Category: culinary excursion
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china lane, sydney CBD
The group booking. I don’t know this as fact but I’m pretty sure that restaurants dread this as much as the diner stuck settling the bill at the end of a dinner for 20. The co-ordination of attendees, accommodating special meal requirements and allergies down to picking a venue that is going to set the…
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kitchen by mike, rosebery
If you are going to enjoy Kitchen by Mike you need to be comfortable with a few things. Queuing is one. Co-ordinating food selection and ‘bagsing’ a table is another. The first time I ended up Kitchen by Mike was because the nearby Grounds had its usual out of control line situation so we biked…
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cipro pizza al taglio, alexandria
It’s been a week of joining the queue for our meals and it’s more of the same as we put our names down at hot new pizza place, Cipro Pizza al Taglio in Alexandria. Here’s the tip, use the opportunity to take a wander and pick up a cool dozen of your favourite vinos at…
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mamak, sydney CBD
I am a sucker for a queue. Not a chaotic mess of a queue like Sunday at The Grounds, or the Food Tourist queue outside of Zumbo. What I am down with is an organised, systematic queue were people wait patiently and in a civilised manner for something that is plainly the best in town.…
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cafe sopra, potts point
Prior to the Fratelli’s team into French cuisine with Café Nice, there was the Sopra restaurants for crowd pleasing Italian fare where we patiently queued in Dank Street before dancing the streets with joy at Macleay Street for this Potts Point version (my local). Café Sopra has been such a great success and now features…
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the rook, sydney CBD
It’s Thursday night in the city – not exactly one of my usual haunts. I’m at 56 York Street standing in front of a non-descript office tower where I’m about to head to The Rook, the Lobster, Burger & Liquor Bar. Don’t let the boring foyer fool you, when you arrive at the Rooftop Bar…
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pyrmont grower’s market, pyrmont
Once a month I like to get my artisanal groove on by heading to the Pyrmont Grower’s Market. The fact that it’s only once a month creates a bit of urgency to head down and check out my favourite providers and stock up organic and local product and ingredients. There are 70 fabulous vendors at…
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bourke street bakery after hours, potts point
It’s a red letter day when you try a new restaurant and it manages to tick all the boxes on deliciousness and is a stone’s throw from home. Jackpot. And so it is with our familiar friend Bourke Street Bakery which has introduced an After Hours restaurant for dinner. I’ve talked previously about the important…
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phamish, darlinghurst
Great to see this neighbourhood Vietnamese still going strong. For a good value, fresh fill it’s pretty hard to beat, and this evening, it’s a popular choice with the ladies. It’s a cozy dining arrangement at Phamish, the up side to sitting in close quarters being the ability to eaves drop on your fellow diners…
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flour & stone, woolloomooloo
So in record time, the Lamington at Flour and Stone has rocketed into the Sydney Foodie Hot List. Already on this list are the Banh Mi at Marrickville, the Slow Lamb Shoulder from Chiswick or the Macarons from Zumbo. It’s my mission for the day to establish whether the Panna Cotta Lamington of Flour and…
nibble & slurp 