Australian restaurant going the iPad way.

SYDNEY: An Australian restaurant has now removed printed menus and now and have gone for the latest tech-craze, the Apple's touchscreen iPad computer, to choose and order their meals."One of the points of difference for our restaurant was to have a unique menu," says the hotel's general manager Craig Simpson on Friday "Everyone's excited about the iPad and so we're jumping on the back of that."

They are currently using an iPad application developed ahead of the tactile device's launch that allows diners at the restaurant to browse the menu – complete with photographs and tasting notes – easily with a flick of a finger.
Ordering is now very simple like - Order a steak and the application asks how you would like the meat cooked, and the placing of the order can now be done with the press of a button. The later planned features also include pop-up boxes that will suggest wines to match meals, and stockcontrol mechanisms to delete sold-out items from the menu and much more.

Food and beverage manager Fareid Taheri said the menu has been well received. "It's something to play with while you order," he said.