Mark Best is the Aussie chef on the new Netflix special, The Final Table. He's got three Michelin Stars so he knows his schnitzel from his schinken.
Perfect name, cause it's Aussie that's the Best.
Perfect name, cause it's Aussie that's the Best.
He was just on Australia's ABC radio and said that after three months in Spain you hanker after getting back to Sydney for its vibrancy and variety.
Mark, mate, you're absolutely right!
My subject line should really read "cuisines", not "food". Spanish food in Spain is good. And Italian food in Italy. But if you want variety of cuisines you gotta go to Sydney. Or Melbourne. Or London. Or New York. Or our very own Hong Kong.
Once you've been lucky enough to live in one of these cosmopolitan cities with their wealth of cuisines, Italy seems monochrome. Pasta and fried fish. Fried fish and pasta. Spain: tried our tapas yet? Nothing wrong with that. Just that you hanker, as says Mark Best, after some variety!
Even in our little HK suburb of Discovery Bay (pop 18,000) we have within a mile of our front door: Korean, Cali-mex, western bistro, Italian, French, Mexican, Japanese, noodle house, wood fired pizza house; Indian; and of course Chinese. Even Aussie oysters flown in live and fresh, every day.
Even in our little HK suburb of Discovery Bay (pop 18,000) we have within a mile of our front door: Korean, Cali-mex, western bistro, Italian, French, Mexican, Japanese, noodle house, wood fired pizza house; Indian; and of course Chinese. Even Aussie oysters flown in live and fresh, every day.
Long live variety!
