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What an adventure

Vincenzo's Cucina Vera Ristaronte

AWARD-winner Vincenzo's serves up an exhilarating experience.

New restaurant's graceful entry

Taste Trim Grace

MATTHEW and Olivia Trim finally have a name for their massive new venture on The Parade.

A Barossa pearl for foodies

Appellation

APPELLATION offers an experience worth savouring... Tim Lloyd explains why.

Adelaide food awards - Everyone's a winner

chef

FROM a modern fine diner to a chef with a wild culinary imagination, this year's awards show the vibrancy of our dining scene.

Chinese whispers

chinese whispers

SOMETHING is going on here. It's midweek in a large suburban restaurant dining room. Lunch time. Packed to the rafters.

Warming blend

Marrakech restaurant

THE aromas of spicy Moroccan food are matched by a special brand of hospitality.

Belair Hotel

Duck Pie

THIS pub kitchen has its ups and downs, writes Simon Wilkinson.

The Salopian Inn

Squid risotto

McLAREN Vale's problem is deciding if it's a suburb or a wine tourism district. The Salopian Inn takes advantage of both sides of the coin.

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Out of the ordinary

out of the ordinary

THE problem I have with our Indian restaurants is that, in most cases, I know what I'll be eating before I walk in the door.

Celsius Restaurant and Bar

celsius

One of our best young chefs has taken a bold step, writes Tony Love.

Stick to it

taste

IF you ask my kids, all food should be served in one of two ways: either wrapped into a parcel with a pita or tortilla; or impaled on a stick.

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That's true amore!

taste

ITALIAN cooking is so much a part of our modern food world that we sometimes lose track of its roots.

Life's little luxuries

Wine Underground

THE Wine Underground restaurant offers a grand wine adventure combined with some classic dining indulgences.

Ristorante Pinocchio

pinnochio

His mother's pasta recipe helps chef Edoardo Strappa transport customers to the Umbria of his childhood, writes Tim Lloyd

House of Pearl

Jackie Tran

A NEW Malaysian restaurant adds spice to Gouger St's excitements, writes Tony Love

Walkers Arms

Walkers Arms

THE renovations may be in the millions but the food now needs a makeover too, writes Tony Love

Ginza

ginza

DESPITE the buzz, there are pitfalls at this eatery, writes Dianne Mattsson

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The Manse

The Manse

LAST week, The Manse cleaned up at the state restaurant awards night, picking up the gongs for best fine diner, best restaurant and best chef.

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Vietnam Sunrise

Vietnam Sunrise

IF you're looking for comfort and familiarity, this is your place.

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Spoon Restaurant

Spoon

WINING AND dining at a cellar-door no longer means a weekend drive. Could CBD cellar restaurants be an emerging trend?

Down by riverside

drinks

THE ADELAIDE Convention Centre's restaurant arm, Regattas, offers a solid new menu.

The Hilton

chicken

HE SANTOS Tour Down Under begins in Adelaide on Sunday. For those inspired to take up the sport and follow the wave of super riders, Hilton Adelaide executive chef Simon Bryant shows us what they eat to stay fit.

Assaggio Cafe

Assaggio

BIG is the word all round for Campbelltown's cafe sister to the prized Assaggio Ristorante of Hyde Park.

The Wheatsheaf Hotel

beer

THIS brew is for beer tastes on a champagne budget. At $70 for a long-neck, it's the most expensive beer in South Australia.

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Happy Corner Restaurant

happy corner

A SUBURBAN Chinese venue offers a menu full of exciting dishes from Shanghai to Szechuan style.

Bars & Restaurants

Restaurants: By location 

Bar & Cafes

Windy Point

Justin

THERE ARE rooms with a view and then some, but in Adelaide one name crops up again and again when the outlook is deemed to be equal to and at times even more important than the dining.

Seasons recipes

salad

WE DO hang on to the cool-climate festive entertaining traditions, but GENEVIEVE HARRIS has ideas that fit the heat of the season and just make sense.

Osteria de Mesa

Osteria de Mesa

ONE OF the city's hottest new restaurants finds a crossover between popular Italian and trendy Spanish.

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Christmas Cookbooks

cookbook

How would renowned chefs stack up in the average kitchen? An Adelaide family road-tests six hot new cookbooks.

Showcasing Salads

salad

SOME OF our winning chefs share their most inspired summery salads.

Contemporary Cuisine

Johnny

BEING A forward-looking chef in a restaurant like Chloe's, with close to quarter of a century of tradition via all the ups and downs of recent fine-dining history, is arguably one of the great cooking challenges of the day.

Best Wine List

victory

The Victory Hotel Main South Rd, Sellicks Beach Phone 8556 3083 A WINE LIST may be seen by some venues as one of those necessities that has to be in place to complete the dining package.

Unique cafes

Lucio

WITH COFFEE franchises setting up in seemingly any available nook or cranny, it's refreshing to know there are plenty of cafes happily doing their own thing. Kylie Fleming picks a few of her favourites.

Aquacaf Goolwa

Aquacaf

THE GOOLWA in-crowd long have haunted Aquacaf for luscious breakfasts but, once taken over by Jordan Theodoras and Ben McLeod, formerly of the Melting Pot at Hyde Park, Aquacaf has turned into truly fine dining by the water's edge.

Adelaide Award Winners

Tom

TAKE A look at the rest of the winners in the Adelaide Food Awards '09.

Adelaide's Fabulous Foodies

Fino

WELCOME TO our annual celebration of the best of the dining year. Now in their fifth year, the Adelaide Food Awards have become a significant mark of achievement for the state's restaurants, chefs and others who excel in the industry.

Sophisticated chef

Nick

TWENTY-FIVE years in a stately Victorian villa in the Adelaide eastern suburbs living and breathing the rarefied atmosphere of a fine-dining restaurant might sound like a recipe for standing still in a bygone era.

Kenji

Kenji

THE MASTERLY technique and vivid imagination of Kenji Ito continue to provide a compelling blend of the traditional and modern at this little gem in the city's southeast corner.

Spice up your party

andre

PARTY TIME has begun. Invitations are rolling in for the gala-packed festive season, so if you are planning to play host, it's time to set the date, organise invitations and set the menu.

Quick cook

mojito cheesecake

In this taste from her new cookbook, VALLI LITTLE reveals the secret to creating simple, sensational food.

Slick service, sweet surprise

lamb

A SMALL North Adelaide dining room is the scene of some heroic table-waiting - and a most satisfying meal.

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A food empire

Matthew

BEING EXECUTIVE for a Dubai resort means managing more than menus.

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LATEST PHOTO GALLERIES

Christmas Island boat disaster

Christmas Island boat disaster

Up to 50 asylum seekers are feared to have drowned when their boat smashed into cliffs at Christmas Island

Wild weather hits the state

weather

Wild weather has lashed South Australia, bringing down trees, flooding homes and stranding motorists

Christmas around the world

Xmas

See how other countries around the world celebrate Christmas. Do they do it as well as Australia?

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