Squirmelia ([info]squirmelia) wrote,
@ 2009-05-13 00:02:00
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Food

Buddha's Hand
Polly waffles and cherry ripes are not really an option for me to eat, as a vegetarian, but I still look for weird food to try. Recently, I've nibbled Buddha's Hand (see picture), sipped basil seed drink, and eaten feijoa.

I wanted to try white chocolate wasabi ice-cream or perhaps even hot cross bun flavour, but alas, the strangest flavours that Fritz Gelato had when I visited were caramelised fig and roasted almond, and cinnamon doughnut.

The Buddha's Day and Multicultural festival happening this weekend at Fed Square is apparently well known for its strange food - vegan deep fried oysters! vegan pork floss! radish cake! I also noticed that one of the vegan blogs that has photos of deep fried oysters also describes a vegan kangaroo BBQ. Definitely weird Australian food.

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[info]short_mort
2009-05-12 02:23 pm UTC (link)
Cheery ripes are not vegetarian? huh?

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[info]squirmelia
2009-05-12 02:35 pm UTC (link)
They contain gelatin, and I'm the kind of vegetarian that doesn't eat gelatin, so yeah, unfortunately they are not for me.

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[info]short_mort
2009-05-12 02:39 pm UTC (link)
Bollacks, I have never looked at the ingredient list. they are Frogs favourite chockie from Australia. he is going to be gutted.

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[info]strawberryfrog
2009-05-12 02:51 pm UTC (link)
aaargh! Why Gelatin?

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[info]squirmelia
2009-05-13 10:48 am UTC (link)
A lot of chocolate here seems to contain it, and even sour cream sometimes does. :(

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[info]squirmelia
2009-05-14 10:06 am UTC (link)
Some good news! Coles own brand does not contain gelatin. No idea how similar their "cherry bites" are to cherry ripes, but the picture makes them look quite similar. I shall have to test them sometime soon. :)

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[info]squirmelia
2009-05-13 10:41 am UTC (link)
:( I'm sorry.

Hmm.. I wonder if Coles own brand version contains it?

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[info]twisted_times
2009-05-12 02:23 pm UTC (link)

Aren't vegan deep fried oysters a contradiction in terms? O_o

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[info]squirmelia
2009-05-12 02:36 pm UTC (link)
I presume they are made of tofu or something. :)

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[info]twisted_times
2009-05-12 02:38 pm UTC (link)

In that case it should be called vegan deep fried tofu. Call, me crazy, but aren't oysters generally made from, erm, oyster..?

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[info]squirmelia
2009-05-12 02:47 pm UTC (link)
Crazy. ;)

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[info]twisted_times
2009-05-13 08:53 am UTC (link)

Pot, kettle, black. ;p

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[info]fluffymark
2009-05-12 02:53 pm UTC (link)
Happy to see you are still hunting for strange ice-cream flavours :) :) :)

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[info]squirmelia
2009-05-13 10:49 am UTC (link)
Always!

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[info]_evening_rain_
2009-05-13 03:01 pm UTC (link)
Wow, I want to go to Australia for that ice cream place alone. :)

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[info]rhoftonphoto
2009-05-18 06:30 am UTC (link)
Trampoline has some pretty whacky flavours at times they had an easter one but it wasn't hot cross bun it was real yum! there's a place in sorrento i think that has some really odd flavors.

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