May 07, 2002 02:52 PM
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(Updated May 07, 2002 02:52 PM)
Do you have any special dietary requirements? For a vegetarian abroad that is always a welcome, if unexpected question. Here I was in Ausralia, expecting 10 days of living on bland, leafy fare. Instead, I was being given a choice- and I had to be specific. Was I a vegan, who eschews all dairy products? Or, was I an eggetarian, or a fish-eating vegetarian? Or, was I a plain Vanilla vegetarian who eats vegetables and dairy products but no meat? At celebrity chef Neil Perry`s Rockpool, Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurent of the year 2001, it was difficult to spot a vegetarian option in the main menu. But they were only too happy to whip up an inventive mix of fresh vegetables in garam masala withtomato, onion, basil and coconut milk, served with rice. Sydney, the largest city in Australia, offers a choice of great restaurents. The cuisine is as varied as it gets, but the decor is almost always minimalist, witha aprinounced use os steel, glass and black and white dominating the colour scheme. AUSTRALIA has generous helping of Sun, Sand, world cuisine and a new cosmopolitan edge. MUST GO AND ENJOY...
