The smokin’ hot American BBQ food trend is now available right on our doorstep.
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The Rib Cage restaurant opened during August in Dean Street in the building formerly occupied by The Paleo Cafe.
The restaurant owner and chef David Evans said Border diners had embraced the authentic style of American barbecue.
“Clearly there was a gap in the market for something new to Albury,” Evans said.
“It’s not too fancy or too fussy; it’s good honest food.”
The Rib Cage serves real BBQ cooked with smoke; hickory, mesquite and applewood are used to smoke, roast and chargrill locally sourced ingredients until they are tender and succulent.
Having worked on the Border since 2006, Evans said he developed a taste for American BBQ when he lived in Canada and travelled around the US a decade ago.
“Ever since I lived in Canada I try to get back to the States each year; the first thing I do is hunt out an American BBQ restaurant,” he said.
“There is nothing else like it.”
Evans imported a Smoker oven and woodfired chargrill to replicate the authentic flavours of the Deep South.
All of the handmade sauces on the menu come from traditional recipes.
“The tomato sauce is a family recipe and the other sauces have been researched; they’re all authentic,” he said.
Patrons are given complimentary peanuts on arrival but – unlike in the US – they’re not encouraged to throw their shells on the floor.
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Char kway teow with a side of roti canai.
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Chocolate.
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Thai Kapow, quick and very tasty.
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Nine-course Kaiseki dinner at Hakone Ginyu, a private onsen carved out of the side of a mountain in Japan.
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My Smoker oven.
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Knives and a vegetable peeler.
What did you have for dinner last night?
Smoker BBQ chicken with corn and potatoes.
What are you drinking?
Clare Valley Brewery Australian Pale Ale.
Details:
The Rib Cage,
451 Dean Street, Albury
It opens for lunch Thursday to Saturday, noon until 2pm, and for dinner Tuesday to Saturday, 5pm until 9pm.
Bookings can be made via The Rib Cage’s website www.theribcage.com.au or phone (02) 6041 4176.
