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Gaucho's is an Argentinian restaurant which is situated strategically on Gouger Street near Chinatown. Being the original pioneers of Argentina, the second largest country in South America and Latin America region, the Gaucho's have roamed the country's vast plains, the pampas. He is a cowboy who practices his ancestor's tradition, raising herds and hinting ostriches. As these heroes fight against Spain successfully, they become a symbol of freedom and remain today a romantic evocation of skilful horsemanship and manly conduct.

Given that Argentinian and Mexican food have some similarities, Argentinian food is popular for its meaty meals and chumichurri sauce which goes along well with grilled meat. This restaurant is about steaks and signature Argentinian sauce.

The interior of the restaurant exudes romantic and high-end ambience. It is interesting that the kitchen is situated in the middle of the restaurant, dividing the seatings into front and back part.

Churrasco Grande Reserva Wagyu

Consists of 500g Wagyu rump, grain fed minimum 100 days, marble score of 8+, aged minimum 42 days, sourced from Alexandrina Region, SA. Add on of de Setas, mixed mushroom with caramelised leek and thyme.

This Wagyu beef is sourced from Mayura Station, being known for its award winning full blood Wagyu. If you do not opt for add on of sauce, Wagyu will be served with olive oil and sea salt to preserve its unique flavour.

Wagyu knowledge:

Wagyu cattle are draft animals which have high physical endurance, yielding more intra-muscular fat or 'marbling' to provide a ready source of energy.
Wagyu beef is being known as the best beef in the world. The best Wagyu is from Japan, but Australia provides the best in world outside Japan.
It takes approximately 2.5 years for Wagyu cattle to become ready for market.
The cattle spend their first 6-10 months with their mother until weaning, then they are fed 400-500 days on high energy diet in strict Japanese style.
Marble score, rated at the 5/6th rib of loin muscle is used to catagorise the quality of the beef. The higher the marble score, the more velvety and finer the meat is.
The meat after cooking is not only tender, but has a characteristically sweet flavour due to the soft unsaturated fat which can dissolves in the mouth.
Full blood Wagyu is the Japanese Black Wagyu that has not had any other breed introduced into their bloodlines. It is being highly graded, 9+.

500g Wagyu is indeed a big portion for a person to savour. It is definitely worthwhile to try Wagyu beef as it tastes significantly different from the normal steak! It is soft yet tender, an indescribable sensation! Accompanying by the mushroom sauce, the Wagyu beef is moist and you can literally see blood flowing out of the meat as you cut. A top notch luxury!

Churrasco Grande Reserva Wagyu

This main course is served with hand cut fried potatoes, rosemary and sea salt. The potatoes are not very salty and complement well with the Wagyu beef.

Hand cut fried potatoes, rosemary and sea salt

Cordero

Chimmi Churri Marinated Lamb Loin Chops with Chorizo Smashed Potatoes and Wilted Baby Spinach

The smashed potatoes is mushy and taste really unique with the addition of chorizo (sausage). This lamb loin chops can be enjoyed with ready-served chummi churri sauce on the table. This can further enhance the flavour of the sauce in the chops.

Cordero

Pescado Del Dia

Fish of the day - Salmon and mussels

The salmon is just ordinary but the accompanying grain is special. It is yellow in colour and has the texture similar to couscous. I wish I can know its name!

Salmon and Mussels

Vaquita Cordobessa

250g Eye fillet, pasture fed , aged minimum 28 days, from Margaret River WA, served with chummi churri, fresh chopped garlic, chives and lemon

This eye fillet is so much behind if it is compared to Wagyu beef. However, the lemon which gives tangy sensation to the steak makes the eye fillet well balanced in flavour. This steak is not served with any side dishes, so you have to order extra sides if you want a meal with more variety.

Beefy knowledge:

Pasture fed beef is healthier and lower in fat. The cattle have yellow-coloured fat as they absorb carotene from the grass.
Grain fed cattle are fed on nutritionally balanced and high energy diet. The beef has marginally higher overall fat content than pasture fed cattle. Due to uniformity of the feed, grain fed beef has more consistent meat colour, fat colour and higher levels of marbling. Grain fed beef normally costs more than pasture fed beef.
Eye fillet is a steak cut from the tenderloin of a beef cattle. It is a less exercised area where the meat is considered the most tender cut of beef. It is relatively lean and has very little fatty tissue. It has a mild flavour and hence responds well to sauces. Eye fillet is normally the cheapest cut of beef.

Vaquita Cordobessa

Thanks to Gaucho's and this blog post, I know more 'beefy' knowledge. On a side note, Gaucho's is also popular for its porterhouse steak. Hope you guys enjoy the post!

