Food on the hill

[Ze Fishmunga]

Yes i know it is expensive but at hotham just it scares me it costs about $20 just for a drink and some chips does anyone else experience these probs?

[Snowpuff]

Nope and your prob might be the place you are eating at!

[loc]

yeah there are some awesome little places on the hill for lunch at hot-ham

not as good as japow unfortunately (but to me that was like rolling around in a pimped out rolls royce - but still pretty good

[Simo_tele]

better ways to eat up there, even if buying.
A swag from the supermarket is less than $5 and will keep you going with a warm hit of carbs (swag = sausage roll in a bread roll)

[Ze Fishmunga]

Ok Thanks

[tambo]

now I know where his $$ went!!!!

[DHS]

Originally posted by tambo:
now I know where his $$ went!!!! Sprung bad Fish dude!!! :D

[Caboose]

$42 for a sausage roll, chips, soup, cookie, powerade & a coke at mid sation PB on Sat

[Spike..]

just need to find better places to eat, on the mountain is always cheaper, try steering clear of places with high number of eaters.

[tambo]

when you're 12, it's all about the junk food... yep... he's sprung bad!!!!

[Snow Yeti]

Originally posted by Ze Fishmunga:
Yes i know it is expensive but at hotham just it scares me it costs about $20 just for a drink and some chips does anyone else experience these probs? Home is a good place to go, but I guess its too far to catch the bus home just for lunch :D

[skimax]

wow caboose are you for real ?

[SA]

Originally posted by Caboose:
$42 for a sausage roll, chips, soup, cookie, powerade & a coke at mid sation PB on Sat :eek: Bend over often Cabby?

[ozgirl]

I take a packed lunch everyday I am really picky so to get fresh bread everyday i bake par bakes (the dinner roles you finish cooking at home) each morning and i just put ham and cheese on so it doesn't go soggy. I also take fun size chocolate bars . I ski with a daypack and camelbak so carrying it isnt a problem.

I have been doing this for about 5 yrs now

[SA]

Originally posted by SA:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Caboose:
$42 for a sausage roll, chips, soup, cookie, powerade & a coke at mid sation PB on Sat :eek: Bend over often Cabby? </font>[/QUOTE]Just for comparison - at Thredders it's around $9 for a double-banga-sanga and $3 for a coffee. Done.

[Podlettte]

Note to pods: Steer clear of mid station outside of cheap hot choccy time! That's bare naked robbery!

[John Deere]

Small Nachos at BC terminal was $7.50 last year (pretty big, plenty for 1), plus $3 for coffee, best value feed in Aus on the mountain I reckon!

[Paul Oberin]

Originally posted by Caboose:
$42 for a sausage roll, chips, soup, cookie, powerade & a coke at mid sation PB on Sat That place must have changed hands, it used to be the priced food on the mountain and I always thought other resorts should follow their example.
Surely that can't be right Cabby.

[John Deere]

Last few years PB mid station has been exxy.

[Snow Yeti]

No discount at mid station for SP holders :(

Guthega burning log bistro (owned by Perisher) is the cheapest place on mountain I have found for food ...

[Polaris]

Originally posted by Caboose:
$42 for a sausage roll, chips, soup, cookie, powerade & a coke at mid sation PB on Sat I think you forgot some of your change Cabby :(

[Podlettte]

JD and Yeti,

you should both be banned for naming the best places to eat at PB ;) I might be biased cause I've worked at both, and IMO the ski centre should re open, that was a fun place to work! :D

[Snow Yeti]

My guess would be something like ......

$6.50 Sausage Roll
$5.50 Chips
$9 Soup
$5 Cookie
$4.50 Powerade
$4.50 Coke
$0.50 Tomato Sauce

Sounds about right

$35.50

$42 seems alot though :( :( :(

[azkaban]

Originally posted by Caboose:
$42 for a sausage roll, chips, soup, cookie, powerade & a coke at mid sation PB on Sat What the ....???
Thats an average of $7 per product. There is NOTHING on that list that should individually cost $7. Thats just ridiculous.
Caboose I would have told them to keep them all and skied somewhere else to find something cheaper!!

[Snow Yeti]

Originally posted by ozgirl:
I take a packed lunch everyday I am really picky so to get fresh bread everyday i bake par bakes (the dinner roles you finish cooking at home) each morning and i just put ham and cheese on so it doesn't go soggy. I also take fun size chocolate bars . I ski with a daypack and camelbak so carrying it isnt a problem.

