December 2014
This place does steaks, and some things resembling steaks. They're still doing their "specials menu of expensive stuff with prices not shown." I'm recommended a steak, and the price turns out to be $59 - higher than almost everything on the menu. At least it's better than the $85 steak I unknowingly ate last time. :)
The place is almost empty, even though it's on the main street of North Adelaide.
I think it's an upmarket cafe during the day.
This place isn't super expensive, but I'm giving it a try anyway. It certainly looks fancy. At least it won't leave me in the singa- poor house. :D
I ask the waiter for something that doesn't have any coriander. He tells me to wait a minute, and walks off. After a few minutes, I assume he's gone off to deal with other customers. However, he does return, with a menu covered in ticks (no, not like an infested sailor.) All fourteen items on the main menu contain coriander. I'm forced to choose from the street food.
This place looks like a little boutique shop in Burnside Village, but is actually a reasonably fancy restaurant. There's not much French cuisine in Adelaide.
I did a bit of French at school, and I also have a map of the world.
The place is packed tonight. I hear a lot about this place, and I know it's popular.
This also happens to be the epicentre of bad parking in Adelaide. I can expect to pay about $20 to park in the Wilson park on Hindley St, five floors up, jammed against a wall by a big Chrysler that parked 15% of the way into my space. If I were a bit portly, I wouldn't have managed to squeeze out the passenger side door.
The parking is extremely close to the restaurant, however. I'm squeezed in at the bar within a minute or two.
I think this place is new. It's full of trendy decor and people.
I'm sitting at a table with a stool but there are other Mother Viners siting on couches.
I don't drink wine, but there's a proper (though very small) food menu here.
Have decided to head into town via ye olde train this evening. I'm going to the casino, and I paid $21 parking last night, near Rundle Mall.
It's been so long since I've used public transport that I don't know how it all works. A helpful peasant woman points me to the ticket machine.
I arrive safely at the restaurant. This used to be "North", which was an excellent restaurant in its own right. Then some guy called "Sean" took over. :(
This place is in Urbanspoon's "$$$$" category, among the fanciest ten restaurants in Adelaide.
Tonight was almost another Feed Fail. I was on my way to Jasmin Indian, but on the way there, I saw a huge ad on the back of a bus. It was an elegant black and white logo, proclaiming The opening of Dine Central, in Adelaide Central Plaza, under David Jones, in Rundle Mall. I decided to check it out, but discovered a rather more disappointing reality. "Dine Central" was not open for dinner, and was simply the David Jones food court, with some fancy chairs. The cleaner confirmed for me that I'd come to the right place.
7:00, and the place is full. I'm told there will be a table free in 40 minutes. Don't they know who I am??? I'm a guy who writes scathing and ludicrous reviews about restaurants… :|
7:50 and I'm in.
"Are you with Channel 10, sir?"
Me: "No."
"There's a Channel 10 function out the back."
Paparazzi. They were probably tailing me all the way here.
I ask the waitress, but she hasn't seen any famous people yet. If there are any, they'll have to come out the front if they want to talk to me.