The Best And Worst Of Takeaway Food/restaurants

[Astaroth]

Some good ones off the top of my head:

* La Scala

* Gus' cafe

* The little italian place on the la scala side of mama's trattoria in garema

* Babar, downstairs @ woden (great risottos and bruschetta)

* APK (woden has great food but the service isn't fantastic, can't comment on the others)

* Ming's chinese @ phillip (awesome honey beef)

* Ethiopian restaurant @ pearce shops

* Greater Indian @ curtin shops

* Chalisa Indian @ tuggeranong

* Chinatown @ weston

That's about all I can think of at the moment.... TBH I haven't really been to a *bad* restaurant in canberra, some have been in the 'nothing special' category but I've never had a meal somewhere and thought 'well that was shit.'

[StinkyPoo]

Not sure if I should post this or not, but don't eat sushi trains in Canberra. One thing is they taste bad, but the other thing is the main reason you shouldn't! They always get inspections from some government departments.

Other than that, Gingseng is good, Rowland and Sil are top blokes.

And does anyone get the feelin that the steaks at Hogs Breath are getting smaller?

[leech_]

actually thats one place that pisses me off the last two time i have gone to hogs breath in woden it has been shit. I always get the steak sandwich and the first time it was chewey as all hell and the last one felt as though it had just been taken out of the fridge... stone fricking cold... other than that i love hog breath but don't know if i should put up with it happening twice.

[low200]

I swear theyre gettin smaller... its not just you.

I havent been overly impressed with it the last few times ive been, ive made better steak myself on my oen bbq.

[SuperJohn]

It would have to be a topic about food to get me posting lol

I recommend:

Rubicon - Griffith Shops (my favourite in canberra)

Gus' - Civic

Milk and Honey - Civic (small meals but tasty)

Viet behind Hagi baba in weston

Jimmy's - dickson (My favourite chinese)

Taekee - Dickson (best barbequed chinese meats especially duck)

Pho Quoc - Dickson (really good viet soup (Pho) )

Hoggs breath is really inconsistent, last few times I have had good steaks and burgers, but I dont think they really care about the presentation of the meal. They have also tried to pass off normal steak as their slow cooked steak once and it wasnt till my friend complained did they admit or and gave him a discount and some 25% coupons.

[S T A R 3 3]

And does anyone get the feelin that the steaks at Hogs Breath are getting smaller?

I went to some boat show thingo.. where people ski.. on water, and the hogs breath girls were there strutting their "stuff" *shudder*. The streaks aren't the only things that are getting smaller.. I'll tell you that.

[SKYLVIA]

I went to some boat show thingo.. where people ski.. on water

What sort of twilight zone is this!

And im not too sure about the steaks getting smaller, i went there for my birthday last year and the steaks seemed good, pricey, but really nice food.

that was in civic..

[S T A R 3 3]

Come to think of it.. our footy team is sponsored by Hog breath.. so.. THEY'RE THE BEST!

On the family day we played with a pink footy.. haha..

[SL33KY]

I agree with loymclure on the maccas queanbeyan driveway, no matter what angle i drive in i always scrape some how!!

GOOD: Lime Leaf (asian food) in queanbeyan, make a great green curry mmmmmmmmmmmmm

Charmers in manuka, have a great potato stack for brekky and cakes to die for

BAD: Belgian Beer Cafe in kingston (copped food poisoning about 3 times now)

Chinese takeaway place next to Woolies in Dickson, tastes bad and 'honey chicken' is chunky bits of chicken bone and you have to pour your own sauce over it!!

Ali Baba in fyshwick, got sick from eating the chicken kebabs

[S T A R 3 3]

For beer lovers, "Debacle" in braddon have "Old Speckled Hen" on tap.. B-YAT-A-FUL!

[BiGMaN]

I love old speckled hen, they used to have it at the durham aswell, but now its gone....

I also like the odd pint of kronenburg from filthy's, delicious.

Jimmy's and Giseng definately the choice for a good chinese food the satay combination at Jimmy's is yummy, as is the Satay chicken on broccoli from ginseng.

Kismet in Manuka for good Kebabs too.

[Astaroth]

Another couple of good places:

Lemongrass Thai @ woden

Gaudi upstairs in woden, good coffee

Zefer's at belconnen (wasn't a fan of dickson)

Noodle box @ dickson

[loymclure]

pretty happy with star Q in QBN

[scorp]

Hey all,

I'm coming up from Melbourne tomorrow for the Canberra marathon. Could someone pop up a couple of good Italian restaurants for me and the boys to carb up on Saturday night? (with the address).

And give a toot if you see a R33 with vic plates

[leech_]

Santa Lucia's in Kingston is usually pretty good although quality has dropped from what it was 8 years ago safe bet is also Zefferelias and beluuchici's (excuse the spelling on both of them)

[low200]

Italian Grille in Erindale is really good but a bit pricey.

[cambo200sx]

Streets of Asia in Tuggers next to Chalisa indian. Good place for all type of asian dishes