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Cara&Co Restaurant: A flavour of creativity
Things are not quite what they seem at Cara&Co Restaurant, which is squirrelled away within the luxe Westfield Sydney Level 4 retail shop of the same name. While there's window shopping aplenty in...
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Willoughby Dumpling House: Dedication to dumplings
I will go far and wide, north and south-west for the humble dumpling. There’s just something about thin circles of dough filled with meat and vegetables that have a hold of me. In a quiet section near...
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Feast on Game of Thrones at Gastro Park
Posted by Jan Grant King, head chef and owner of two-hatted Gastro Park, is doing it again. Celebrating the release of Game of Thrones: The Complete Second Season on Blu-ray and DVD, Gastro Park is...
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Dita von Teese for Cointreau at The Victoria Room
When you get an invite to an intimate soiree with the world-famous burlesque femme fatale, Dita Von Teese, you generally respond positively.It's an even more exciting prospect if she's mixing drinks at...
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Three's a charm at Taste of Sydney
Taste of Sydney 2013, Centennial Park, SydneyAnother year, another filling weekend spent at Taste of Sydney. Blessed by the weather gods this year, I was particularly looking forward to the four days...
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Singapore slinging - part 3: Cocktail bars
I went to Singapore late lastyear and didn't manage to have a namesake cocktail, Singapore Sling (I also went to Rome and didn't go to the Vatican City, but that's a different alcohol-related...
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Fun new grits at The Abercrombie
A favourite of university students and workers from neighbouring construction sites, The Abercrombie in Broadway is part of the DrinkN Dinegroupof pubs and boasts a new menu of food to keep any dude...
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Opera on Sydney Harbour: Carmen - A Spanish feast for the senses
From memory I've only been to the opera once before, at the Sydney Opera House, so its not surprising that my knowledge of the fine art is limited.But even then, I've had two iconic arias stuck in my...
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Japanese street food at Jap's Table
The idea of street food combines convenient and tasty eats, the great outdoors, hopefully reasonable pricing and a sprinkling of dust/germs/pollution from said streets.It is quite literally street food...
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Singapore slinging - part 4: Pollen
The new Gardens by the Bay attraction by Singapore's Marina Bay was high on my list of 'touristy things to do' when I visited lastyear.It just happened to get ticked off one day after an impromptu...
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Win a double pass to see Haute Cuisine
The global food movement has spoken and we now have a plethora of food movies to sate our viewing appetites.The latest to open nationally in Australia on 25 April 2013 is French movie Haute Cuisine...
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Good times collective #7
I like autumn in Sydney but it's a reminder that winter is coming and that more than one-third of the year has gone already - where to, I'm not sure. Bars and ice cream parlours, it seems.A la Mode...
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Mary's had a little burger
A little burger is drawing the hipster, rockabilly and hospitality crowds in hordes to a back street bar in Newtown.Mary’s, on Mary Street just off the main road of King Street, comes to life courtesy...
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The Bourbon marks the spot for New Orleans in Sydney
Change is afoot in Sydney's notorious Kings Cross. The strip joints are probably staying, as too the night clubs, but developments at the old Bourbon and Beefsteak are seeing the beginnings of a...
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Singapore slinging - part 5: Newton Food Centre
This is the final post on my Singapore tripof latelastyear. After days of feasts of celebration, chilli crab, fine dining and more, as part of a large group we made a beeline to a locals' favourite...
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'Open table' at Mahjong Room
Posted by JanHaving spent many years during university learning and playing the addictive Chinese tile game of mahjong, I had always been curious about Mahjong Room in Surry Hills, which has been...
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Spice I Am Balmain: A Thai explosion
It's a rare suburb in Sydney that doesn't have a Thai restaurant and takeaway these days. The big flavours of Thai cuisine have captured the local palate and assimilated into a Sydney identity of their...
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Ocean Room: Fall into the autumn tasting menu
On the brink of winter months in Sydney, an elegant 12-course autumn tasting menu at Circular Quay's Japanese fine diner, Ocean Room, is a perfect way to celebrate the very probable end of...
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Burnbrae Wines lunch for Pyrmont Festival
Even though there's now a chill in the air, Sydney is ablaze with outdoor festivals: among two of them, Vivid Sydney which starts on Friday and Pyrmont Festival of Wine, Food and Art, which kicked off...
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Caffeine hits: Win The Australian Coffee Guide 2013
For a lot of Australians, coffee’s not just an eyelid-lifter – it’s a way of life. Coffee culture differs between states, and even suburbs, so The Australian Coffee Guide 2013– featuring reviews and...
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