I often wonder how a food trend starts. How does one particular dish or cuisine
become a mainstream obsession? Why do a
collection of venues all vie to be at the top of the chain for a certain food
at the same time? Who starts this game
of dominoes?
If there’s a ‘movement’ to join, I want in! Is there a system or a committee that
predicts food trends like fashion forecasters?
At the moment I think it’s fair to say
there are a few food trends on the circuit.
Burgers are trending big time. Not
the fast food variety but the gourmet style - a wagu beef patty with zucchini
relish and goats cheese on a sunflower chia seed bun. That kind of burger, you know the ones I mean.
The other trend that’s in my face,
literally, is taco's. Forget the ‘Old El
Paso’ kit that Mum used to dish up when I was a kid, with browned minced meat,
shredded lettuce, diced tomato and grated cheese shoved into a corn chip
shell. No, I’m talking about the lightly
toasted tortilla filled with extravagant ingredients such as slowly braised
pulled pork and mixed cabbage leaves or spiced chicken with white bean and
avocado puree. Yes, those ones!
These I cannot
get enough of right now.
Fortunately I have befriended one of my
local restaurants that every Friday for $5-gets me two different taco’s both
with scrumptious fillings. This goes all
day, every week…now you know where to find me on a Friday!
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| GPO Taco's |
There are loads of places doing groovy
Mexican and serving up terrific tacos.
There’s even a ‘Taco Truck’! But in my neck of the woods I frequent ‘GPO’
in Bendigo. Each week Chef Chad and his
team push the limits a little further and bring with it some taco fillings to
challenge anywhere else. But remember –
only on a Friday.
Tell me…where
do you get your taco on?
GPO Bar & Grill
60-64 Pall Mall, Bendigo, Victoria.
Phone – (03) 5443 4343
