This year has undoubtedly been one of Canberra’s biggest years yet for new restaurants, cafés and bars – in fact, it’s almost been a full time job keeping up with them all! As we start to draw the curtain on 2015, we thought it’d be a great time to look back over the last 12 months and see which new hotspots we’ve been eating and drinking at – starting with all the places that opened up in the first half of the year.
Read MoreThere’s something magical about experiencing the street food of different places – it’s an express ticket to the heart of a nation’s food culture, and it allows us to connect with the local way of life without even needing to speak the language. We Canberrans have always loved our street food, and for a taste of Saigon there’s no better place to go than Miss Vân’s, which has quickly gained a loyal following for its unique brand of Vietnamese street food since opening in mid-2015.
Read MoreWe reckon breakfast is probably one of the best meals to eat in the whole wide world… so here are 16 breakies you really should have eaten if you live in Canberra, but if you haven’t, we’ve also included where you can go get them… now!
1. Huevos Divorciados from The Cupping Room.
As well as being great at winning Movember competitions, Mexicans also do a mean breakfast. This dish of ‘divorced eggs’ comes with two types of salsa, sour cream, pickled jalapenos and charred peppers on sourdough – and it might just be your ticket to respectable facial hair.
Canberra needs good bars. Thankfully we have Shorty’s.
Situated in the heart of the city’s most exciting dining precinct, Shorty’s is the perfect place to drop in no matter what your mood. Not just a great place for a well-earned beer or glass of wine, Shorty’s is just what you need for a quick and delicious lunch or to settle in for the evening for dinner and drinks with friends.
Read MoreHonestly, before writing this article I’d never been much of a fan of smoothies. I always thought people who chose a smoothie over a milkshake were pretty insane. Turns out, I just didn’t know where to get them!
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been ‘researching’ Canberra’s smoothie scene. Basically, I’ve tried more smoothies in the past month than I’ve had in my nineteen-year lifetime… and I’m now a total smoothie convert!
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