Defining the Australian Meal

If you had to put your finger on it, defining what exactly an Australian meal is would be a difficult task for most.

Australian cuisine is very much a symbol of diversity. It incorporates Asian nuances, large hunks of beef, creatures from the sea and chilled to perfection beer. It also, however, includes elements of bush tucker, such as kangaroo, emu and crocodile. Native spices include lemon myrtle, mountain pepper and warrigal greens.

When it came to this year's Great Australian Dinner, held on October 27, each of the chefs played homage to the Australian land, but also to its ability to embrace all food cultures.

For Neil Perry, that meant foraging in China Town for ingredients, for flavours he believes inspired Australia's exotic menus. Perry chose to create a dish from dumplings before serving bar cod with pickles, chilli and sesame dressing, reported Daily Life.

Kylie Kwong selected to use organic salt bush and meal worm in her Flinders Island wallaby tail dish, finishing with a black bean and chilli vinaigrette.

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Mireille Kilgour

Mireille Kilgour has been an entrepreneur for 35 years in the hospitality sector. French born, she has been an accomplished business owner and operator for a number of Sydney venues. Leading the industry with high profile institutions such as Lamrock Café Bondi, she has endless passion for the industry, and now has the pleasure of supporting restaurants to fill their tables with the new Good Food Gift Card program.

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