Oriental Charcoal BBQ - Footscray, Victoria

Oriental Charcoal BBQ

110 Hopkins Street, Footscray, Victoria, Australia (03) 9687 0421
Open Monday to Thursday 11am - 10pm, Friday 11am - 10:30pm, Saturday 11am - 11pm and Sunday 4:30pm - 10pm

Cucumber Salad

Pork Spare Rib with Garlic Sauce

Vegetarian Rice Noodle

BBQ Chicken Bone - the most popular BBQ food in Northern China.

Verdict? Unfortunately, this meal failed to live up to our expectations after our first visit but we'd try it again - third time lucky perhaps?
Meal style: Dinner of 4 shared dishes

Cost: Approximately $31.00 total (between 2 people, not including drinks)

Time and date of visit: 6:30pm Saturday 4 May 2013

Weekly Menu, 11 May - 17 May 2013

Saturday 11 May: After The Tears
Sunday 12 May: Roast chicken Hong Kong BBQ #takeaway
Monday 13 May: Pork and taro Roast chicken
Tuesday 14 May: Pork and taro
Wednesday 15 May: Borscht
Thursday 16 May: Lamb curry
Friday 17 May: Fish cakes #fishyfridays Leftovers

His Obsession: Mushrooms (Macedon Ranges, 25 April 2013)

Before we begin, please note our mushroom disclaimer from a previous post:

Here is the mandatory disclaimer: Everything I have read on mushrooms or describing mushrooms has to tell you that if you cannot tell with 100% certainty if a mushroom is edible or not – do not eat it.  I am saying this as well.  Don’t eat it if you don’t know.  Really.  I had to talk my father down on the phone a couple of days ago when he called me to say that he had picked some field mushrooms whilst playing golf.  Most likely he had picked yellow stainer mushrooms which would make him vomit and shit water for a week, but it could easily have been a death cap.  They are one of the most poisonous mushrooms in the world and are very common in Victoria.  The whole reason we signed up to go on a guided tour is to have an expert there to show us what to look for.

mush·room  
Noun: A fungal growth that typically takes the form of a domed cap on a stalk, often with gills on the underside of the cap.
Verb: Increase, spread, or develop rapidly.
Synonyms: fungus

See if you can spot them all...

See him?

Can you spot him?

There are mushrooms in this picture...

They blend in to their surroundings so well!

We also found an animal skull!

Pretty, but poisonous!

Slippery jacks