Promising Young Woman

Tonight I met up with Ebony at the newly opened Palace Pentridge Cinema in Coburg to see Promising Young Woman. Each cinema has large leather reclining seats, which countered having to wear a mask throughout. This film by Emerald Fennell stars Carey Mulligan as Cassie Thomas, a 30-year-old woman who is a one woman vigilante going after guys who prey on intoxicated women. As the movie progresses it is revealed Cassie is trying to exact revenge for the death of her college friend Nina as she tracks down the key players in what happened to her and the aftermath. The film is pretty full on at times but really well done, and it goes to show that you never can tell who is a "nice guy," especially in this era of #MeToo.

Bar Texaco

Bar Texaco is a relatively new pop-up restaurant on Sydney Road in Brunswick that serves a combination of Texas-style barbecue and Tex-Mex dishes on its menu. My friend Kate and I have been a couple of times for lunch to sample dishes from the different parts of the menu. 

 

On the barbecue side I had the Brisket Bun, which includes smoked brisket slices, pickles and secret BBQ sauce on a toasted bun. For sides we shared the fries, classic mac n cheese, and chargrilled pumpkin with puffed wild rice, pepitas, fajita seasoning and vegan yoghurt avocado dressing. The smoked brisket was amazing, as was the chargilled pumpkin the first time we had it. The fries are what you would expect, and even though we shared the mac n cheese it was quite filling.

 

 

On the Tex-Mex side of the menu, we had the corn chips and guacamole and got the combo of any three tacos for $18. I had the pork and pineapple taco (juicy pork, pineapple and Mexican salsa), beef taco (pulled brisket, refried white beans, Mexican salsa and chilli oil) and Baja fish taco (battered fish, pickled cabbage and chipotle mayo). Once again it was those barbecue flavors in the meats that really stood out.

 

Bar Texaco is located at 644 Sydney Road, Brunswick and is open for dinner Wednesday - Saturday and for lunch on Sundays.