| avos (n) | avocados |
| barbie (n) | barbecue |
| barbie pack (n) | sausages, steak, and chops to cook on a barbecue "I went to the shops and bought a barbie pack." |
| barramundi, barra (n) | a tasty, brackish water fish from the northern coast of Australia, often served in restaurants or as fish and chips can be wild or raised in mariculture |
| bean curd (n) | tofu |
| beet root (n) | beets |
| bickie (n) also spelled: bikkie | cookie (from biscuit) "We baked bickies." |
| billy (n) | a pot used on an open fire to boil water for tea or cooking. |
| biltong (n) | jerky South African term |
| biscuit (n) | cookie |
| bog in (v) | to start eating |
| brassiere (n) | bar, inexpensive restaurant and bar |
| brekky, brekkie (n) | breakfast |
| bring a plate (v) | pot luck, bring your own meat (barbecue) |
| bug (n) | delicious crab-like crustacean (Queensland) |
| bush tucker (n) | native food foraged or hunted |
| capsicum (n) | bell pepper |
| caster sugar (n) | fine grain sugar used for icing |
| chewie (n) | chewing gum |
| Chiko Roll (n) | a sausage wrapped in pastry |
| chips (n) | French fries |
| chocolate sauce (n) | chocolate syrup |
| chokkie (n) | chocolate |
| chook (n) | chicken |
| cooker (n) | oven |
| cool drinks (n) | sodas |
| Coolgardie safe (n) | a cabinet for storing perishable foods, used before refrigeration Named after the town of Coolgardie, where it was invented. It was a box covered in wet hessian (burlap) that kept the contents cool through evaporation. |
| cordial (n) | flavoured sweet drink like Kool-Aid comes in liquid concentrate, you add a little to a glass of water |
| cos (n) (pronounced koss) |
romaine lettuce |
| counter meal (n) | a meal served by ordering at a counter. Counter meals are common, from fast food to mid-priced restaurants and pubs |
| cray (n) | lobster From crayfish |
| crisps (n) | potato chips Not to be confused with chips, which are French fries. |
| cuppa (n) | cup of tea or coffee "Hey mate, ya wanna cuppa?" |
| cut lunch (n) | sandwiches |
| damper (n) | simple unleavened scone-like bread A traditional campfire bread cooked in the outback, now available in supermarkets. |
| dead horse (n) | tomato sauce rhyming slang |
| devon (n) | bologna (baloney), regional term used in Melbourne |
| Devonshire tea (n) | a small meal of scones, whipped cream, and tea Served in better tea rooms. |
| dog's eye (n) | meat pie rhyming slang |
| egg soldier (n) | strip of toast dipped in egg yolk |
| entree (n) | on a menu, appetiser, salad, soup course |
| esky (n) | ice chest From Eskimo cooler. |
| fairy floss (n) | cotton candy |
| fisho (n) | fish seller, fisherman |
| fizzy drinks (n) | sodas |
| flake (n) | fillet of shark (in fish & chips) |
| Frosties (n) | Name used for Frosted Flakes cereal. |
| full milk, full creme milk (n) | regular milk |
| function (n) | banquet |
| function centre (n) | banquet hall |
| googie (n) | egg "I'll have a googie sanger." |
| have a fang (v) | to eat |
| hungi (n) | a charcoal-filled hole in the ground you cook in |
| ice block (n) | Popsicle, sometimes used for ice cube. |
| ice cream spider (n) | soda float Usually coke with ice cream on top, since root beer isn't generally available. |
| icy pole (n) | Popsicle |
| it's yum (adj) | it's yummy |
| jacket potato (n) | baked potato with the skin on |
| jaffle (n) | toasted sandwich |
| jam (n) | jelly |
| jamball donut (n) | jelly donut |
| jelly (n) | Jell-O |
| kebab (n) (pronounced kee-bab) |
wrap with meat, cheese, salad, sauce not on a skewer, not a shish-kebab |
| Lamington (n) | sponge cake covered in chocolate and coconut |
| little boy (n) | small red sausage |
| lollies (n) | candy |
| lot, the (adj) | everything "I'll have a hamburger with the lot." |
| lunch bar (n) | independent fast food shop serving sandwiches, rolls, pies, etc. |
| Macca's (n) (pronounced Macker's) |
McDonald's |
| main, mains (n) (adj) | main course in a restaurant |
