Fish Face, Darlinghurst
I took V out to a surprise dinner last Friday night at one-hatted seafood restaurant, Fish Face. V had taken me here for a birthday a while back and despite our positive experience, we had not yet been back. Walking past it nearly every evening, the temptation to return had grown to irresistible proportions. After...
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...
Li’l Darlin, Darlinghurst
No food at home and too knackered from busy days, we throw some ideas around for where to eat. Ultimately, it had to be nice, quick and relaxing. Thankfully, the space that used to house Omerta has re-opened as Li’l Darlin, a tapas and wine bar. More importantly, I noticed the other night that they...
The Local Taphouse, Darlinghurst
To celebrate a personal milestone, we thought we’d try out The Local Taphouse, housed in a beautiful building at the corner of Flinders and South Dowling Streets. A specialty beer bar, their list of beers on offer is extensive (and available in pints or schmiddy sizes; so you can fit more in). Inside, they appear...
Tigerbakers, Darlinghurst
Breakfast last Sunday morning was at Tigerbakers, a café that also twilights as a bar. A Darlo oldie; it’s been around a few years now. I had the BBQ Lamb Sandwich with tomato, lettuce, homous, cucumber, mint, harissa & yoghurt on turkish, which was a fantastic surprise. The yoghurt and cucumber gave it a deliciously...
Jazz City Diner, Darlinghurst
A sudden change in dinner plans had us having to scramble for alternate ones. Thankfully, like derros and hos, Darlinghurst is rife with alternate plans. This presented the perfect opportunity to try out Jazz City Diner, a New Orleans-inspired American burger joint I’d been wanting to check out for some time. Opening late last year,...
A Tavola, Darlinghurst
Been meaning to go to A Tavola for a while now but for various reasons, have been unable. Highly regarded by my brother (over its cousin, Omerta, across the road), it has been on my mental list for a while. Last weekend, its time had come and we were not disappointed. Housed in a narrow...
Duke Bistro at the Flinders Hotel, Darlinghurst
“So where do you want to eat tonight?” V asks me over email. It’s the workday email back-and-forth that seldom comprise our plan-making. The constraint for the evening is that any place we go to will need to be close-ish to the Surry Hill Library, so we can check out Penguin Plays Rough after dinner....
The Commons, Darlinghurst
Impromptu dinner plans with B last night. I hadn’t seen the elusive S in a while so I drop him a quick message to join us. Left to me, I selected a restaurant equidistant to all of us which I’d been meaning to try for a while: The Commons. We met up at Shady Pines...
Forbes and Burton, Darlinghurst
Forbes and Burton, sitting on the corner of its namesake streets in Darlinghurst, is also directly opposite my daily bus to work. Alas, this has been the extent of my contact with the establishment. Put to the task of finding a place to have breakfast with M&R, who’re visiting for Melbourne, I cast my personal...
Miss Chu in Darlinghurst
There are core places that I seek out when I come to live somewhere. Transport, supermarkets, liquor stores, chemists (for after I visit the liquor store), and medical centres are examples of these. Then, I seek the time-honoured CCFs (Conveyors of Comfort Food, a category I just came up with now): establishments like a “dirty”...
Onde
It is unseasonably cold in Sydney town. The kind of day where the sunshine only affords temporary respite, before yielding to bitter cold night… at least to my tropical sensibilities. This is the kind of night that calls for video nights in and warm hearty meals, preferrably cooked by someone else! Enter Onde, a French...
