Ashley's cullinary tour of adelaide

I've been thinking alot lately about what adelaide has to offer. mostly because i seem to be seeing alot of interstate number plates on the roads, and also because the majority of my friends are no longer live in adelaide. so i feel like i need to come up with reasons to get people to come here to visit me. consequently i've been working on an itinerary of where i would take someone on a guided tour of adelaide. and i've realised that pretty much everywhere i would go involves food. not really surprising, given a. i like food, and b. its one of adelaide's better features.

so here is my itinerary:
1. Breakfast at duthy st deli. probably my favourite place in adelaide. i love the way it looks, i love the way they have newspapers and magazines, i love the poached eggs and i love the chocolate drop next to my cup of tea.
2. Lunch at the stirling organic cafe, preferably on a day when the stirling markets are on. and then maybe followed by a drive through the hills out towards meadows, because i like driving around the country.
3. dinner at vietnam star city. salad, salt and pepper squid and the sizzling bean curd vietnamese style. preferably with vietnamese beer, but failing that ice tea will do.

next day:
1. breakfast at queen st - the sister of duthy st, even though the menus the same i find queen st is not usually quite as good as duthy st with the food, but i do like the green couches, and queen st has the added advantage of being on adelaide's street of hip. possibly the smalles street of hip ever invented, but you gotta go with what you've got.
2. lunch at lipson st cafe at port adelaide, preferably on a sunday so its then on to the pt adelaide market, even though its not great, its a way to fill in half an hour, and gives you a chance to marvel at the abandoned city feel of ye olde port adelaide.
3. onwards to semaphore for a walk along the beach and up and around the area to marvel at the beautiful beachside home of adelaides lesbian community.
4. dinner at the prince albert, one of the few pubs in adelaide i actually like.

day three:
okay so probably eating out breakfast three days in a row is ridiculous.
but lets start with the central markets, at least for coffee... and a wonder around the glorious fresh food goodness.
lunch at vego and lovin it. because really, you cant explain it, you can only take people there.
perhaps the art gallery in the afternoon, one of my preferred free cultural venues, although last time i was there they seemed to have ditched the giant fluro yello rhino.
and finally dinner at ying chow. or if its full and you cant get a table, east taste. i think i do still like ying chow better, but the never being able to get a table makes east taste so much more appealing.

thats my probably covering off the bulk of my highlights right there. additionals that could be added in would be jasmine for inidian, budget permitting... lucias although i've only ever been there once myself... maybe amalfi for the almost rundle st experience... thea for a lunch... the botanic gardens for a wander... ikea! because i love it... maya for more indian... what have i missed???? oh a stroll along the torrens to experience the filthiest river around

the other thing i would like to propose is as adelaide BBC challenge. i've eaten BBC (Broadbeans, beancurd and chinese chutney) from an array of restaurants in adelaide, and each has its own good points, but i'd like to officially declare an official ulimate BBC. theres ying chow, which i consider the original, east taste (more gingery), kowloon (more goopy but with peanuts) ky chow (from memory similar to kowloon, do love the peanuts) ding hao (cant quite recall the particulars)... ok and now silk on rundle st have it on offer as well, although they've cleverly renamed it. mind you they're still claiming its "broadbeans" although i'm pretty sure you'll find its soy beans... but never the less...
so. who would like to participate in the official bbc challenge? and whose for running a salt and pepper squid challenge along side this??