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Burger Theory Opens CBD Store
Photo: Andre Castellucci / andrec.net
Adelaide’s food truck trend started around three years ago, and mostly thanks to a mobile burger bar called Burger Theory. Since launching in 2011, the popularity of Burger Theory has inspired a wave of trucks to come into the fore boasting everything from juice, to Mexican, to Italian meatballs. Now, after three years of zooming around in their faithful truck ‘Pearl’, the Burger Theory team are at it again setting trends – this time by opening their first fixed store off Rundle St. Set up like a fast food restaurant, where you place your order and pick up a tray from the counter, the new Burger Theory features all the old favourites alongside a kid’s burger and a rotating ‘specials’ board. This month it’s a tasty New York hot dog-inspired burger filled with mustard, pickles and a kranksy sausage, which is, as you’d expect, darn tasty. The newest and most exciting addition, however, is their breakfast menu, which boasts a series of bacon and egg rolls (or black bean and egg rolls for the vegetarians) with coffee and juice. The breakfast menu isn’t available yet with the store’s current opening hours, but hopefully those delicious smells will be wafting out of the kitchen in the early hours soon enough. Alongside the tasty treats, a new liquor license means that there’s beer, wine and cider available, and with hours that extend until 10pm on Friday and Saturday nights it’s sure to make a for a good port-of-call before hitting the nearby Exeter. As if that’s not good enough, the crew are also campaigning to import a frozen custard machine from the US into the new storefront. They need your help to do this – head to frozencustard.com.au and make a donation. WHAT: Burger Theory CBD WHERE: 8 – 10 Union St, Adelaide WHEN: Mon – Sat 11am – 10pm INFO: burgertheory.com
North Puts A Spring In Its Step No, this isn’t about the Kardashian spawn – surely that would be a little disconcerting to find on a food page. Rather, this is about CBD restaurant North’s new spring menu, and why you should be eating it. Created by Chef Ashley Brandom, the new menu combines seasonal flavours with local produce such as Paringa Farm lamb, Coorong beef and locally sourced seafood. A few new dishes for you to try include entrees like poached lobster tail with crab and apple remolaude, and the confit duck puff pastry pie with roasted mushrooms, tarragon and pea puree; mains like lamb rump with spring vegetable ratatouille, rosemary butter and Paris mashed potato, and desserts like spiced orange crème brulee. For more information on their menu and current specials, contact them on 8218 4152. WHAT: North WHERE: Adelaide Casino, North Tce WHEN: Mon – Fri 9am – late, Sat 11am – late & Sun 5pm – 9.30pm INFO: 8218 4152
Gorgeous Festival Food has traditionally come second to music at festivals, resulting in punters indulging in three courses of hot dogs and hot chips over the day. McLaren Vale’s Gorgeous Festival aims to challenge that, with the two-day festival, falling on Fri Nov 22 – Sat Nov 23, offering a gourmet menu for patrons to indulge in alongside some of the best wines of the region. Dishes for 2013 include Argentinian chargrilled beef short ribs from The Elbow Room,
pulled BBQ pork sandwiches from The Currant Shed and Fleurieu lamb yiros with cucumber, tomato and Spanish onion salad from Fino. The eats will be accompanied by a carefully selected wine list promoting McLaren Vale’s best harvests from cellar doors Maxwell, Settlement, Oliver’s Taranga, Serafino, Wirra Wirra, Dowie Doole Hooley Dooley, Yangarra Estate, Sellicks Hill Wines, Quandong Farm and Chalk Hill. This year’s Gorgeous Festival will feature headliners John Butler Trio, Blue King Brown, Eskimo Joe and Lanie Lane. Tickets are available now through gorgeousfestival.com.au now.
Love cheese?
Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 October Rymill Park, Adelaide
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