Many people believe that Australian food comprises the meat pie, the lamb chop with peas and gravy, and fish and chips wrapped up in newspaper. But nothing could be further from the truth. Make a point of trying a truly Australian delicacy called Vegemite , sure to be available at your hotel's breakfast table. Foreign tourists usually try it. Beer is the traditional drink, but wine is catching up.
Australian beer is icy cold, bubbly, and has less hops than, say, European beers.
You go to the hotel for a beer. The most popular beers are usually drawn from a tap, but cans and bottles are also available. In other parts of Australia, glasses have other names. Visitors may think that the Fosters brand is the truly Aussie beer, but in fact, Fosters has only a few percent of the Australian market. Place names Australian placenames often sound amusing to visitors.