I have been doing this for about 5 yrs now I always pack powerade, it's $2.30 on special compared to $4.50 !!

and when you know you're going to drink it for sure, carrying it isn't really that much of a hassle ...

And now I carry muesli bars or nut bars in case I get a sudden urge on the chair lift. 2 weeks go I bought a nut bar at mid station, it cost $5 ... when it woulda cost me like 90c at the supermarket. !! DOH!!

[Snow Yeti]

Oh and if anyone gives me grief about 10% discount for SP holders, I think anything to save a few dollars is worth it !!

Got 20% off my food last week, couple of my friends who work there decided to use their ID :D

20% is pathetic for staff I reckon!

[Legolas]

merritts: packed all the time, exy as, but always awesome food, greaaaaat hot choccy, and efficient friendly service. I'd pay a bit more for that when I'm cold and want to save time heading down the hill for snacks.

[Polaris]

Originally posted by SnowYeti:
My guess would be something like ......

$6.50 Sausage Roll
$5.50 Chips
$9 Soup
$5 Cookie
$4.50 Powerade
$4.50 Coke
$0.50 Tomato Sauce

Sounds about right

$35.50

$42 seems alot though :( :( :( Yep I did "max" amounts too and couldn't come anywhere near that figure :confused:

[azkaban]

Maybe it was some kind of "special" cookie caboose?

[Podlettte]

You sure the checkout person didn't add it up wrong Cabbage? Did you ask them to check?

[John Deere]

He is trying to shake the tight bottom tag ;)

[Podlettte]

I'm sure you can help him loosen it up graemlins/outtahere.gif

[tambo]

kids can always take lunch, for sure.Lockers are $8 or $9 a day....car is usually miles away.....they could consider riding with a pack, not acceptable on training days, 2 a week, when they get an hour anyway for lunch and are usually very cold and very hungry. So multiply the $$ ze Munga was talking about by 3 or 4 if you count Azz...and there's one expensive lunch no matter where they have it.... twice a week.
I'm not complaining, really, I'm glad to be here! But it was a good exercise for the kids to stop and ask themselved why I ask them to be a bit careful with their choices.
It will be easier again in a week when school hols are all over.

[crASH]

Yes i know it is expensive but at hotham just it scares me it costs about $20 just for a drink and some chips does anyone else experience these probs? and when the munga runs emptie pockets and his mum says pack lunch he trys to emptie mine... when that fails he takes 2min noodle and eats them raw

[skimax]

Its the alpine dollar , a universal phenomenan
Basically its about this formula in ausie.
1. Sea level$ x (metres above sea level /500) =Alpine$
tongue.gif

[Vet]

I want to charge $42 too, but our manager refuses to pole dance.

[hakenspit]

Yeah ausssie alpine food is very expensive, its the same though at the footy 5 bucks for a bucket of chips.

O/S is not effected the same way but they do see greater numbers etc. (slice of pizza and drink at whistler was about 7 bucks if I remember correctly)

[skichic]

A meal on snow in the USA was reasonably expensive, but it would feed 4 people with leftovers graemlins/big_laugh.gif

[hakenspit]

Originally posted by skichic:
A meal on snow in the USA was reasonably expensive, but it would feed 4 people with leftovers graemlins/big_laugh.gif Oh soo true...meals to feed a small army but you have no chance of getting fullcream milk!!

[skichic]

don't drink milk so don't care tongue.gif

[skichic]

mind you their tea was carp!

[Polaris]

Originally posted by hakenspit:
Oh soo true...meals to feed a small army but you have no chance of getting fullcream milk!! Geez I remember seeing about 52 different types of milk last time I was there :confused:
Have to admit though I wasn't looking for full cream though ;)

[Polaris]

Oh and as a generalisation, I agree with Skichic, their tea was garbage

[Polaris]

Oh and as another generalisation, order one meal and it would easily feed 2 people ;)

[skichic]

Originally posted by Polaris:
I agree with Skichic:eek: graemlins/outtahere.gif

[D-Dog]

whay the old thread?

[Polaris]

Originally posted by skichic:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Polaris:
I agree with Skichic:eek: graemlins/outtahere.gif </font>[/QUOTE]as always, it depends on the context tongue.gif