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Search, order and eat with the Eat Now app
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Search, order and eat with the Eat Now app

07 Feb 2013

A directory of more than 1,800 restaurants Australia wide, Eat Now is a website and free app that lets you search and order takeaway food from your surrounding suburbs and have it delivered to your doorstep. A handy tool for when you’re visiting or exploring new suburbs and aren’t sure where to eat, Eat Now stores the menus of local restaurants across an array of Chinese, Italian, Indian, Thai and Japanese cuisines. Simply choose a suburb and a restaurant, select your favourite dishes and choose pick-up or delivery. more

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Noggi Frozen Yoghurt, FroYo, Brisbane
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FroYo culture catches on with Noggi in Brisbane City

24 Jan 2013

After much wandering about various cities over the festive season, we’ve come to the conclusion that FroYo is definitely having a moment. While Yogen Fruz opened its doors in the city in 2009, and Berry Me Frozen Yogurt popped up its head in Kelvin Grove last year, it’s the latest addition of Noggi to the Myer Centre that’s made us sit up and take notice. more

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roy choi kogi bbq taco truck
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Roy Choi delivers the Flavour of Los Angeles

24 Jan 2013

In 2008, Kogi BBQ Taco Truck took the new concept of Twitter and the unheard of food fusion of traditional Korean flavours between a Mexican taco and blew minds across Los Angeles. Now an icon of LA street food, Kogi BBQ serves up the kind of deliciousness you wish you could permanently hook up to your veins – tacos, burritos, dogs, quesadillas and sliders of short rib, spicy pork, chicken and tofu. The Short Rib Taco sees double-caramelised Korean barbecue ribs with salsa roja, coriander-onion-lime relish with Nappa Romaine coleslaw tossed in a chilli-soy vinaigrette and nestled between two crisply griddled homemade corn tortillas. The Kogi family also runs food truck and sit-down restaurant Chego in downtown LA. In this short interview, creator Roy Choi talks about how this revolutionary moment in LA food culture all started. Image via The Avant/Garde Diaries.   more

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should i eat this shit?
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Discover what you should and shouldn’t eat

24 Jan 2013

A typographically savvy website of food-related content, Should I eat this shit? lets you search for a food and then discover whether it’s good or bad for you. Searching for a simple fruit could bring up a plethora of varieties – fresh, canned, frozen, dried, juiced – the site then telling you all the positives (or negatives) to eating that particular foodstuff. For example, pineapple turned up positive results, but ginger beer is bad for you. Don’t try to search for odd, normally non-edible items like tree bark or nail polish – the site doesn’t have a funny bone. Next time you reach for that three-thirty-itis chocolate hit, ask the site if it’s really what you should be eating. more

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Monty's Chocolates, Brisbane City
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Monty’s Chocolates opens second store in Brisbane City

17 Jan 2013

Paddington institution Monty’s Chocolates has opened a second store in Brisbane City, positioned conveniently close to Central Station. Tucked back from Edward Street, the new residence is larger than the original, with more seating inside and outside. Patrons can soak up a spot of sun in their lunch break, or settle inside, escaping the noisy streets. more

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Briki Espresso and Gelati Bar, St Lucia
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Briki Espresso and Gelati Bar opens in St Lucia

17 Jan 2013

Briki Espresso and Gelati Bar has opened in St Lucia, a great spot for a late light breakfast followed by cool and creamy ice-cream. The gelati is by the folk over at Ascot locale Caffe e Gelato Milany, with flavours like Macadamia, Bounty, Ferrero Rocher, Kinder Surprise and Berry Cheesecake filling the cabinet. more

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Botanica, Red Hill
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Real-food nook Botanica opens in Red Hill

10 Jan 2013

A wonderland for the health conscious, the resolution pledger and the fresh-food lover, Botanica is a charming new foodie nook offering takeaway salads and sweet treats. Situated along Enoggera Terrace in Red Hill, Botanica is the creation of former chefs Alison and Brett Hutley. more

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Noosa Chocolate Factory, Brisbane City
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Noosa Chocolate Factory sets up shop in Brisbane City

03 Jan 2013

For those of us who are avid chocoholics, the passionate ritual involved in chocolate consumption will be all too familiar. Each bite into a sweet, velvety cube is a whimsical and indulgent sensory journey, revealing unique favours and textures that cause your tastebuds to stand to attention. more

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iced tea brisbane
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Follow our quest for Brisbane’s best iced tea

