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| Taco Bell in Australia?; Food | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 30 2009, 08:09:55 PM (15,109 Views) | |
| jasperbell_cam | Apr 30 2009, 08:09:55 PM Post #1 |
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Does anyone know if there is a Taco Bell anywhere in QLD, NSW, or VIC? I have had a mean craving that needs to be satisfied..... |
  
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| TerritorianTori | Apr 30 2009, 09:10:14 PM Post #2 |
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| jasperbell_cam | May 1 2009, 07:45:09 AM Post #3 |
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a tear went down my eye..... 
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| bdmerriam | May 1 2009, 07:57:42 AM Post #4 |
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I remember when the first Taco Bell in Australia opened in Sydney in 1981. A group of us from Gosford went down there to eat and then went to see the movie "Gallipoli," which had just been released. Man, time goes by way too quickly---I can't believe that was 28 years ago!
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| Hwoarang | May 1 2009, 09:39:39 AM Post #5 |
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As an alternative perhaps you may want to try Guzman Y Gomez to satisfy your craving (www.gyg.com.au). A little expensive but good. |
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| DS6540 | May 1 2009, 01:54:41 PM Post #6 |
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Depending what your craving is after, there's a thread about Mad Mex that you can search on, too. There are a couple in Sydney, and it reminds me of Chipotle. No substitute for a chilito, though. I'm guessing that they'll be running margarita specials soon for Cinco De Mayo. |
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| DS6540 | May 1 2009, 01:56:31 PM Post #7 |
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As I re-read your first post, I find that it must be a pretty intense craving if you're willing to travel across half of the country to get your hands on some Taco Bell. That's really saying something. 
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| pastrycook-136 | May 2 2009, 02:03:39 AM Post #8 |
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In Melbourne we have several Taco Bill's as well as some other Mexican places. I have not tried any them yet as I really balk at the thought of paying over $14.00 for a burrito! |
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| SanDiablo | May 2 2009, 07:28:27 PM Post #9 |
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Your nearest Taco Bell is in Honolulu. However, I have a packet of Taco Bell Taco Seasoning Mix that I will sell you for a mere $500 (AUD), incl. GST. And Guzman y Gomez, although not distasteful, has nothing in common with Taco Bell. |
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| i<3sydney | May 3 2009, 12:43:04 PM Post #10 |
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i was so disappointed when i came back in 2005 to find out that taco bell on george st had closed  i don't understand how it didn't take off here. cheap grub for after club? sounds perfect. aussies love their maccas though! guess it couldn't compete. i don't think mexican in general is something aussies seem to seek out. there are so many other popular amazing ethnic places anyway.. i think mexican just isn't going to take off. bummer. they had this chicken lime quesadilla thing they didn't offer in the states even at tbell here.. and i craved it for over a year. it was top of my list to eat when i came back and i went to george street and nearly cried :P well, it wasn't that good.. but it's hard to find GOOD CHEAP food here. good and cheap don't go together with food in this country. it's one of my biggest irks here! |
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| jasperbell_cam | May 3 2009, 07:27:22 PM Post #11 |
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I know what you mean about cheap food (a little off the subject of Taco Bell) I went to Oporto today because I love spicy food. I had to walk out. I think that you have to take out a second mortgage on your house to eat there. About Mexican food I tend to agree you would think that at 12pm after a pub crawl it would take off. I live in Tamworth so we don't have the selection that Sydney, Newcastle and some of the largers towns have. At West/Digger's RSL there was a Mexican restaurant that serves all Mexican food. It was dynamite. They closed it last month  arrghhh!!  I guess that I will have to settle for Hungry Cracks and that clown that cooks food with his golden arches. SUPER SIZE ME!!! |
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| shylady | May 3 2009, 10:35:01 PM Post #12 |
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Learn to follow a recipe  All the ingredients are available, here  and even Old El Paso will help
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| pastrycook-136 | May 3 2009, 11:00:58 PM Post #13 |
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One cheap eat I have found here is Chinese and Vietnamese food. A large bowl of pho (Vietnamese noodle soup) is $8 to $9 and it is served very fresh and very hot too. A very filling meal of hot and sour soup and a Chinese dish served with rice is anywhere from $13 to $18 in Chinatown depending on which restaurant and dish you choose. Food from some of the market stalls is good, cheap, and filling too such as a $4.50 bratwurst in a roll from a place in the Queen Vic. market deli hall. I generally eat out once or twice weekly. |
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| jasperbell_cam | May 4 2009, 12:55:03 PM Post #14 |
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Oh my god!! Did you say Pho? That stuff is heaven in a bowl. Used to eat it like it was going out of style. I have to drive to Sydney though to get it we live in Tamworth. We have Indian here, Chinese, Malaysian, and Thai, but no Vietnamese. I have made pho at home as well they have flavour packets for it in the Asian isle at Coles. I can follow a recipe but sometimes the surprise in someone else's cooking style is nice this is why most people hit the restaurants. I frequent the Old El Paso section as well. |
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| i<3sydney | May 5 2009, 12:04:21 AM Post #15 |
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i still have a hard time thinking that $9 for a meal is cheap. $13-$18 for a meal is like special ocassion for me! (insert embarrassed smiley here) it's also harder for me that i don't eat meats (except chicken) so.. i can't order hot dogs or rolls like that that could be cheap snacks. being a picky eater sucks. i've yet to try vietamese food. maybe i'll give that a try sometime. thanks for the tip 
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| Samantha | May 6 2009, 03:51:30 PM Post #16 |
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I have to respectfully disagree. As someone who used to live in Texas and loves to cook, the igredients to cook real Tejano-Mexican food just aren't here or are very hard to find. I make my own spice blends and own salsas (mango habenero particularly good with fish tacos,) I need things like stewed chipotle peppers, tamarind, tomatillos and fresh cilantro to make this a go. The various Mexican cheeses one might use also don't exist here. The produced salsas here suck big time, that includes El Paso which to me tastes different; at least in Austin I knew there were at least 15 different brands and varieties to select if I didn't want to make my own, and loved the fresh Tortillerias in the store. I couldn't even choke down the tortillas here---I tried I am a Mexican/Tejano food snob, I'll admit it  . I've joked with my friends, but you never know I might make it a reality one day, to start a Texas style Taqueria here...I think I could count the YDU crowd as customers 
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| (gordon38555) | May 6 2009, 04:41:33 PM Post #17 |
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May I suggest chili mojo's Sam? |
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| Samantha | May 6 2009, 04:48:06 PM Post #18 |
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Definately , is that a groccery or a resturant?Edit I just googled it, freakin sweet! I'll see if I can get out there Thanks Gordon I had no idea that store existed.
Edited by Samantha, May 6 2009, 04:50:51 PM.
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| (gordon38555) | May 6 2009, 05:48:16 PM Post #19 |
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Don't go out there too soon. He's just closed shop for two weeks and now is moving a few blocks away. I can definitely recommend some of his burritos and other foods he makes. He's a yank from Colorado. |
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| shylady | May 6 2009, 06:37:11 PM Post #20 |
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might be that Perth is a bit more international than Adelaide, I've found those fresh ingredients, some have taken a while but there's nothing I haven't found, eventually. eta: Cilantro is called Coriander, here. Edited by shylady, May 6 2009, 10:45:32 PM.
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