Salisbury is our new multicultural food mecca

Fancy a pupusa? Craving some chorizo con huevo? Or are you hungry for Polish luncheon meats, Serbian treats, or a box of Persian sweets? There is a multicultural mecca in Adelaide where you can munch on these and much more and it's not Chinatown.

The John St area in Salisbury has food from Nepal, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Africa, India, Turkey, Iran and the rest of the Middle East. Go past the Italian and Greek food to find specialities from Croatia, Kosovo and Poland.

For the record, a pupusa is a Salvadoran specialty; a delicious soft tortilla filled with melted cheese and pork or beans. They are cooked up on a Friday night at Coffee Amigo which opened in June.

"Yesterday, I was so happy," owner Julio Cordero said.

"For the first time, nearly 90 per cent of the night-time customers for Salvadoran food were Australian."

Salisbury Mayor Gillian Aldridge said she was "very proud" of the diversity offered in and near John St.

"On a Saturday morning it buzzes because we have markets there, as well as great places to buy food seven days a week. It's just full of wonderful smells," Ms Aldridge said.

Coffee Amigo is just one of the great northern suburbs places in The Advertiser Food Guide 2013.

The 2013 guide features a new district-by-district guide with the best butchers, bakers, grocers, cafes and takeaways in the metropolitan area.

Coffee Amigo's Julio Cordero, sipping his best, brewed from Salvadoran beans. It's available along with other unusual drinks, including coraditos and marocchinos.

Source: Adelaide Now, 25 November 2012