Junk

With three outlets - Two Birds, Hello Harry and Junk Toowoomba - all facing onto a grassy courtyard with a large outdoor video screen, your only problem might be choosing between them.Encouragingly though, they’ve all taken a porous approach to seating; meaning as long as at least someone in your party is dining from the restaurant you’re sitting in, the rest of your party are free to order from wherever they like. We joined the queue for Junk Toowoomba, right behind the local constabulary, and marvelled at how good-natured everyone was as they waited patiently to order. This Toowoomba store is a second outlet for Chef Tony Kelly (ex-Stokehouse), who also operates a store a couple of hundred kilometres away in Maroochydore. They’re both trotting out an inexpensive menu obviously influenced by hawker-style Asian cooking, but not bound to any notions of authenticity. ...read more