03 Jan 2013

On a muggy summer day, it can be difficult to comprehend the logic behind the theory that drinking hot tea can help you cool down by making the body sweat a little – especially when the heat is such that you can already feel beads of sweat forming before you’ve even thought about boiling the kettle. The solution? Iced tea. more

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ACQTASTE magazine
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More food between the sheets with ACQTASTE

03 Jan 2013

ACQTASTE (Acquired Taste Magazine) is a new publication out of Toronto and acts as a voice for the current food movement, illustrating our current food culture in its most honest form. Aiming to redefine the idea of a food magazine, ACQTASTE appeals to both the passionate foodie and connoisseur, and draws focus to the intersection where food culture meets design, art, architecture, fashion, film and music. Its online presence features regular photos, films and content that have and continue to inspire ACQTASTE’s print form. Dedicated food lovers can pick up a copy of Issue 1 from magnation. more

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Ice Blocks
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Discover artisan iced treats this summer

27 Dec 2012

When you were a youngster, summer meant several things: school holidays, cooling off under the sprinkler and icy poles. As we grow up into adults, however, school holidays are no longer an option and it’s suddenly not so cute (or eco friendly) to frolic under the sprinkler in your underwear. When trying to capture the essence of the carefree summer days of childhood, try savouring a frosty iced treat instead. more

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The Gourmand magazine
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Read sumptuous food compendium The Gourmand

13 Dec 2012

New literary creation The Gourmand combines food and culture into one neat, caress-worthy package. Taking an innovative and creative approach to the form of each article, interview or artistic musing, The Gourmand delves past the pretty stylised food shots and beautifully constructed flavours of a foodie’s dream land and into the culture of food and the different means of taking pleasure from all things consumable. Based in London, The Gourmand was inspired by the universal subject of food and the influx of new restaurants, cafes, markets and ingredients at our fingertips. Issue 01 has just come out, with Issue 00 still available online. Image via Eye Magazine. more

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HK Honey
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Discover the good deeds of HK Honey

29 Nov 2012

Founded by product designer Michael Leung, HK Honey brings together beekeepers, artists and designers to install and maintain hives amongst the high-rise apartments of Hong Kong. Connecting local people with local beekeepers and supplying them with local honey, HK Honey brings people closer to the origins of their food in a city that lacks green space. more

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The Golden Pig, Newstead
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The Street Photographer: The Golden Pig

22 Nov 2012

By day, the back streets of Newstead are an industrial jungle of comings and goings. But at dusk, the streets grow quiet, the quiet surrounds allowing the kitchen at The Golden Pig Food & Wine School to create the noise. The cavernous warehouse space has been transformed into an architecturally savvy environment, combining all the gadgets and gizmos of a professional chef, with lush hanging gardens and white walls. A space to learn from scratch, pick up neat tips or perfect your hand at a particular cuisine, The Golden Pig lets you create masterpieces in the kitchen, before feasting upon your handiwork. Check out The Golden Pig on The Street Photographer.   more

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Good Food & Wine Show Brisbane
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Good Food & Wine Show celebrates local produce

08 Nov 2012

The Good Food & Wine Show is in town this weekend, wrapping up its nationwide tour with a program fit to tickle every food fancy. From Friday to Sunday, food stalls, cooking demonstrations, masterclasses and book signings will be the order of the day at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre as the Good Food & Wine Show celebrates great local produce. more

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Bee one third
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Bee One Third brings urban beekeeping to Brisbane

01 Nov 2012

Introducing rooftop hives to Brisbane’s inner city and suburban areas is Bee One Third. The creation of part-time beekeepers Jack Wilson and Kat Skull, Bee One Third aims to increase local denizens’ awareness of food origin and miles as well as save the beloved honeybee. more

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Get philanthropic with Boxed Water Is Better
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Get philanthropic with Boxed Water Is Better

01 Nov 2012

Like the Italians are teaching us that coffee (good coffee) can come in a can, the Americans are letting us in on the little secret that water is better when boxed. Inspired to create a brand of bottled water that is better for the environment, Michigan-based Benjamin Gott came up with boxed water. Boxed Water Is Better delivers your packaged, transportable hydration source in sustainable, recyclable packaging, where the cardboard is made from trees from certified, well-managed forests. Boxed Water Is Better even donates 10% of its profits to reforestation foundations, with another 10% donated to water relief foundations. Pick up your carton of cool, refreshing boxed H2O from Southside Tea Room.   more