Rodney, who used to manage The Red Castle, when it was the place to be, kindly sent me the drinks menu from 1973 after I saw his comment on The Claude Mono blog. Some highlights are Swan lager, glass, cans, large bottles. Click for larger. And I’m intrigued by the New Zealand Leopard Beer. Couldn’t have been worse than that slops that is Speights, although it is dissed here. And the German Hackabrau sounds tempting too. Ahh, and Lindeman’s Ben Ean. A name that graced my parents’ liquor cupboard, along with Cold Duck which I don’t see. King Arthur’s house blend claret sounds tasty too. Thanks very much Rodney. I’m about ready for a steel tin of Swan.
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[ Morning. Rodney sits on a red checkered cloth table, writing]
Rodney: [Shouts to kitchen]: “Hey love, which country does that Carlsberg beer that the fancy types like come from?”
Wife: “OH jesus Rod I Dunno! Germany?!”
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mmm, steel cans. Steel 750ml cans anyone? Seppelts Spritzig Rose – if you mixed it with Cold Duck would the resulting cocktail be a <a href=https://perthworst.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/duck.jpg?w=500&h=517 Spruuting Duck?
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*missed the >
Spruuting Duck>
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So many moselles! Man, they knew how to party back then.
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Porphyry Pearl! Mateus Rose! Asti Spumante Cora!
I’m feeling a bit tipsy just reading it.
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No ‘Summer Wine?’
The place to go?
Pfft.
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Maybe Summer wine was a later product. Rodney can’t find the food menu, but my guess would be Beef Wellington in pole position.
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Surely Prawn Cocktail and Fondue.
Hang on- Prawn Cocktail might be a little later too… right.
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Magnificent, although how many King Arthurs were there ? It seems Summer Wine was more ’84.
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Message from Rodney,
No Beef Wellington, but did Steak Dianne at the table, Chateaubriand, whole smoked salmon carved at the table, flambéing crepes suzette, flaming coffees and liqueurs were all the go… especially Irish coffee ..
All the waiting staff were in dinner suits and white aprons .. very European and even more so after I employed several New Australians. The restaurant was full every day and night for years… also the Bistro which was the original steak house associated with the original Motel… had great character with wood. With the new accommodation block came the new restaurant. I held court in the cocktail bar most nights…that I can remember, for I was a whirlwind…. albeit successful.
Cheers
Rodney
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And I think it must be Hackerbrau.
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And no Skip And Go Naked…
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Even Waldeck had a wine.
I bet it was a bit peaty.
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outrage, will you be at the media ball?
if so, perhaps we could share a moselle or two.
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I will be there.
Are you sitting with a certain West photog??
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unless there’s some kind of musical chairs seating arrangement, that’s my expectation.
unless i fall off my new heels and end up sitting on my arse.
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There will be plenty of paparazzo on hand to record the moment.
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Including West TV ??
Now that they’re screenig 24/7 Can we expect the Media Ball Uncut ?? I’ll have to ask Tibor at the WTV launch on Wednesday :-)
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Waldecks the now Dear Friends Restaurant!
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i’m quite taken with the ‘various’ categorisation.
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Looking at that list it seems to me that even in 1973 Perth booze was way over-priced.
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Was the premium venue, you pay premium coin for Ben Ean
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40c for a can of Fosters is still too much. I’d pay the 40c for a bottle of Guinness though
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the wine tastes of Perth were a bit … on the sultana white end of the spectrum
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not a Blue Nun to be seen :(
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Cover art’s awesome, ripped I believe from Fighting Fantasy #78, ‘Liege-lord of Burma’.
You have encountered Hackabrau.
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ah, the old days…
when Seppelt’s was considered to be Champagne
when Houghton’s was considered to be White Burgundy
and when Swan Lager was considered to be drinkable
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…when drink driving was de rigeur
ABS Yearbook 1971 – (WA) 332 killed, 7328 injured
ABS Yearbook 2008 – (WA) 209 killed,
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surely this was before the arrival of Swan Gold?
I think Swan Gold was responsible for significant numbers of people swearing off beer altogether, which would account for the improvement in the road toll
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Without wishing to get all prosaic on your ass I think those figures might have more to do with the introduction of compulsory seat belts.
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Or possibly a resurgence in the popularity of acid.
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Road fatalities in WA peaked in 1973 – 358.
All due to John Inverarity.
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Bargearse (aka Bluey Hills from Bluey, played by Lucky Grills) would’ve loved it here, if ever he did visit Perth (don’t TV characters often get dispatched to Dullsville, when being written out?): his Valiant would’ve been most welcome with complimentary parking and he’d have found tinnies of Courage Lager , the Victorian beer of that era that Bluey was often seen sipping on that show.
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Is there still a Courage, or is it now a rebranded watered down Heinekin?
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It’s an English Brand. Big in Australia the 70’s, our version may have been brewed here…
Still being brewed in England…
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True, that, and there are nine more where this came from.
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If you are going youtube, nothing better than this.
http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2010/11/this-is-how-michael-caine-speaks.html
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Very nice, but they blinked.
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that even made it to 720 arvo will the giggling gnome yesterday
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That is so great. Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cmjiK0pDDc
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the rapidshare links are up for the first two episodes
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they’ve got Moselle and it’s Sparkling!
Nice place for the wedding reception love
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Oh joy – a couple of nights spent here when I married. Definitely prawn cocktail was had, something meuniere perhaps? Ben ean and the cocktail special of the day was something frothy, creamy and advocaaty maybe a golden dream?
That’s all I remember – that and the sex.
1973
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That’s a brain teaser
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’73 ? That’s gotta be a Fluffy Duck.
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Some may remember the Fluffy Duck controversy of 1986
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OT, but am enjoying some of the bizarre, misplaced comments on this story.
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Perth Now
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Ala this JJ?
BANSHEE of Perth Posted at 8:22 AM August 11, 2010
I say everyone should mind their own business and before giving relationship advice, whataloadof# of WA, cck of perth, Dr. Phil of Perth and frog fingers of perth should look at their own relationships before sticking their big beaks in others, especially when you dont even know the people your commenting on. loosers……
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loosers… …
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TLA – what happened to your Red Castle project? Died in the paper?
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Yeah. It’s still standing. Have to find paperwork again.
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Red Castle Project? Heritage Listing?
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King Arthurs—-
Anyone Notice the Lack of an Apostrophe?
Supposed to be King Arthur’s—–
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You didn’t notice this, Tdog ?
p.s. Anyone Notice random Capitalisation ?
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Manhatten
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It’s a sad admission I know, but I noticed that too.
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Definitely meuniere was on the menu. I used to have a regular Friday am breakfast radio ring in ad, based on the “revolting restaurant”. It was the table cooking that made the place … with a flick of the wrist, may I say.
Rock bands used to stay there … it was not until years later that I ran into a few of them again and was informed of all the pot smoking, huddled under blankets in the suite.
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Hi Rod!
We use to play a lot of poker too after the work was done.
I hope all that money I lost to you has come in handy during your retirement!
Do you keep in touch with anyone from those times?
All the very best,
Grant
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OMG its Wine What the hell!
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This menu and other TWOP posts reveal how much The Red Castle would have dominated the burgeoning small bar sceme
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We can probably still fit one in the remnant turret.
Oh how fucking awesome would a Perth circa 1979 themed bar be in there?
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Yeah, but it would serve Emu Export and Moselle, and that would be about it.
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