The Palette, located at the Beaver Galleries in Deakin is a little cafe with plenty of class and a good, though small menu.
Cream of Mushroom soup with garlic butter $10.90 & Mixed leaf salad $7.50
Sourdough bread $4 Slow roasted duck with beetroot rocket and orange $23.90
However, prices are quite high and serves small. Booking is important.
Canberra is blessed with two cultural festivals this weekend that are worth checking out!
Diwali (the Indian Festival of Lights) at the Albert Hall on Sunday
and Festival Indonesia at the Indonesian Embassy on Saturday.
Black Rice Coconut Pudding with Caramelised Bananas
The Grains and Legumes Council says:
Black Rice is the New Black
38 Expresso is great value on the Kingston Foreshore for breakfast or lunch and coffee – open 7 days, 7am-3pm.
Banana bread $4 and Rye/Fruit Toast $4-5 are great options for breakfast and the toasties $11 each are full of delicious fillings with generous serves for lunch (2 between 3 is a good option).
Chicken toastie – Chicken mozzarella avocado caramelized onion chilli jam $11
Reuben toastie – Corned beef, dill pickle, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, Russian sauce $11
Staff are friendly and relaxed and there’s pleasant indoor and outdoor seating.
As part of last Sunday’s Living Green Festival’s focus on sustainable living, a great range of food stalls and a lovely garden picnic area is also included.
You can enjoy your delicious delights while listening to the live band in the heritage Albert Hall grounds and watching Canberra families having fun.
A very pleasant way to spend a Sunday spring afternoon.
Sweet Bones Bakery
Funky Pies Malaysian Chapter
Sandeep’s Curries and Candles
Veganarchy Pupusas (Cornmeal with cheese and fried beans)
Addiction food
The Weight Escape offers some great free resources for anyone wanting to eat more mindfully, get on top of cravings or manage comfort eating. Weight Escape also produces a book and runs workshops for those wanting to delve further.
Stand By Me Cafe at the Lyons shops is helpfully located an easy and quick (about 10min) walking distance from Woden.
It’s open 7 days for breakfast and lunch (Mon-Fri 7-4pm, Sat- Sun 8-2pm) and has lovely staff and service.
While it is a welcome new addition to the Woden workday lunch scene with a short list of regular dishes and some changing specials, its real strength is it’s breakfast menu (only available until11 am weekdays, but all day on weekends).
The setting and decor is relaxed, friendly and pleasant with indoor and outdoor seating (front and back). SBM is also happy for diners to share dishes.
Meatball sub $11
The cakes are good value, but lunch serve sizes are fairly small.
Blackened Lamb Burger $15.50
Exploring street food specialties is one of the most enjoyable foodie travel activities. So why not try the same idea back home?
This way of sharing food together offers variety, value, an opportunity to learn about foods from other cultures, a short stroll between courses and some interesting conversations with eatery staff. But more than that, the ‘progressive dinner’ nature of the meal mixes everyone up each time the group moves, so there’s a chance to chat with more people. It’s a great idea for groups wanting to get to know each better.
Tips for organising a successful street food tour include:
1. Choose warm evenings if sitting at tables outdoors.
2. Choose spots with a BYO licence and low corkage (as you will pay this more than once).
3. Avoid busy nights and stick with eateries where you don’t need to book. (It is hard to predict exactly what time you will arrive and it can be frustrating for staff who are expecting to cater for a whole meal if you only are wanting to order one course.)
4. Pick places where you can come and go easily.
5. Plan to share dishes so that everyone can eat a number of courses but still be comfortable.
6. But do also plan to order sufficient at each spot to justify the use of crockery. (Paying corkage is helpful to cover the use of wine glasses).
7. Estimate the cost per person and keep a kitty to pay from at each venue.
8. Include the cost of wine and corkage. It can be helpful to buy and bring the wine for the group.
9. Leave a tip.
Suggested Canberra City Street Food Itinerary
Entree:
iPho, Garema Place – Vietnamese fresh spring roll $2.50 each ($5 for two, must be bought in pairs). Corkage $3 per bottle wine.
(Allow $3.25 per person) (Open late)
Main:
Global Cafe, Northbourne Ave – Ethiopian Injera bread with Meat and vegetable combination Wat $18.90 per serve (share one between 3 people, includes extra Injera and rice). Corkage free.
(Allow $6.30 per person) (Open until 8-8:30pm).
(On a Wednesday, the Roller and tap beer/cider special at the Treehouse is hard to beat for $10).
Dessert:
Thirst, West Row – Modern Thai Street Food – homemade sorbet ($2.90 per scoop), coffee/tea $3.90, salted plain or peanut caramel $1 (or 80c with a hot drink).
(Allow $7. 60 per person) (open until 9:30pm)
Total $17.15 per person (not including cost of wine or tips)
On Red has an undeniably outstanding view over Canberra and it’s hard to beat for a great setting.
It also helpfully offers a wide range of smaller entree sized serves, designed ‘for you to ‘build your own’ tasting menu’.
The options are three $67, four $78 or five $89 dishes.
However, while dishes sound interesting and creative flavours are not as outstanding as other similarly priced top Canberra restaurants.
The Pickled Octopus at Tuross is a true South Coast favourite. Offering both casual fish and chips and BYO (cheap corkage) down by the water , under the verandah, if you go early as well as a la carte dining (BYO corkage $10) upstairs. Great views where ever you decide to eat.
Pride Of The Catch BBQ’D w’ Chefs Sauce Salad & Chips
BBQ Pickled Baby Octopus Marinated w’ Chilli & Garlic Sesame Crusted Tempura Prawns w’ Honey & Soy
Fine Eating 