Dining in Australia

Australian kitchen is originally heavily effected by English kitchen. Due to the constantly increasing amount of immigrants, who come to Australia from especially Asian, European and Mediterrenian countries, it is nowadays possible to find a wide variety of food in Australia.

Australians usually start the day with a breakfast that either consists of hams and eggs or musli/cornflakes. Eating warm lunch is not so common in Australia. Australians eat only sandwiches and salad at lunch if at all. This has caused the habit of keeping the restaurants closed during the lunch time except those in the touristic areas. Therefore, cafeterias are responsible of delivering lunch to the public. On the contrary, dinner is the biggest meal of the day. The most common menu for dinner is steak/fish/chicken with some salad.

Australia is also very rich from fresh fruits point of view. Kiwi, mango, ananas, apple and pear are supplied from South Australia and Tasmania to whole Australia.

One of the biggest fun in Australia is making barbecue (BBQ). There are ready grills available at every personal garden and also at many parks. Australians gather around with every occasion, throw steaks, sausages, chicken or seafood on the grill and have fun with accompanying half frozen beer.

Alcoholic drinks are heavily taxed in Australia. Only the "licensed" bars and restaurants are allowed to sell alcohol. The license is called "Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA)" and those who are interested in working at a pub are required to take RSA course. There are also "Bring Your Own (BYO)" pubs where everyone is allowed to bring his/her own drink or send someone to buy one. No alcohol license is required at such places. The customer pays for opening the bottles and for the service.