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Malathi's Restaurant & Sean's Irish Bar
ASIAN/WESTERN Located in
an unprepossessing building a couple of blocks from Todd Mall, Malathi's serves
up an eclectic assortment of Asian dishes plus a few Aussie choices, such as
grain-fed steak. The Asian food is outstanding. I can recommend the lamb
korma, a kind of mild curry. You might want to try the Lakshmi king prawns
cooked in Indian flavors, or the Thai coconut curry. Vegetarians have some good
choices. They do takeout, too. The bar serves cheap Irish stews, live bands play
(sometimes), and there always Guinness available. The restaurant has a wine list,
but permits BYO wine at A$5 (US$3.25) corkage per bottle.
51 Bath St. (opposite Kmart).
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08/8952 1858.
Reservations recommended. Main courses A$15-A$28
(US$9.75-US$18); many dishes under A$21 (US$14). AE, DC, MC, V. Restaurant Mon-Sat 5:30-10pm or later;
bar daily 3:30-9:30pm.
Red Ochre Grill
GOURMET BUSH TUCKER If you've never tried wal-
laby mignons on a bed of native pasta and polenta cake with a native berry and
red-wine cream sauce, or barramundi baked in paperbark with wild lime and
coriander butter, here's your chance. The chef at this upscale chain fuses native
Aussie ingredients with dishes from around the world. Although it might seem
a touristy formula, the food is mouthwatering. Dine in the contemporary inte-
rior fronting Todd Mall, or outside in the attractive courtyard.
Under the Territory Inn on Todd Mall.
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08/8952 9614.
Reservations recommended at dinner. Main courses
A$9-A$21 (US$5.80-US$14) lunch; A$15-A$23 (US$9.75-US$15) dinner; A$13-A$16 (US$8.10-US$10)
buffet breakfast. AE, DC, MC, V. Daily 6:30am-10pm.
INEXPENSIVE
Bar Doppio
EAST/WEST CAFE FARE If you're in need of a dose of
cool—style, that is, as well as air-conditioning—this arcade cafe is the place to
chill over good coffee and feast on cheap, wholesome food. Sacks of coffee beans
are stacked all over, gypsy music plays, no tables and chairs match, and the staff
doesn't care if you sit here all day. It's largely vegetarian, but fish and meat fig-
ure on the blackboard menu. Try lamb chermoula cutlets on Gabriella potatoes
with rocket, red onion and tomato salad; chickpea curry; warm Turkish flat
bread with dips; or spuds with hot toppings. Hot and cold breakfast choices stay
on the menu until 11am. They do takeout. BYO.
2 and 3 Fan Arcade (off the southern end of Todd Mall).
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08/8952 6525.
Reservations accepted at dinner
only. Main courses A$7-A$16 (US$4.55-US$10); sandwiches average A$6 (US$3.90). No credit cards.
Mon-Fri 7:30am-5:30pm; Sat 7:30am-4:30pm; Sun 10am-4:30pm; dinner Fri-Sat only 6-9pm. Closed holi-
days and Christmas-New Year.
Bojangles Saloon and Restaurant
TEX-MEX/MIXED Swing open the
saloon doors and enter a world of cowhide seats, thick wooden tables, assorted
Western-style knickknacks, original American Civil War guns, and so on. The
front bar is friendly and serves up good beers by the bottle or schooner, and food
such as burgers, nachos, salads, and fish and chips. The restaurant out back has
more gourmet offerings, but either way it's a great atmosphere. Aussie-style
country and folk singers strum away in the evenings, and the bar staff is terrific.
80 Todd St.
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08/8952 2873.
Reservations not needed. Main courses A$7-A$18 (US$4.55-US$12) front
bar, A$12-A$25 (US$7.80-US$16) restaurant. AE, DC, MC, V. Lunch noon-3pm daily; dinner 6-10pm daily.
Casa Nostra
ITALIAN The only difference between this cheery
homespun family eatery and every other Italian restaurant in the world is that
this one has autographed photos of Tom Selleck pinned to the wall. Judging by
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