Ballarat Steakhouse: Beef and Pork Ribs Ballarat Steakhouse has been on the cards for some time now but coordinating a time to get as many Rib Appreciation Society members together made things difficult. The date we finally organised was a cold Friday night. Heading to Ballarat isn’t normally high on your list when it’s cold.…
Ribs and Rumps Northland: Lamb, Beef and Pork Ribs Late last year an eagle eyed RAS member spotted a ScoopOn deal for a discounted meal at Ribs and Rumps Northland. Several of us took the opportunity for the first RAS road trip, and some ribs for Sunday lunch on the 15th February. After a very light breakfast,…
The Commo (Commun na Feinne): American Pork Spare Ribs On a Saturday night the Bistro at The Commo was packed and our reserved table was one of the last one to be had. Although the hotel was full on a busy night we still managed to hold a good conversation amongst our small table of…
Sticks and Stones Cafe: Pork Spare Ribs The Sticks and Stones Cafe is currently the “it” place to go for coffee in the surf coast area. It’s located in amongst the major surf shops off the surf coast highway in Torquay. In 2014 it was the winner of several Golden Plate Awards, including best licensed…
Sun Pork: Sweet BBQ Pork Ribs (Heat & Eat) I came across the Sun Pork Sweet BBQ Pork “Heat and Eat” ribs when I was at a supermarket and I thought why not, I’ll give it a go. The pack claimed the ribs were slow cooked in a sweet BBQ marinade and all I had…
Bellarine Estate: Texas-Style Baby Back Ribs Bellarine Estate, also know as the Bellarine Brewing Company, is located on the Bellarine Peninsula, about a 30 minute drive out of Geelong. Long know for their award-winning wines, gourmet foods and micro brewed beers, it was the last place I was expecting to find Texas-Style baby back pork…
Smokin Barrys Pork Ribs For the past 8 months I have driven past the Yarraville Gardens every night on the way home from work. Two weeks ago my curiosity finally got the better of me. I chose to stop in and see why crowds of people flocked to the park every Thursday and Friday night.…
The Meat & Wine Co Southbank: Pork Ribs Although the Rib Appreciation Society is based in the Geelong region, on a Thursday night last week I ventured out to Southbank in the Melbourne CBD on the hunt for good ribs. I received a recommendation to try the ribs at the Meat and Wine Co on…
Torquay Hotel: BBQ USA Pork Spare Ribs The Torquay Hotel hit our radar many years ago. A couple of members had tried the Ribs there and it was always on the cards to go back. The memories were faint but one thing that could be remembered was it was a huge serving of ribs with a smothering of sauce.…
La Porchetta Geelong: Ribs Special We stumbled upon the ribs at La Porchetta quite by accident late last year during one of our first RAS outings, we heard of its existence but to be totally honest, we were heading to La Porchetta Geelong that night to grab some pizzas. We noticed the ribs listed on…
