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LucasP[_1_]

(Phred) wrote in
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> In article >,
> "FlowerGirl" > wrote:
>>"LucasP" > wrote in message
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>>> I still say that the best fish place in Brisbane is the Fish Kitchen
>>> in Coorparoo.
>>
>>Wayne's Takeaway at Wynnum North is excellent. It looks like a dive,
>>they don't have a huge selection (but still have a good selection),
>>they *know* how to cook it ... and its waaaaay less expensive than all
>>the fish shops on the waterfront (which is still only about 800 m
>>away). ...and their customer service is excellent
>>
>>Don't go to the marina at Wynnum (where the trawlers pull up). Bad
>>service, very expensive, the order takes *forever* and they aren't
>>very good a cooking fish (and G*d help you if you want a piece of
>>*grilled* mackerel ... "no we only deep-fry mackerel ... we only grill
>>xxx" WTF???
>
> Thirty something years ago *the* best fish shop in BNE was at Taringa;
> on the left of the main drag heading out of town. I'm a bit hazy now
> as to whether it was on the "one way" section, or whether the roads
> had already rejoined by then. (That road's probably different now.

Last time I was up that way, there was a Chinese place and a Slack
Jacks, then the road splits and the school is in the center, and non-
foodie businesses are on the left.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

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24May1915