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Byline: J.Gutierrez Krueger

Aussie Cantina takes taste buds on a vacation Down Under

Try as I might, I could not convince myself to eat a kangaroo.

Not so much because they are Australia's version of the sweet and innocent Bambi (though I hear they can kill a man with one swift kick), but because there are so many other tantalizing dishes to be had at the Aussie Cantina, a relatively new and fun spot on the North Fourth drag.

No, a boomer burger ($8.95) -- boomer being the Australian word for a full-grown kangaroo -- will just have to wait until I savor other pleasures from the land Down Under.

See, unlike the popular Outback Steakhouse chain, which claims to be as Australian as a bush flier (another Aussie term for kangaroo) but is actually as American as a Chicago chop house, the Aussie Cantina actually serves that …