Australian

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Padded Cell

Padded Cell & Cut Copy

19 Jun 2008

NO-WAVE ELECTRO/ELECTRONIC POP Optimo, Sub Club, Glasgow, Sun 22 & Sun 29 Jun If you like going out in Glasgow on a Sunday night and were born with any taste at all, you’ll know all about Optimo. Do we need to tell you yet again why we love it so?

Take Three: Antipodean Advances

22 May 2008

Tapa Coffee & Bakehouse 21 Whitehill Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow, 0141 554 9981, www.tapabakehouse.co.uk Kiwi Robert Winters is an evangelist for real bread and good coffee, and spreads the word by baking great loaves and brewing a fine cup of joe.

Antipodean Screams

Various - Antipodean Screams

7 Aug 2008

GARAGE ROCK (Off the Hip Records) Australians are famous for many things but the quality of their underground garage rock is not one of them. This fact is a travesty, as this mammoth double CD slice of cherry pie will attest. At right angles to…

North of Bondi

22 May 2008

Nik Biok disgorges the word with evident distaste. ‘It’s not fusion,’ he insists. To the chef-proprietor of new Glasgow venture North of Bondi, the distinction is clear: fusion is a euphemism for ingredients that don’t go together; his place is an…

5 Things - Brendon Burns

5 Things you might not know about . . .

23 Apr 2007

1 Aussie comic Burns believes that death is our second biggest fear. Number one is speaking in front of a group of people.

Popular places

Walkabout

128 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 3AL

While other Glasgow pubs may aspire to gastro-pub status, Walkabout, housed in one corner of the giant Cineworld complex, is content to serve its predominant student and sports fan clientele lashings of beer with simple pub grub. This large…

Gourmet Burger Kitchen

137 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 HJY

GBK first brought its Kiwi-inspired brand to Scotland in late 2007, bringing its UK total to over 40 branches. Its motto – 'it's all about the burger' – is well illustrated by the 30-plus burger variations on the menu, including 14 with a beefburger at…