Australian Recipes

Australian culinary culture

Australia has many things to offer its visitors. It has developed its own culinary culture. Australian recipes use its natural resources so you can find koala, crocodile and kangaroo recipes, it sounds crazy but these food dishes are real. You can thank its multicultural population for its fantastic cuisine. Immigrants help Australians to discover new flavors. Australian chefs like experimenting with foreign ingredients to cook fusion food, although others prefer to keep the British style.

Eating & Drinking around Australia

Australian restaurants make good use of the variety of homegrown products, especially seafood and beef.  Eating & Drinking around Australia is an easy task. There are many restaurants, bars, cafés and big city bistros. The “down under” has a large menu with many exotic creations, but traditional people can find international restaurants in all major Australian cities. People often complement the food with a bottle of wine, it could be a tradition for Australians like eating “tapas” (a traditional Spanish food dish. You can learn about Spanish recipes on the Internet, many Spanish websites have a section like “Spain tapas” for this topic) for Spanish people.   

Australian restaurants

Australian restaurants fall loosely into two categories: Fine dining and casual dining restaurants. Fine dining strictly refers to five-star; however, few restaurants in Sidney adhere fully to this standard.  Fine dining restaurants are located in the Australian big cities and exclusive tourist resorts where the demand is the greatest. There are a number of casual dining restaurants around Australia. Casual dining doesn’t mean to eat only basic meals or traditional food. You can find a large menu of different dishes in these establishments. 

Many restaurants serve lunch between 12:30- 15:00 hours. Dinner is served from 18:30 to 22:30 hours, although some restaurants have different business hours, restaurants offer flexible hours for breakfast, opening early and closing late. You can also find 24-hour and 7-day restaurants. Major credit cards are accepted in Australian restaurants, but it’s advisable to carry cash. You can book by telephone to avoid disappointment, it is generally recommended.

Australian cuisine

Australians began to develop their own cuisine. Australia has many creative chefs. You can enjoy Australian cuisine besides knowing the land of kangaroos and koalas. “Down under” is currently a referent of international cuisine. Its fusion cuisine has made many famous chefs visit Australia in order to discover why it is so tasty.  Australian cuisine joins the best of Asian, European and American cuisine to offer you the largest menus around the world. 

Australian cuisine  is an intrinsic feature of the country’s diverse culture and is  considered a tourist attraction. The fusion of styles and flavors  has created a large menu, so there are many restaurants that offer  international, fusion and native food. Sydney has the most famous  and elegant restaurants, near to the Opera theatre of Sydney are  some five-star restaurants. Australians prefer to eat regional food  and they love barbecue and seafood. 

Australian tourism

This country receives many tourists every year; they come to know more about its magical  culture and to enjoy its beaches. The Australian coastline has  more than 10000 beaches, most Australian beaches are bordered by  some natural structure such as rocks, inlets, headlands and reefs.  Many surfers arrive to practice for international competitions,  and some important Surfing Championships take place in Australia.

Australia offers the most diverse landscapes in the world, its geography and wildlife  is unlike anywhere else around the world. There are many Natural reserves where one can see animals such as kangaroos, koalas, crocodiles  and dingoes, exotic plants complete a beautiful view. One has several  reasons to visit the “down under”, this country has opened  its doors for foreign people, its people are very friendly and its  culture is rich.

Australia’s cultural diversity

As Asians, Americans and Europeans arrived in large numbers, the Australian  population took on greater ethnic diversity; the  combination of different  cultures and traditions has given this  country a varied cuisine with  new flavors. Australian  traditions are a mix of many others such as British, American,  Italian, French and Portuguese culture, although its people  still preserve many aboriginal costumes. 

The  cuisine of Antipodean draws  inspiration from recipes spanning Australia and Asia, because international  chefs know Australians always have a new recipe to offer. One can find that many cuisines use Australian ingredients to elaborate  their most famous food dishes, Brazilian chefs use some Australian  vegetables to make fusion food, if one reads some Brazilian recipes; one will  notice the  influence of Australian cuisine.