Australia
Piccolo
Piccolo Latte
Scaled-down latte with one shot of espresso and small amount of milk, stronger coffee flavour, good coffee-to-milk ratio with proper milk texture, an Australian cafe specialty.
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South Australia, Australia
Pie Floater
Adelaide specialty: meat pie submerged upside-down in thick green pea soup, topped with tomato or mint sauce, a South Australian heritage icon since the 1890s.
Australia
Pikelets
Small thick pancakes, Australian teatime treat, served with butter and jam, light texture with properly cooked and good toppings, a familiar and nostalgic classic, daily.
Australia
Potato Cake
An Australian potato cake is a thick potato slice dipped in batter and fried, called a scallop in some states.
Australia
Pumpkin Scones
Light scones enriched with mashed pumpkin for a golden crumb and gentle sweetness; a Queensland teatime institution spread nationally by Florence Bjelke-Petersen's famous recipe.
Australia
Quandong
Native Peach
Small bright red fruit with tart flavor like peach-apricot cross and almond-like pit, high in vitamin C, used in jams and desserts, a traditional Aboriginal bush food.
Australia
Riberry
Cherry Satinash
Small red pear-shaped fruit with tart, spicy flavour hinting of cloves and cinnamon, related to culinary clove, bright red color with spicy aroma, a native bush tucker ingredient.
Australia
Rosella Jam
Brilliant crimson jam cooked from the fleshy calyces of rosella (Hibiscus sabdariffa), a backyard crop across subtropical Australia; sharply tart and rhubarb-like, made at home and by small farm producers.
United Kingdom
Sausage Roll
Seasoned sausage meat rolled in puff pastry, baked in a long strip and cut into portions, eaten hot from a bakery counter or cold at a party.
Australia
Sausage Sizzle
Bunnings Snag
A sausage sizzle serves a grilled sausage in white bread with onions and tomato or barbecue sauce at a community fundraiser.
Australia
Self-saucing Pudding
A pudding that makes its own sauce: chocolate or caramel batter poured into a dish, covered with sugar and boiling water, then baked so springy sponge rises above a pool of thick hot sauce.
Australia
Shapes
Savory cracker biscuits since 1954 in flavors like BBQ, Chicken Crimpy, Pizza, and Cheese and Bacon, bold flavor coating with crisp biscuit base, flavour you can see.
Australia
Sticky Date Pudding
Sticky date pudding is a moist date cake covered in warm butterscotch sauce, often served with cream or vanilla ice cream.
Australia
Strawberry Gum
Eucalyptus leaves with strawberry-like aroma and flavour, used in desserts and as a spice, strong strawberry aroma with fresh leaves and good color, a rare native ingredient.
Australia
Sydney Rock Oyster
Rock Oyster
Endemic Australian oyster, smaller and softer than Pacific oyster, distinctive creamy and complex flavour, plump meat with fresh briny smell and clean shell, served natural.
Tasmania, Australia
Tasmanian Apple Cake
Moist spiced sponge layered with cinnamon apple slices built from Tasmania's processing-grade apples, finished with a demerara crunch; a café and country-bakery standard wherever the island's orchards ship.
Tasmania, Australia
Tasmanian Scallop Pie
Plump scallops in a mild yellow curry cream sauce under flaky pastry — the Tasmanian bakery and seafood-van icon, found along the coast from Hobart to Stanley.
Australia
Tim Tam
Australia's most loved chocolate biscuit since 1964: two malted biscuits separated by chocolate cream filling, coated in thin chocolate layer, try the Tim Tam Slam!
England, United Kingdom
Trifle
Sponge soaked in sherry layered with fruit, custard and whipped cream, assembled in a glass bowl so the strata show through the side.
Australia
Twisties
Twisties are airy corn snacks coated in orange cheese seasoning, sold in sealed packets and eaten as a crisp savoury snack.
Australia
Vegemite
Vegemite is a dark, salty yeast-extract spread used sparingly on buttered toast and as a savoury seasoning in cooking.
Melbourne, Australia
Vegemite on Toast
Vegemite Toast
Vegemite on toast combines crisp buttered bread with a thin scrape of dark yeast spread for a distinctly salty breakfast.
Australia
Victoria Bitter
VB
Australia's best-selling lager since 1854, full-flavored and thirst-quenching, a hard earned thirst needs a big cold beer, cold temperature with clean bitterness and good malt balance.
Australia
Violet Crumble
Honeycomb toffee bar coated in chocolate since 1913, known for shattering texture, good honeycomb crunch with proper chocolate coating and fresh texture, an Australian icon.
Australia
Warrigal Greens
New Zealand Spinach
Leafy green vegetable similar to spinach, grows in coastal areas, must be blanched before eating to remove oxalates, fresh green leaves with young tender growth, a native vegetable.
Australia
Wattleseed
Roasted wattleseed is ground into a nutty, coffee-and-cocoa flavoured ingredient used in Australian breads, desserts, and sauces.
Australia
Weet-Bix
Australia's No.1 breakfast cereal: whole-grain wheat biscuits with malty flavor since 1926, crisp biscuits not too soggy in milk, Aussie kids are Weet-Bix kids.
Australia
Witchetty Grub
Witjuti Grub
A witchetty grub is a large edible wood-boring larva eaten raw or lightly roasted in Aboriginal Australian foodways.
Australia
Yabby
Small freshwater crayfish found in dams and waterways, smaller than marron but similar flavour, lively if live with intact and fresh appearance, a familiar Australian freshwater seafood.
South Australia, Australia
Yo-Yo Biscuits
Yo-Yo biscuits are delicate South Australian shortbread sandwiches joined by pale buttercream, with a crumb that melts quickly.