As you well know (if you have read my blog for any amount of time), I researched and worried, stressed and mulled over the various aspects of Australian life. In all honesty, the one thing that truly stuck with me was how expensive everything seemed. Now I wish I could say we got off the plane and didn’t wince at the price of a bottle of water, but all in all we were pleasantly surprised at how affordable it is to eat out here. (I joke that it’s because everything is SO expensive that it’s all relative but in comparison to groceries, eating out is cheap-ish. And boy oh boy have we been putting that theory to the test. Fruit toast with lemon curd. toe curlingly good coffee, alpaca burgers and thrice fried chips, burritos and pancakes, pizzas and Thai. You name it, we have consumed it. It’s beginning to show. So much so that I no longer feel the need to do up my top button on my jeans. I can’t say I am complaining.
*Title quote by George Bernard Shaw*
It all looks soooooooooooooooooo delicious! Hmm, eating out to 'save money', I love that concept!
ReplyDeleteI've totally been salivating over all the food pics you've posted to Instagram, especially that alpaca burger. How is alpaca meat btw?
ReplyDeleteOh dear, they all look yummy. Is that paella, it looks so tempting.
ReplyDeleteI've been to quite a few places like that, where it's 'almost' cheaper to eat in than to eat out. strange how that works. lovely pics. food is SO important :)
ReplyDeleteOh my my my my ...... that all looks so good.
ReplyDeleteoh my that all looks delicious. i think i'd have to pass on the alpaca burger, i didn't even know people ate alpaca meat! but that seafood dish, i'd demolish that - yum!
ReplyDeletethe last time i went to hawaii we stayed in a house with a kitchen, we ended up just eating out though because anything that was grown on the island was so expensive to from the store! a loaf of bread was like 8 dollars!
...and...cue the hunger...
ReplyDeleteMy son's been in a program that's had him away from home for the past 8 weeks, and this week is his last week away. I keep telling my husband that we're going out to eat every night this week! Just to celebrate the freedom before we're back to baseball practice and slow cooker meals. What's your favorite so far?
ReplyDeletehah! love the picture of you chowing down. everything looks delectable - definitely giving nyc a run for it's money.
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