| mandarin (n) | tangerine |
| Margherita pizza (n) | Cheese and tomato pizza with spices |
| marron (n) | large freshwater crawfish a delicacy, farm raised in WA |
| meat pie (n) | a round of pastry rolled over a meat or vegetable filling. Individual serving size, can be eaten like a sandwich. |
| milk bar (n) | corner shop that sells take-away food |
| milk shake (n) | flavored milk, usually not thick like in the U.S. |
| mince (n) | ground meat: beef, lamb, chicken, turkey Aussies don't call hamburger ground meat; hamburger is pre-formed patties of ground meat. |
| mixed grill (n) | sausages, steak, and chops, cooked on a BBQ |
| muddy (n) | mud crab |
| muesli (n) | rolled oats and grain cold cereal |
| mushy peas (n) | over cooked peas served mushy |
| mystery bag (n) | sausage |
| narniebar (n) | banana |
| nibblies (n) | finger foods, hors d'oeuvres "You bring the wine, I'll bring the nibblies." |
| omelette (n) (Chinese restaurant) |
egg foo yung |
| pasty (n) | a round of pastry rolled over a meat or vegetable filling, a meat pie. |
| Pavlova, Pav (n) | a light and dreamy meringue dessert Whipped egg whites, vanilla, and sugar, created in Perth in 1935 for the visiting Russian ballerina, Anna Pavlova. |
| pawpaw (n) | papaya |
| peanut paste (n) | peanut butter |
| peckish (adj) | hunger-induced crabbiness "I'm feeling peckish." |
| pie (n) | an individual sized meat pie, with meat and/or vegetable filling, can be eaten like a burger |
| pikelet (n) | small pancake served cold |
| pips (n) | seeds in fruit or vegetables |
| polony (n) | bologna, baloney? (lunch meat) |
| porridge (n) | any hot cereal |
| prawn (n) | shrimp "It's 'put another prawn on the barbie,' ya ignorant seppo." |
| punnet (n) (adj) | basket of berries, about 250 grams "I bought a punnet of strawberries." |
| raisins (n) | large dried grapes, larger than American raisins American-type raisins are called sultanas. |
| Rice Bubbles (n) | Rice Krispies |
| rock melon (n) | cantaloupe |
| rocket (n) | arugula lettuce |
| roll (n) | type of sandwich served on a roll, also a sausage wrapped in dough |
| rollback (v) | backwash "You can have a sip of my Coke, but don't rollback." |
| salad (n) | sandwich topping: lettuce, tomato, shredded carrot, etc. |
| sandwich (n) | small finger sandwiches, big ones are called rolls |
| sanga, sanger, sarnie, sammos (n) | sandwich |
| sausage sizzle (n) | weenie roast, cooking hot dogs on a BBQ |
| schnitzel (n) | breaded fried meat |
| serve (adj) | a serving "I'd like a serve of rice." |
| serviette (n) | napkin |
| silverside (n) | corned beef "We're having silverside for tea." |
| snag, snagga (n) | sausage The Aussie hot dog: grilled, not boiled. |
| spaghetti bolognaise, spag bol (n) | spaghetti in meat sauce |
| spider (n) | soda with ice cream on top, like a float originally brandy and lemonade |
| spring onion (n) | scallion, green onion |
| strap on the nosebag (v) | to eat (a nosebag is used to feed a horse when it's hooked to a wagon) "The executives had a long meeting, then proceeded to strap on the nosebag." |
| sultanas (n) | seedless raisins In Australia, raisins are larger dried grapes with seeds. |
| sweets (n) | dessert |
| take away (n) (v) | take-out (food) |
| tea (n) | dinner, evening meal |
| the lot (n) (as on a hamburger) |
everything on it Usually lettuce, tomato, shredded carrots, a slice of beet, a slab of bacon, and a fried egg; for some reason, cheese isn't included. |
| toast soldier (n) | strip of toast dipped in egg yolk |
| tomato sauce (n) | ketchup |
| tucker (n) | food |
| veg, veggies (n) | vegetables "i bought fruit and veg today." |
| Vegemite (n) | a salty black yeast spread eaten on toast |
| veggo, vejjo (n) | vegetarian |
| vigneron (n) | winemaker From the French. |
| whole meal (adj) | whole wheat bread |
| wurst (n) | baloney or bologna, regional term used in South Australia |