15 May

It's the pre-June rush-to-use-up-all-the-Entertainment-Book-vouchers time again. I created a custom spud using a base of sweet potato and toppings of warm braised pulled lamb shoulder, spinach, quinoa mix, broccoli and pumpkin. The base price of the potato is $4.90, meat toppings are $3 and most others are $1 each. There's also condiments at the cashier where you can add salt, pepper, chilli flakes and sauces. A new batch of sweet potato had finished cooking right before our order so they were piping hot. The pumpkin was cooked but the...

19:59 / Fast Food / Food / Hawthorn / Restaurants / Spudbar
04 Jun

Sweet potato now costs the same as normal potato, rather than being $1 extra. The mixed grain tabouli again looked tempting, but I remember from last time that I didn't like the mint in it. Instead I went for the wild rice with almonds and raisins, and it was surprisingly tasty. The dahl added a nice salty touch to counter the sweetness of the other ingredients I added. Having both pumpkin and sweet potato was probably sweetness overkill, but I didn't know what else to put in my custom-made...

21:26 / Fast Food / Food / Hawthorn / Restaurants / Spudbar
14 Jan

Today the Hawthorn Spudbar store had a free upgrade to sweet potato - a saving of $1.80. Both A2 and I got custom-made spuds. Me - spinach, mushrooms, pumpkin, a double helping of tabouli (quinoa, bourghal, chopped almonds, sultanas and mint leaves) with their special balsamic vinegar and honey dressing A2 - spinach, mushrooms, cheese, pumpkin, tabouli, tomatoes The spud was chopped into bits with a pair of scissors then the toppings were added on top. I noticed that the black and red dine-in bowls looked very similar to the ones...

13:54 / Fast Food / Food / Hawthorn / Restaurants / Spudbar
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