tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578194405362066515.post4292940363340557243..comments2023-09-13T23:38:08.766+09:00Comments on Eating Out in Tokyo: Australian Food: Come on Aussie!Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00605493191285644318noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578194405362066515.post-12115339826468588122009-03-10T22:04:00.000+09:002009-03-10T22:04:00.000+09:00Australia is great at promotion. Does it really ha...Australia is great at promotion. <BR/>Does it really have great produce? Everything looks great, but made with pesticides and lots of fertiliser on bad soil? <BR/><BR/>I hardly ate out when I lived there for 7 years, unless it was expensive. It was difficult to find reasonably priced good food. A few extremely bad experiences put me off. <BR/><BR/>Now we are in Tokyo - what bliss - never had a bad meal, just variations of average to goodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578194405362066515.post-154523840105689412008-12-30T15:12:00.000+09:002008-12-30T15:12:00.000+09:00i agree with everything you wrote terry. we have s...i agree with everything you wrote terry. we have such great quality produce in australia that good eating is often just a matter of getting the food fresh and not messing it up. case in point - dinner tonight at home is a dozen fresh oysters bought at the local supermarket with a bit of tomato and worcestershire...however, there's a lot more to be got out of food than simply not messing it up. not enough of our chefs are exposed in their training to the best the world has to offer, in the way that young japanese chefs (to be) die to apprentice in the great restaurants of europe. we're just a bit too cosy and self-satisfied for my liking. <BR/><BR/>however, must say i tried the tapas place at the new justin hemmes "ivy" complex in sydney yesterday. http://www.merivale.com/#/ivy/ashstreetcellar<BR/><BR/>not bad at all. i think i'll need to try out one or two more in the complex to see if there is something interesting still happening here...TokyoEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794173949043080841noreply@blogger.com