Food thread

[Winston Churchill]

I am so old i can remember a time when there were no fast food chains here only fish and chip shops hamburger places and the obligotory chinese restaurant in most towns and suburbs.If you were lucky enough to have an Italian restaurant nearby or even less likely a French one you were blessed.
Thank goodness there are so many more options these days

Im so old I remember when the Golden Fleece was the real OG

Golden Fleece roadhouses - Australian food history timeline

In the 1960s, before the advent of American fast food chains, Golden Fleece roadhouses were the go-to food stops for travellers.

australianfoodtimeline.com.au

 

[The Fresh Oil]

Butter chicken London brother

I thought that but just googled.

Butter chicken/Place of origin
India

The dish originated in northern India, in Amritsar, to be exact. Legend has it that chefs there made chicken tikka with heavy amounts of butter to stay true to their Punjabi roots. But they didn't stop there: They added more butter as a garnish and called it butter chicken (or murgh makhani).25 Apr 2022

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Isn't it Tikka Masala that's British?

 

[diedpretty]

Im so old I remember when the Golden Fleece was the real OG

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Golden Fleece roadhouses - Australian food history timeline

In the 1960s, before the advent of American fast food chains, Golden Fleece roadhouses were the go-to food stops for travellers.

australianfoodtimeline.com.au

Yea when travelling you would always lookout for the roadhouse the truckies were parked at.

 

[jadtiger]

Butter chicken London brother

Not according to google it states Amritsar is where it was created

 

[jadtiger]

Im so old I remember when the Golden Fleece was the real OG

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Golden Fleece roadhouses - Australian food history timeline

In the 1960s, before the advent of American fast food chains, Golden Fleece roadhouses were the go-to food stops for travellers.

australianfoodtimeline.com.au

The days of "Stanley" and Golden Fleece servos

 

[trentrunciman]

Im so old I remember when the Golden Fleece was the real OG

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Golden Fleece roadhouses - Australian food history timeline

In the 1960s, before the advent of American fast food chains, Golden Fleece roadhouses were the go-to food stops for travellers.

australianfoodtimeline.com.au

Never knew of this! About 2-3 decades before I was even born! But they look really nice 👍

 

[trentrunciman]

Make sure you boys get yourselves a succulent Chinese meal next few days for lunar NY

 

[trentrunciman]

 

[Tucker]

Never knew of this! About 2-3 decades before I was even born! But they look really nice 👍

They weren’t really.
Good place to get a feed after a night on the squirt.
Food tasted good as you were drunk lol

 

[Winston Churchill]

Never knew of this! About 2-3 decades before I was even born! But they look really nice 👍

lol, @Tucker said it best, basically all we knew before this new fandangle McDonalds and Kentucky Fried hit the land in the early to mid 70s. I don't even remember Maccas being a big thing until the mid 80s, certainly exploded from than on anyway, they popped up all over the place.

Golden Fleece was a servo, like Shell, BP etc and then they had the bright idea to turn some into roadhouse restaurants, wasnt good, wasnt bad, it just was. Got bought out by Caltex in the early 80s. Ive still got a menu packed away in the draw somewhere lol. My grandfather used to drive tankers for them. Wish I knew back then how much all the golden fleece stuff would be worth today. Id be a multi-squillionaire.

Golden Fleece Resturant Menu in Original Case - Golden Fleece

www.goldenfleece.net.au

Found a menu online, T-Bone, chips and salad $7.50, most expensive thing on the menu. I reckon that was pretty steep for 50 years ago now I think about it. Must have been the city prices. I remember getting a full spread for one of these.

 

[Winston Churchill]

The days of "Stanley" and Golden Fleece servos

I have no idea what's going on in this? although I can understand why it went under. Geez, this did not age well.

 

[jadtiger]

I have no idea what's going on in this? although I can understand why it went under. Geez, this did not age well.

The mid 60's was a strange time in many ways but it had exceptional music

 

[trentrunciman]

I couldn’t imagine a world without Frangos or El Jannah or wait I’m in Canberra

 

[Winston Churchill]

I couldn’t imagine a world without Frangos or El Jannah or wait I’m in Canberra

What the heck is that? Sounds way too close to Franger, can just imagine what people call the joint.

 

[Pascoes_barber]

I have no idea what's going on in this? although I can understand why it went under. Geez, this did not age well.

Leaded paint and fuel? Definitely a different era 😀

 

[Buttface]

Yes, I do like a chicken Kiev. I imagine the cuisine is classified as European? If you asked an Australia to name a traditional Aussie dish it would more likely include lamb or seafood I’m guessing?

Pavlova?

 

[Cobarcats]

They weren’t really.
Good place to get a feed after a night on the squirt.
Food tasted good as you were drunk lol

Do you remember Maccas McFeast with the old red sauce. They were huge compared to today, my fav fast food burger.
I got a bacon deluxe from hungry jacks yesterday and it was the size of a fifty cent piece. Meat was like processed meat and sawdust or cardboard.

 

[jadtiger]

Do you remember Maccas McFeast with the old red sauce. They were huge compared to today, my fav fast food burger.
I got a bacon deluxe from hungry jacks yesterday and it was the size of a fifty cent piece. Meat was like processed meat and sawdust or cardboard.

Think how healthy that was since it would have had no calories.Sadly far too many of the large food chains seem to have the same sort of "food" these days

 

[twentyforty]

Do you remember Maccas McFeast with the old red sauce. They were huge compared to today, my fav fast food burger.
I got a bacon deluxe from hungry jacks yesterday and it was the size of a fifty cent piece. Meat was like processed meat and sawdust or cardboard.

Are you sure it was meat?