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Sunshine, sparkling and oysters at Sydney Cove Oyster Bar
We're apparently due for a warmer summer this year in Sydney, which would make outdoor dining all the more appealing.A seafood and oyster restaurant doesn't get much more appealing than the outdoor...
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A huge day of Marrickville Festival 2012
Marrickville Festival 2012, Marrickville and Illawarra RoadsI popped my Marrickville Festival cherry over the weekend with my first outing to the huge inner west street festival.With the onset of...
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Queenies: Jamaican me hungry
The chopping and changing in Surry Hills restaurants continues with the rise and rise of focused, themed eateries.An ambiguous, middle-of-the-road bistro can hardly compete with the likes of modern...
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All class, all white: Dîner en Blanc Sydney
As we pulled up to Rose Bay ferry wharf, it was clear that the effort gone into sourcing an all-white outfit (tan heels aside) for the first ever Dîner en Blanc Sydney was going to be worth it.Part of...
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Japan times - part 9: Kyoto travels
Earlier this year I spent two-and-a-half weeks in Japan, eating and drinking my way through a destination I've wanted to visit for more than a decade. This is the ninth of several posts of food, booze...
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The Alibi: Another place, another discount offering
In a sign of the times, it's getting difficult to keep track of restaurant discounts and specials in Sydney. Like who's doing cheap slider/taco/fried chicken specials night or who's got Friday lunch...
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The inaugural Green Square Gourmet Food Festival and Long Dinner
Crave Sydney International Food Festival signalled the beginning of festival season in Sydney although its end signals a perhaps scary start to the year-end festive season.A month back now, the...
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By the beach: North Bondi Italian Food
Outdoors and indoors, it's not a bad view at North Bondi Italian Food - the casual and now estranged sister restaurant of Icebergs at the other end of Australia's most famous beach.Following a sunny...
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Tonight we Tanqueray and tonic
For me, gin and tonic was the white-spirit bar drink graduation from vodka, lime and soda. Sophisticated, classic and tasting a million times better, it was an easy step up to G&Ts.Tanqueray gin at...
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Japan times - part 10: Michiba Washoku Tateno, Ginza
Earlier this year I spent two-and-a-half weeks in Japan, eating and drinking my way through a destination I've wanted to visit for more than a decade. This is the tenth of several posts of food, booze...
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Movie ticket giveaway: Step Up To The Plate
"To serve customers and give them the happiness they've come looking for, you have to understand the power of cooking. The strength of a restaurant is its soul."- Michel Bras, father to Sebastien...
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El Bulli: Bigger shoes to fill
Earlier this year Surry Hills restaurant veteran El Bulli Spanish Tapas moved into larger premises on the same stretch of Elizabeth Street, near Cleveland Street.Expanding at least three-fold in size,...
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Electrolux masterclass: Peter Gilmore's festive Christmas menu
At a month away, it's certainly not too early to be talking Christmas. But who has thought about Christmas dinner or lunch menus as yet?Fear not, Peter Gilmore, Electrolux cooking ambassador and...
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The Animal within (the Newtown Hotel)
There's plenty of life on Newtown's King Street but especially so when it comes to casual dining restaurants and pubs.The Newtown Hotel has been resuscitated by Keystone Group (of The Loft, Bungalow 8,...
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Japan times - part 11: Bourdain recommends Toriki
Earlier this year I spent two-and-a-half weeks in Japan, eating and drinking my way through a destination I've wanted to visit for more than a decade. This is the eleventh ofseveral posts of food,...
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Talking fish, sushi and sashimi at Ocean Room
It would be safe to say that the majority of Sydney-siders are familiar with sushi and sashimi, if not fans of one or both. Lots of young children are even comfortable with maki sushi rolls, with nori...
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Cheeky drinks and naughty treats at The Norfolk
I'm not sure if it's age, influence or preferred crowd but when catching up with a large group of friends these days, it tends to happen at a pub rather than a restaurant.More often than not it's one...
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To be frank: Frankie's Pizza
The guys behind, arguably, Sydney's favourite bars - Shady Pines Saloon and The Baxter Inn - have gone a different path for their latest venture, Frankie's Pizza: late night pizza and a dive bar, right...
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Beached As bro: Rochdale Cider Sunday Sessions at Beach Road Hotel
Summer is upon us so it's the season for the beach, outdoors and spot of cider - and it's all on at the Rochdale Cider 'Beached As' Sunday Sessions at Beach Road Hotel.Get to the newly renovated,...
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If you go down to The Woods today...
You're sure of a big surprise if you go to the Four Seasons Hotel Sydney expecting to find your regular hotel restaurant (or indeed, the now closed Kables).Following the September opening of Grain bar...
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