what impressions of australian food?

MICHAEL D. wrote:
>
> Since most of the articles on this NG seem to be from the US I was
> wondering what impressions American's, or for that matter anyone else, has
> of Australian food.
>
> Do you think that Australia has a unique cuisine?
> What do you think the origions of this are?
> .and what of the quality?
>
> Being an Australain myself it is difficult to correctly answer any of
> these questions without the knowledge of what is happening in other
> regions. It seems that Australian food in general is developing towards
> a mixture of nouvel french, italian and asian.
> Is this development unique to Australia or can it also be seen in other
> countries?
>
> Anouther development in Australain restruants has been to move stronly to
> more cassual dining; towards a bistro format.
>
> Again I would like to hear if these trends can be found outside Australia.
>
> Thank you.

I was in Sydney for the third time last October, and I was very impressed by the quality of restaurant cooking there.  You can see my notes at http://www.access.digex.net/~drmemory/sydrest.html

Regards, Paul Henderson