happily eat nothing but...

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Restaurant no-shows should plate up or shut up

The woman booked a table for 10 at 7pm, Thursday, at the hip Bentley Bar and Restaurant in Sydney’s Surry Hills. Owner Nick Hildebrand had to turn away four couples trying their spontaneous luck...

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