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...
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...
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...
Slow Roasted Rib Eye Recipe
I have a special place in my heart belly reserved for slow cooked dishes… casseroles, stews, and best of all, roasts. The humble stew mostly requires a gathering of ingredients and throwing it all into a pot, and then it’s a cooking in low heat and coming back. Since it will be cooked through, you...
Holy Basil, Sydney
We caught up with R & L last week. Though we live on the same street, we’re separated by a kilometre of CBD. Thankfully, aforementioned kilometre is abundant with dining choices. For a cheap and casual mid-week meal, we picked a spot roughly equidistant of us. Apparently, the Shark Hotel had recently been renovated and...
District Dining, Surry Hills (Part 2)
NOTE: Prior post on District Dining located here. It’s been a long time since my initial visit to District Dining. This time around was a little bit more special: V took me out to celebrate a personal milestone. Needless to say, we stuffed ourselves. I wanted V to try the Crispy Quail Eggs with Tarragon...
Manchester Press, Melbourne
We were at Melbourne last weekend for M & R’s wedding. The Sydney folk flew down the day prior and met up with some Melbourne folk and even a surprise Brissie visitor. Good times ensue. As is par for the course when in Melbourne, we were keen to recharge our weary hungover heads over brunch,...
