The iconic E’cco Bistro in Brisbane Australia have just opened their newest venture and it is well worth checking out:
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The iconic E’cco Bistro in Brisbane Australia have just opened their newest venture and it is well worth checking out:
My Story - Part 2
Nov 29
I was coming to the end of my full-time 8 week diploma and I now needed to decide where I wanted to work as the course offered guaranteed employment. As I was older than my young student friends I seemed to be a little more focused on the career aspect and less on the party locations, although I had been part of a few bar-top dancing escapades. If you have seen me dance you would find that hilarious and disturbing!
Hayman Island was at the time considered one of the most exclusive island resorts in the world. Not wanting to aim too high I [read more...]
My Story - Part 1
Nov 29
The shiny 20 cent coin flickered in the sunlight as it turned through the air… heads, tails, heads, tails, heads, HEADS! And like that, destiny said that I was going to Airlie Beach to start a full-time course in resort management. Tails was the alternative and that was pearl farming in Broome WA. I still wonder what that would have been like? But alas, here I am. After a painful break-up I had had enough. I could stay here no more. I sold every possession I had to cover my debts and left with a bag of clothes. This is [read more...]
My Story - Part 3
Nov 29
I didn’t have a sign made up but it was certainly the sentiment of the trip. If I can make it there I’ll make it anywhere, Sydney….. Sydney. I was now totally obsessed with getting a bar job. As much as I disliked being an upholsterer in New Zealand, continuing along this path in Australia seemed totally absurd. So with backpack packed I was off again.
Apart from the money equals beer, equals bars, equals girls, equation, the furniture factory had turned up one other gem. A lot of the furniture we made headed to New South Wales in large semi [read more...]
My Story - Part 1
Nov 29
Not many people go through their teenage years dreaming to themselves about being a waiter. I know I didn’t, of course I would have the usual fantasies of race car driver, rock star but the only thing that really came close to being anywhere near reality was as a tour guide with my own company specialising in skiing tours around the South Island of New Zealand.
So with no race car contracts on the horizon and the rock star thing not really working out (it’s amazing how levelling the crowd in a karaoke bar can be), the idea of a working [read more...]
My Story - Part 1
Nov 29
Okay, so I became a waiter. It wasn’t exactly a desired career while I was attending one of the top private schools in Adelaide - at least not desired by the folks. No, I am pretty sure there was an unspoken law that required me to at least get into uni and get a degree - and my life career path would evolve from there. Everything would be simple, I would have a steady job with a ‘wonderful’ piece of paper in my back pocket proclaiming my brilliance and I would never have to worry about anything again!
Now to an [read more...]
The Cooks Pantry
Nov 19
The Cooks Pantry, at the corner of Jetty Street and Military Road in Adelaide’s metro beach suburb of Grange, is where you’ll find James Bodroghy purveying over his organic produce, fashioning it into an array of take home meals, and a selection of relishes, pickles, and preserves. You can stop in for a coffee and a bite to eat, as James begins his day baking organic foccaccia which by lunch time is on display packed with mouth watering fillings. There’s always a selection of fresh fruit and veg and it’s not long before you’re thinking to yourself, I wish my [read more...]
Aria - Brisbane
Nov 19
Waitersfriend recently dined at Matt Moran’s new Aria Restaurant in Brisbane. We had heard a lot about it before we went but most of it from a parochial local crowd who we suspect may have been influenced by the fact that Aria comes from the arch nemesis and number one rival, Sydney.
It wasn’t that long ago that Brisbane and QLD were the butt of every redneck joke in NSW. In fact, after decades of snubbing it is only in recent times that the Good Food Guide has even bothered supporting the food & wine scene that is now making a large [read more...]
Aria - Brisbane
Nov 19
Waitersfriend recently dined at Matt Moran’s new Aria Restaurant in Brisbane. We had heard a lot about it before we went but most of it from a parochial local crowd whom I suspect may have been influenced by the fact that Aria comes from the arch nemesis and number one rival, Sydney.
It wasn’t that long ago that Brisbane and QLD were the butt of every redneck joke in NSW. In fact, after decades of snubbing it is only in recent times that the Good Food Guide has even bothered supporting the food & wine scene that is now making a [read more...]
