March 2010
9 posts
Utopia
All good things must come to an end, and this is it, the last Soundwave post. I had a hell of time playing down under again, and just as much of a hell of a time eating. Australia knows how to dish up some great noms, and I’m going to end this batch with ironically what was the first place Set Your Goals ever ate at in Australia on our first trip there, Utopia. Utopia is a vegetarian Chinese...
Sushi Train
Upon our arrival in Adelaide, Mikey, Joe, Lewis and our tour manager Tyson stopped at Sushi Train, an Australian sushi restaurant chain. I didn’t know what to expect when Lewis told me it was a chain, but in the end it served up some pretty tasty and interesting sushi at a decent price.
I started with these salmon-wrapped pieces. I honestly don’t remember what the white stuff it was...
Blue Fire Grill
Blue Fire Grill in Melbourne is one of those uber-fancy Brazilian style grills, you know the ones where the meat comes out on those big skewers like this:
Well as of now it’s definitely the classiest and most expensive joint I’ve blogged about. But this night’s meal was on the good people who promote and own the Soundwave Festival, who had already done so much to accommodate...
Richmond Hill Cafe
On one of our days off in Melbourne, Junior, Mike, Lewis, Joe Huh, Joe from Four Year Strong and I went to the Richmond Hill Cafe on the advice of our good friend and previous Australian tour manager Charney because she rules and she’s from Melbs so I figured she’d know where the good nom spots are. Not that I had doubts, but she did indeed prove herself to be knowledgeable, because we...
Harajuku Crepes You Got The Wicked Flavor
Harajuku is a sector in Tokyo renowned for being that city’s epicenter of outlandish fashion. It’s also home to a plethora of spots that serve up crepes filled with all sort of fruits and sweets like ice cream and custard, and Harajuku Crepes in Melbourne has brought that style of crepe down under.
Our friend Pees took me, Matt and Lewis there on our first day in Melbs and I got the...
Pray to the Lord...Of The Fries
At this point it’s no secret that Set Your Goals LOVES Lord Of The Fries. And sure enough, first thing we did when we got to Melbourne was go straight there.
On this first trip there (don’t worry, we went there more than once…I’ll be discussing each time) I gorged on some poutine, a spicy mini burger, and chicken nuggets. To the unfortunate souls who still for some...
Chilli Cha Cha
On our last night in Sydney Junior and I went out in search of food and stopped in at another Thai spot called Chilli Cha Cha, which was right up the street from where I was the night before, Capital Thai. Despite the fact Chilli Cha Cha was far less fancy and more of a hip spot than the latter, I had an insanely good meal there.
This mountain you behold in front of you is a heeping pile of...
Capital Thai - A Pointless Journey Through Sydney
After our Sydney Soundwave show Mikey and I traversed to the ends of the city and back trying to meet up with Junior, Matt and Lewis. We made it all the way down to Sydney Harbor and back only to settle on a place two blocks from our hotel called Capital Thai because we were done trying to find the other guys. Despite how tired we were from our epic journey across the city and how much we...
Soundwave Noms begin! First up...Pancake Manor
So Soundwave Festival in Australia has been done for a couple of days now and I’m back home in the US. I didn’t update while I was there because internet is expensive down under and I was pretty busy. But not so busy that I couldn’t get in some pretty good noms. It all started at Pancake Manor in Brisbane, a cool 24 hour diner that’s inside of an old converted Gothic-style...