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"SkySkum" <skyscum@earthling.net> wrote in news:1109831657.000022.225650
@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

> Embers Woodfired Pizzas of Coorparoo.
> 
> Went there with a friend a couple of nights back. They weren't busy but
> were trying to rush us for the orders. Not a good start!!
> 
> The wine list is quite small and mainly cellar door/travelling salesman
> type wines (ie, you won't find them in many wine stores). Not knowing
> what was and what wasn't any good, I had to go for a region rather than
> a winery. At least they had *one* Coonawarra on the shelf!! (And for
> the $25 they charged, it should have been a lot better than it was!! It
> would probably retail for about $12-$15)

Nice place, my Grandmother has an Apricot Orchard in Coonawarra, it is 
now Wynns Vineyards... Nice drop, better than Gran's dried apricots :-)
 
> The entree was chips with garlic aoli. For $5.75 I was expecting hand
> cut chips at least, maybe even beer battered. They were the frozen
> shoestring kind, in a small bowl with a miniscule amount(ie, thimble
> full) of aoli.

YUK!
 
> We both decided to try a pizza. All pizzas are dinner plate size, and
> are between $16-$19.
> My friend had a "Mahatmadori", which is tandoori based, with sweet
> chilli and yoghurt swirled on top. It was quite tasty.
> 
> I had a "Balinese Whisper". Supposed to have been a 'spicy'. For all
> the ingredients that it contained, it was the blandest pizza I have
> ever tasted.
> 
> Luckily my friend had one of those 'Entertainment' vouchers (probably
> why she picked it!!)
> The bill came to $52, which was basically the chips, 1 pizza, a bottle
> of wine and one coffee.
> We asked for, and got, a takeaway box for the unfinished pizza.

Farrkkkk! 52 smackaroos...
> 
> Next day both my friend, and I, had the shits. Literally!!
> Highly unusual for me, as I have the constitution of a mongrel dog. She
> was in quite some pain.

Ah yes, "Dehli belly"!  Dirty little fuckers using "OFF" ingredients!!
 
> Something in the pizzas was just not right, methinks. But the next door
> neighbours dog liked the leftovers :-)
> 
> Not a place I would recommend to my friends.

Try a trip to the bottle shop for the wine, follow on to Eagle Boys and 
then to a nice spot along the beach front. Cool air semi darkness, lovely 
:-)

Ron McG