Gaucho's Argentinian Restaurant

Website: http://www.gauchos.com.au/
Address: 91 Gouger Street, Adelaide, SA 5000.
Trading hours: 11.30am-3pm (Mon-Fri), 5.30pm-Late (Mon-Sun)

Love, Victoria

Voila! The first ever weekend Fork on the Road and Damn the Man Night Market has just ended last Sunday (March 17). I am pretty sure that almost all the Adelaideans were there to savour the vast variety of food from our fellow mobile food truck vendors. The Depot has been really fascinating in bringing these two events together in conjunction of the last day of the Fringe Event! How many of you have enjoyed the accompaniments of food and music? Sure you do!

Scratching your head to figure out who those places and terms are? Well, there is a little bit insights about them. The Fringe event is an annual open-access art festival which runs over 4 weeks in Adelaide during February and March. Its role is to support, encourage and facilitate registered artists, presenters and venues. In this way, artists and presenters can have the best possible experience, not to mention that audiences have the opportunity to be exposed by these amateur or professional artists. A great time to aggregate artists around South Australia as well as the globe.

The Depot was originally an old bus depot at Franklin Street. Under the initiative of Splash Adelaide which aims to create a vibrant city of Adelaide, it has been turned into the Fringe's newest hub and performance venue. It has been a hive of activity for the past one month with various entertainment and food events. The good news is that the Depot will continue bring liveness to the city despite the end of Fringe event! It has also been nominated for The City of Adelaide Prize at this year's Architecture Awards. Well done!

Being one of the biggest food event in Adelaide, Fork on The Road has done a great job in bringing Adelaide food trucks, bikes and vans together for a food feast. It has also been included in UK renowned newspaper, Guardian on its list of highlights of Adelaide.

I missed out on the previous Fork on The Road events so this time off, I will not let myself to miss it again! Hence, my Fork on The Road journey starts!

The Entrance of the Depot

Nice weather for a food event

The crowd at 1pm

Seating areas

More seatings at the back

The shady seating areas

Alrights! Enough with the settings, we shall proceed to the FOOD now! 36 food truck vendors turned up that day with their tantalising display of food. See the whole range of list here. Do notice that their names are really unique.

Cambodian rolls - bread roll

Mischief Brew - coffee

Chimney Cake Station

A bread-like cake which looks like chimney, being covered with cinnamon and sugar.

Chimney cake station

Chimney cake

Loca Pops

My friend had tried Sweet Potato and Chocolate Chilli ice blocks from Loca Pops. The Chocolate Chilli seemed to be a mismatch but the sweet potato one was nice despite that it tasted like yam.

Loca pops - Mexican style ice blocks

Chimichurri Grill

Chimichurri Grill serves Argentinian food on food truck. I ordered Chimi Steak which is tender scotch fillet steak, provolone cheese, rocket, and its signature chimicurri sauce being served in ciabatta roll. I added on fries and dipping sauce because I was craving for it!

The Chimi steak was too dry and hence I put the dipping sauce to enhance the flavour. Other than that, the ciabatta roll was really soft and this has become my new obsession. The dipping sauce was homemade and it tasted really superb with the fries. Dipping sauce is a must if you go for Chimichurri Grill.

Sneaky pickles

Chimmi Steak

Fries with homemade dip

Chimichurri Grill Mobile Food Truck on Urbanspoon

Burger Theory

Selling the best burger in the town. This burger is always on my number 1 burger list. However, my friend said this was a little bit salty.

Burger Theory

Sneaky Pickles

The chilli fries was not spicy at all. It was spread by bolognese sauce instead. An unique combination! The tasting platter consisted of pastrami on rye, Texas pulled pork and fried pickle. It was petite and perfect for foodies who like to try different options. Still remember that I mentioned about trying fried pickle here? Well, I had finally tasted it! It was really unique and suited my taste buds, but not my friends'. Besides that, the pastrami on rye was pretty good too.

Chilli fries

Tasting platter

Sneaky Pickle Roaming Food Truck on Urbanspoon

The Little Van That Could

Selling all the -ades. Refreshing drinks for a hot day! Take a look at Advertiser's review on the board.

The little van that could

The variety

Passionfruit-ade

Churroz

I tried churros from ChurrOZ and I can never forget the sensation! Eat this when it is piping hot and I can assure you that you want some more! This can be deemed the best churros in Adelaide.

ChurrOZ

Churros with chocolate sauce (ChurrOZ)

Tacocat

Taco

Do not feel left out if you have never been to Fork on the Road because it will be held again on April 12! Mark your calendar and bring on your hungry stomach!

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Love, Victoria

Eat, Pray, Love

The Entrance of the Depot

Chimney Cake Station

Loca Pops

Chimichurri Grill

Burger Theory

Sneaky Pickles

The Little Van That Could

Churroz

Tacocat

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