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Yebisu Izakaya: Looks the part
The transformation of Regent Place near the cinemas on George Street, Sydney has been pretty impressive following the departure of three Azuma eateries last year. In addition to filling all the empty...
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On theme at Uncle Ming's Bar
When Uncle Ming's first opened about a year ago, I felt it was one of Sydney's only truly themed small bars - almost of a Melbourne ilk. With its evocative Chinese fitout from yesteryear and fantastic...
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Sunday roast: Murray Valley Pork rolled loin
I’m not the best home cook. I like cooking but hate the cleaning. I have a short list of things I can do well, a longer list of things I do at a very average level, and an unenviable reputation for...
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Win tickets to the Australian Garden Show Sydney featuring Lindeman’s Open...
The Australian Garden Show Sydney is on for the very first time from Thursday, 5 to Sunday, 8 September 2013 at Centennial Park.Coinciding with the start of spring, this interactive four-day event...
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Alexandria's own Café Sopra and Fratelli Fresh
Despair not, carb-hungry fans of the now-closed Café Sopra in Danks Street, Waterloo. Neighbouring suburb, Alexandria now has its own Café Sopra, complete with Fratelli Fresh providore, setting up home...
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The Bridge Room brings Taubmans colours, themes and textures to life
I love the emotions and psychology behind colours – in nature, in interiors and in food. I don't necessarily believe that I eat smaller portion sizes on blue plates, but there is something in the way a...
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Colombian beer Aguila launches in Australia
It's not hard to get a party started when you're offering free beer. But when it comes to what's known as Colombia's celebration beer, Aguila, launching on the Australian scene, you know it's going to...
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Ipoh on York - street eats
Malaysian cuisine has taken off somewhat in Sydney, although not to the extent of Thai restaurants in the past decade or Mexican joints in the past two years.But it does mean that quick and easy mamak...
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Melbourne eats: MoVida Next Door
On my trip to Melbourne earlier this year, I finally made it to MoVida Next Door, the neighbouring tapas and wine/sherry bar to the original MoVida restaurant in the CBD's grafitti-ed Hosier Lane. It...
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Park it at Cantina Mobil Bar & Garage
There's a new amigo on Glebe Point Road, with one of the Sydney food trucks putting down (more) roots in a bricks and mortar outlet.Cantina Mobil, a food truck known for its travelling tacos, has...
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Toko: A Surry Hills stalwart
I remember my first visit to Toko, at least five years ago, where a couple of girls and I dropped more coin on cocktails at the bar as we waited for a table than on food in the restaurant...
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Visiting Calabria via Casa Barilla Cooking Class
Barilla tagliatelle with fresh ricotta, asparagus, nduja and salted ricotta made atCasa Barilla, Annandale Street, AnnandaleThe furthest south I went during my timein Italy was the Amalfi Coast in the...
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East Village Gourmet Food Festival - next weekend
We're a couple days away from the start of Good Food Month so I trust Sydney has its collective stomachs ready for a month of eating, drinking, and other food and drink related activities.I'm looking...
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The Malaya, Food, Art & Films at King Street Wharf
Good Food Month starts today, and one of the first mid-week events of the festival is Thursday night's commencement of Food, Art & Films by the Wharf– King Street Wharf, that is. King Street Wharf...
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Tan Viet Noodle House: The cult of crispy skin chicken
It's been named the best of its breed. It elicits drooling at the mere sight, sound and particularly smell. It inspires pilgrimages out west to Cabramatta. The signature crispy skin chicken at Tan Viet...
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Bridge St Garage: Driving the diner trend
The push for mid-range dining options in Sydney CBD continues with the recent opening of Bridge St Garage Bar and Diner opposite the ASX building, a few doors down from Café Sopra and soon-to-open...
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Night Noodle Markets, the Citi VIP way
Lantern display at Good Food Month Night Noodle Markets, Hyde Park, SydneyThe Night Noodle Markets, as part of Good Food Month in Sydney, are back for 2013 in a big way. For starters, they're on from...
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Keeping up with Kobe Jones for Good Food Month
I haven't been keeping up with Kobe Jones and the Californian-style Japanese restaurant's progress since the many years ago I first visited, so it was nice to see it recently for its Good Food Month...
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Ester brings Chippendale to life
The quiet backstreets of Chippendale are coming to life. For too long out-publicised by neighbouring Redfern and Glebe, there’s a new brigade of modern, casual restaurants like Ester bringing some...
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East Village Gourmet Food Festival and the Long Dinner by Longrain
Crowds at the East Village Gourmet Food Festival, 5 October 2013, Joynton Park, ZetlandI'm not sure how we can be into the last week of Good Food Month already. Work and social life have cruelly ganged...
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