There’s this thing about the number known in Bingo parlance as legs 11 in our family. Well, apart from my late father who was born somewhere around the summer solstice which means he was a wizard.
But for my self, mother, sister, and stepfather all our birthdays fall on the 11th of December, September, June and July respectively.
And by freaky coincidence this Blog’s 4th birthday is on July 11th.(And I must remember to send a gift back to England)
To celebrate I’ve managed to secure 10 Vietnamese tabletop BBQs to giveaway to ten lucky readers and I’m happy to pay for two of them to go interstate in Australia (not overseas I’m afraid). I got them from Martyn Thomas of FrankVizeum who somehow has a shipping container of nearly 3,000 to sell and also owns the local licence for the Nuffnang blog advertising network. That’s media strategists for you – the used car dealers of the advertising world, trading media space and, um, BBQs.
All you have to do is by the 15th July post a great BBQ recipe either on your blog, in comments or on Twitter and the ten most interesting will be deemed winners.
These BBQs aren’t big or shiny, or even terribly expensive. But they are pretty cool. You can stick them on a tabletop – outside preferably – and cook for up to four people.
Personally, I’m looking for a decent recipe for Cha Ca , which I remember vividly from my trip to Hanoi.
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Hey, not sure if we count as a food blog as far as your list goes because we grow the food rather make/serve or eat it. But we do supply a fair bit of Melbourne and we are about great food. We are at http://www.daylesfordorganics.com
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Thanks for the BBQ – it’s really cute and perfect for summer!
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I’ll update all the blogs I missed. Thanks everyone for contributing.
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Hi Ed,
I’m very new to this game – in fact though I’ve been planning it for a while I only just started my own food blog about a week ago – I already have 3 posts though!
I could be included as Melbourne’s newest food blog – at least for a very brief time
If you want to check it out I’d love you to
http://www.eatitgood.blogspot.com
Cheers
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Thanks for including me in your list. It’s a great honour. Cheers!
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Wow – such a long list!
Now we need to tally all the top food places from each blog!
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Hi Ed- big props for including me in your list. Thanks.
FYI I’ve moved to a new URL: http://foodrehab.com.au/
Keep eating,
Adrian
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Hi tomatom,
Trotski & Ash started in July this year and is still going strong.
Thanks for picking us up on the radar!
x Trotski!
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Hey Ed,
Great site…just letting you know we have moved our humble little site to its bigger and better home:
http://alleylife.com.au
Thanks for including us,
Macca
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Weather is perfect for it this Sunday. It is my favourite toy at the moment.
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I bet that was absolutely delicious! I can smell it now!
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The first par took me so far back I almost kinked my neck.
Good summer idea with the fish and the tabletop BBQ (it looks to be a likely replacement for an elderly hibachi that parted company with me between QLD and Hobart some years ago).
Given my rather slack prep habits, a mortar and pestle (along with a sharp chopper) seems to handle most of my ‘food processing needs’ these days.
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Penny,Mine too.So cheap and simple. There’s a place I hear that that amazing special charcoal which I must get rather than use heat beads.
Reemski, it was and simple too.
Our Man, We are both showing our ages.Shame i didn’t sub the intro better though. The Viet BBQ is worthwhile and great value replacement. I forgot to have a rant about gas and electric BBQs too.
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Dingaling, can’t go wrong with fresh fish, what a bargain too. Reminds me, I should go fishing one of these days, it’s been too long.
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Great looking little fish Ed. The eyes have it.
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The fish looks a little scary. It looks like staring at me for help…haha. Fresh fish are always best, no matter how you cook it. Wish I can get it here.
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