Archive for February, 2006

Abbotsford’s viet kieu: preliminary readings

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

The Vietnamese precinct of Abbotsford will be the subject of much analysis on this blog, as will Victoria Street’s restaurants and whether the food they dish up is in fact Vietnamese, or Chinese, or Vietnamese Chinese (Hoa). For the time being, here are links to fascinating Wikipedia articles about the Vietnamese, the Vietnamese diaspora generally [...]

Victoria Street, Vietnamese | No Comments

The Harold Boot Company, gipps st

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

According to a website called Valley Country:
The Harold Boot Company traces its history back to 15th Century Leicestershire where Ian Harold’s ancestors were bespoke shoe makers. In 1912, Frederick Harold came to Australia to source raw materials and establish local production facilities. [...]

Abbotsford identities, History, Shops | No Comments

Carringbush Hotel reviewed on citysearch and superparma.com

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Superparma.com rated The Carringbush’s chicken parma 11.5 out of 20 well behind Richmond’s Mountain View Hotel, Richmond Club Hotel, Royal Oak Hotel, Kingston Hotel, Collingwood’s Curry Family Hotel, and Abbotsford’s Retreat Hotel and Yorkshire Stingo Hotel (in that order).  [The author has no reason to believe that the pictured chicken parma was cooked on the [...]

Food, Pubs and bars | 2 Comments

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