Four in Hand Dining Room, Paddington
A trip to the Four in Hand Dining Room had been long overdue; even well before a recent trip to its excellent bar bistro. I’d mentioned it to L and T late last year and they were also both keen to try out this award winning restaurant. Calendars synchronised and partners and friends notified, a...
Wilbur’s Place, Potts Point
Last week, V and I dropped into Wilbur’s Place, partly because of Dee’s mouth-watering photos and partly because we couldn’t be arsed cooking that night. We took the short stroll over to Llankelly Place; westward along Darlinghurst Road, just past the strip joints but the last turn before the road bends into the more genteel...
1.8G or 1.4G? I can’t decide!
My sketching/painting has suffered greatly this past year due to various commitments. One particular focus of my attention is the largest contributor to the stagnancy. One specific aspect of this has persistently dogged me this week. I’ll commemorate this illustrating slump with this old drawing, which aptly depicts how I feel at the moment. What...
Bourke Street Bakery, Potts Point
This morning, V and I dropped into the new Bourke Street Bakery in Potts Point, which opened around November (?), to grab some bread and a quick breakfast. The latest of the Bourke Street Bakeries, this is the largest and nicest one I’ve been to (though I’ve yet to visit the Marrickville branch). In stark...
Bangbang Espresso Bar and Cafe, Surry Hills
Before rain started bucketing today, apparently for what now passes as a summer day in Sydney, V and I trotted on over to Surry Hills to try out a cafe she was interested in. Alas, they hadn’t opened yet, thus making a future trip necessary. The Urbanspoon app had taken our GPS position and laid...
The Bar at the Four in Hand, Paddington
For close to the entirety of the last decade, neither professional requirements nor my sartorial ambitions (or lack thereof) necessitated knowing more than one way to secure neckwear. A healthy inquisitiveness (read: boredom) has since taught me the multitude of variants (read: 2) to the windsor knot. Abundance of options notwithstanding, the four in hand...
Sydney Food Bloggers Picnic 2012, Centennial Park
I attended my very first food blogger event, arranged by the bubbly ChocolateSuze and the lovely Helen of GrabYourFork, last Saturday at Centennial Park. Though dark clouds hovered ominously in the sky, the rain kept at bay and the Sydney Food Bloggers Picnic commenced. As more and more bloggers arrived, food in tow, the spread...
Phamish, Darlinghurst
I had a slight lull in food blogging in December. Besides being overseas for most of the month, the silly season still brought about a few opportunities to try out new Sydney restaurants. Alas, a couple of these places left a bad taste in our mouths; the experiences were less than stellar. I’ll write about...
Island Hopping in Coron, Palawan, Philippines
As I mentioned in a prior post, we’d recently holidayed in Coron, Palawan in the Philippines. Having set-up base in town, we’d organised a tour with our hotel. My brother had specced out and booked a fantastic itinerary of island hopping that didn’t just include a guide and a bangka (an outrigger) but also food...
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila
On the way home from airport drops offs last week, Mom and I went to Fort Bonifacio for lunch. We drove past the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, which I hadn’t seen since I was a kid. With the recent sale and commercial growth of Fort Bonifacio, I’d wondered what had happened to this 615,000...
A Day of Diving in Coron, Palawan, Philippines
For our recent family holiday in the Philippines, where our geographically-challenged immediate family converged from three different continents to meet at a fourth, my brother had expertly organised yet another trip; a holiday within a holiday. To get away from the pre-Christmas crowds of Manila, we flew South to Coron, Palawan, renown for its island...
La Loggia, IFC Mall, Hong Kong
Not having been to Hong Kong since the turnover, I recently dropped in while in transit to take in the sights, to do a spot of shopping and to catch up with R, who had recently relocated there. I hit the ground running and explore Lantau Island; I visited the Tai O Fishing Village, checked...
