Speaking a Indian can I suggest to those in Melbourne to give "The Spice
Club" Nepean Hway Frankston a go.
When last there the service was so-so but the food more than made up for
it.Apparently its the Bollywood restaurant of choice.Nice interior flawless
Indian fare and a buffet nightly.
G.
"Phred" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> Old Mother Ashby > wrote:
>>Little piece in this morning's paper extracting the juicy bits from a
>>couple of surveys. Apparently 78% of evening meals are prepared at home.
>>Consumption of salads, yoghurt and bottled water is up, hamburgers and
>>fizzy drinks is down. The most common takeaway food item is the
>>sandwich; the statistical average Australian ate 20 last year, followed
>>by 18 buckets of chips and 12 burgers.
>>
>>A different survey found that people on more than $85,000 per annum
>>preferred Thai when eating out, the paupers opting for Chinese - not
>>surprising since it tends to be more expensive. The other choices,
>>Italian and Indian, were also ranked differently, but I don't know what
>>indicates.
>
> The traditional Italian cafes of 40 years ago have died out locally --
> gone are the days when all you could get after a night at the pub was
> chicken and spaghetti or steak and spaghetti. [As well as the menu
> changes, it's pretty well impossible to get a feed in town at all now
> after 8 p.m. :-( ]
>
> When pub counter meals became common a favourite dish was the mixed
> grill (it still is) and the cafs changed to this too, as well as a
> wider range of other dishes.
>
> We've had a Chinese place (sometimes two) for about 20 years now. I
> rarely use it for takeaway, but commonly eat in there. There's also a
> Thai joint in town now. It's pretty much obligate takeaway and only
> open in the evening. Nothing Indian, which is a pity as I really got
> to like Indian tucker during several months on the subcontinent.
>
> Today I bought a pie from a pie cart for the first time in years!
> (This is not to say I've given up on pies; just that I haven't seen a
> pie cart down town for yonks.
>
> Cheers, Phred.
>
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