Gastronomy - Seconds Anyone?

Genny, sadly you are right.
However, keep looking for the next edition of best ever.
Its day will surely come.
Ours was a small fish shop in the middle of Mc Crossan St Port Douglas about 20 yrs ago.
You could buy a kilo of freshly cooked and iced school prawns for about $10, and wander down to the top end of 4 mile beach, sit on the rocks with a coldie and prawns.
There's one which won't happen again.

Bob

Lol you blokes and your prawns.

I'm allergic to them, the buggers make me VERY ill!

Hi Genny

I must say, that is always the risk, a bit the like sequel to a great movie, usually never as good!

Cheers, Baz

Hey Tony

Mrs Landy is looking overall my shoulder and saying she agrees, we've had one of our best steaks in this pub!

Note to Mrs Landy - see I have taken you out more than once in the past 20 years...

cheers, Baz

I used to pull up there on the bypass road and have always had an excellent meal. Paul and staff were always great and made sure I blew zero, zero in the morning.

I'm putting that on my list, nothing better than lamb shanks...

Cheers, Baz

Seriously Phil, that is simply teasing...

I had hunger pangs the moment I spotted your photo yesterday!

Cheers, Baz

Howdy Alloy...

Now that is value for money, mind you if I ate something that was 1kg I'd find it memorable for sure...

Cheers, Baz

We had problems at the Innaminka pub, which, I believe, was also owned by the same mob. Ordered a traditional "bangers and mash". Traditional - thinking just like grandmas'. Nothing like it. Tha potatoe mash looked like powdered potato and it was full of onion, spices and pepper (that I hate). The sausage was also raw in the middle.

I thought traditional meant back several generations at least and older than 100 years. This one was "today's traditional", meaning that it was copied from last nights cooking show on TV.

Haven't been back and not going back. A shame.

Not to mention the rude group at the table next to us where a couple chuckled when the grand daughter (4yr old) fell off her chair (no high chairs) and cracked her head open. Luckily no big injury. Kids bounce back.

Phil

Hi Rumpig

You must have been there the same time as me.

Our first few meals at the Birdsville Pub were ok, and then after a few visits ( over a number of years ) the quality of the meals went down the hill at a very fast rate.

The second to last time our meal was not very good at all and our last one was pure crap. Meat tasted like it was well out of its use by date ( we have owned food shops before and know what quality food is all about ) and I received a full refund and the excuse was that that have a number of staff changes.

Not good enough for a tourist place like that. So from that time on, we do not bother to see if things have changed.



Cheers



Stephen

Birdsville pub bad ? Bet that it was during race week , the kitchen just cannot handle so many people all at once . Try it when there is no major event on and a day or two after the delivery truck has been ,

I'll take the bet Alloy...Never been to Birdsville during race week, so no it wasn't then. I don't even think it was during a school holiday period either, so no excuse really. Was a real shame, because the previous visit the meal was fantastic. I guess staff come and go and managers change also, possible nobody from our previous visit might work there anymore...who knows. Last visit there was 2 maybe 3 years ago now, so possibly none of those staff exist there now either, and meals could be great again....I have no idea.

No I don't think so Alloy!

You shouldn't have to time when you purchase a meal just to ensure quality.

When I pay good money for a meal, I expect a good meal. If I'm paying $48 for a steak I expect a $48 steak. If I'm only paying $12 for the steak special at the local tavern then that it is what I will get and I won't complain about.

If you have to time your meal to within one or two days of the delivery truck - then the chef/cook obviously has no idea how to store food. I would be putting my live in my hands to eat there - I'm think safe handling of seafood.

If a kitchen only produces a good meal when there ar a few people in the dining room then it is obviously not up to the task. I would rate a kitchen with a full dining room that produces consitantly good quality meals much higher.

The comments above are not directed specifically to any location. I expect it wherever I pay for food.

Cheers

Anthony

Hi Alloy

It's a pitty that you are not a real betting man, because if you were, you have just lost.

I have and never been to Birdsville when the races are on.

It was during the tourist season in June, a good number of years ago.

When you pay good money for a meal, you expect just that, a good meal.

The meat was off, and after that we have never been back.

I could give another very good example of making a booking for 19 adults to be booked into the Birdsville pub for a meal at 7pm. We were all caught out on the Birdsville Track with water issues, and kept them informed via a sat phone of our progress all the time and then said we would be there around 9am.

Any well run business would be aware of how much money my group of 19 people would have given the pub, food, the drinks etc.

We finally got to the pub at 9:10pm with 19 hungry mouths to feed. Sorry was the reply, out kitchen staff finish cooking meals at 8:30.......we can only offer you frozen pizza pockets heated up.

I used to speak to duty manager, told them how we had kept them informed of our progress, but he said basicly bad luck, that is when the kitchen staff stop cooking.

When you run a business, that is just very poor management, as we would have spent more than a $1000 on meals and drinks, So 19 people returned to the caravan park utterly discussed, fired up the BBQ and ended up cooking our own meals, not the type of thing we wanted to do after a long day on the track.

I known businesses change hands, but I am afraid that we have given the Birdsville Pub my tries over the years, but would not give then any more chances.



Stephen

All in the eye of the beholder - I guess...

For me, I found my dining experience to be mixed, but a couple of more beers in the front bar usually fixes that!

Cheers, Baz

Would seem some of you have zero idea of the intricacies of running a remote area pub / establishment , supply and demand , not much point in trying to explain to some that no the kitchen is closed / the delivery truck was 5days ago so no we do not have this or that , example - we recently had the 'variety club' come through , they always phone well ahead by a month of what their requirements and numbers will be so that they can be catered for , no problems ! Then 2 days latter we had an unannounced group of 45 motorbike riders coming through , no warning , how is the one and only pub supposed to handle / feed 45 when on a usual day they would only do 1 or 2 hamburgers at lunch time , the shop/cafe is waiting for the weekly supply truck [not due until the next day ] …. as said ,some have no idea.

Let's not get indigestion here, points are noted, so let's get back to my original question around your best feed and accept others may have a different view or experience.

After all, one person's dream feed is another's indigestion...the only thing we want "flamed" here is a nice big juicy steak!

Cheers, Baz

G'day Stephen

I must say always enjoyed the Innamincka Pub, but must say, liked it in the early days better...!

Cheers, Baz

Hey, Mark

And what better place to have that experience!

Cheers, Baz

Hi John

Well I can't vouch for the seafood, but the burgers are great!

Cheers, Baz

Thanks John :) I cooked that for you, glad you enjoyed it!

Serena
(Tjukayirla Roadhouse)

We rocked up last August/September and they were ready to close the bar around 6.30. I think they were temporaries/looking after the place.

Do they normally do dinner or just lunch?

Beam me up Scotty!

Cheers, Baz