How to choose to eat The cost of eating in Australia depends entirely on how you eat.

As an ordinary student, when going to school, there is one meal a day that needs to be solved at school.

It should be noted that Australian universities do not have canteens, only restaurants and cafes.

Most of the school restaurants serve fast food, such as burgers, Japanese curry chicken rice, subway, etc.

In fact, most Australian students prepare their own lunchbox and bring it to school even if they need to eat at noon.

I strongly recommend that everyone choose to cook more by themselves in Australia.

Similarly, eating out is several times more expensive in Australia than in China. Because labor costs in Australia are relatively expensive, a meal in a restaurant basically costs more than 15-20 Australian dollars per person. Even when the school price is relatively cheap, it costs 10 Australian dollars per person.

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In comparison, it is much cheaper to buy ingredients in the supermarket and cook at home, especially if you like meat like me.

My weekly food expenses, including the occasional seafood and drinks, are around 100 Australian dollars per week.

In comparison, ordering a seafood main course in a restaurant costs at least 20-25 Australian dollars, which is a big price gap.

Selection of ingredients If you like to cook Chinese food, there are many Chinese supermarkets in Australia where you can buy Chinese seasonings and condiments, such as peppercorns and various sauces.

The Chinese supermarket here has a full range of products, so you don’t need to worry about not being able to buy seasonings.

But everyone needs to pay attention to the fact that there are not as many types of vegetables here as in China. Basically, you can only buy bok choy and cabbage in Australian supermarkets. For other types, you need to go to Chinese supermarkets to see your luck.

In addition, some people will say that the meat bought in Australia does not taste as good as domestic meat. This is because Australia’s animal protection laws do not allow bleeding of animals before killing them. In order to reduce their pain, electrocution is generally used.

This kind of meat is more suitable for frying steaks, but if you buy pork and want to stir-fry it, you may need to treat it with cooking wine before cooking.

PS: Beef and chicken are cheaper here, but pork is more expensive, so if you buy pork here, try to buy it at a Chinese butcher shop. There are diversified restaurants for you to choose from. There are many choices for restaurants in Australia.

If you have participated in our Shi Zai Australia English Club (the official account has a QR code, please indicate "English learning" when applying~), you must know that Australia is a very diverse country.

This diversity is also reflected in food. In Australia, you can eat delicacies from all over the world.

Australia has a very large immigrant population. For example, the most common ones are immigrants from Japan, Southeast Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

Many early immigrants who came to Australia usually chose to open restaurants, so if you like Japanese, Korean, Italian and Southeast Asian food, then the restaurants here will be more authentic and authentic than most domestic restaurants.

There are many Chinese restaurants in Australia, and even famous domestic stores have opened chains here.

For example, Huang Jihuang Braised Pot, Yang Guofu Malatang, Xiaolongkan Hot Pot and Din Tai Fung’s steamed buns have all opened chain stores in major Australian cities.

In addition to these famous restaurants, if you particularly like Sichuan and Cantonese food, you can also taste the taste of your hometown in Australia.

But if you are a student from the north like me, and you want to eat authentic dishes such as fried liver, fried tripe, pork stew and vermicelli, you need to cook it yourself.