Australian food — multicultural fusion. Aussie BBQ, meat pies, lamingtons, Vegemite. Modern Australian cuisine world-class. Wine, coffee, seafood.
BBQ Culture
Aussie BBQ (barbie) — national pastime. Snags (sausages), steaks, lamb chops, kangaroo, prawns. Weekend ritual with beer.
Meat Pie
Meat pie — national snack. Hand-sized pie with beef mince in gravy. With tomato sauce. AFL/NRL games staple.
Vegemite
Vegemite — Australian icon. Salty yeast-extract spread on toast with butter. Acquired taste. Aussie identity test.
Seafood
Pacific oysters (Tasmania, NSW), Moreton Bay bugs, barramundi, kingfish, Sydney rock oysters. Modern Australian seafood top class.
Modern Australian
Mod Oz cuisine — Asian + Mediterranean + native ingredients fusion. Best restaurants: Attica Melbourne, Quay Sydney. Bush tucker — native Australian (wattleseed, finger lime, kangaroo).
Sweets
Lamington (sponge cake covered in chocolate + coconut), pavlova (NZ-Australia debate), Anzac biscuits (WWII), Tim Tams (chocolate biscuits), pineapple lumps.
Drinks
Australian wine — Barossa Valley Shiraz, Margaret River, Hunter Valley. Beer — VB, Cooper's, craft beer revolution. Flat white coffee (Australian-NZ invention). 4 Pines, Little Creatures.