Category: culinary excursion
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popolo, rushcutters bay
What I’m looking for in my neighbourhood restaurant is a fool proof, comfortable dining stop where after a busy day, when I can’t face the kitchen myself, I am welcome and fed like a dear friend. It may be the place for celebrating a mini-milestone (like surving a big presso) or simply for when I…
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cafe nice, circular quay
Ooh la la. The Fratelli Fresh teams’ new French restaurant is all systems are go at their Circular Quay venue. Given I’m a regular to Café Sopra I’m feeling confident of a familiar experience with an easy shift from Italy to France. On a weekday lunch the room is filling nicely and the menu has…
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ash street cellars, sydney CBD
Ash Street Cellars is this month’s chosen destination for a touch of team bonding over steaks, snapper and some sweets for good measure. Work. More specifically office work. Who in their right mind came up with that crazy experiment? For those that have managed to dodge a corporate lifestyle it’s everything you’ve ever managed. For…
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the fish shop, potts point
Food envy. That feeling you get when you’ve ordered the dud meal and your dining companion seems to have scored the rock star meal. And so it is when we head to The Fish Shop for a Sunday lunch.
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porteno, surry hills
They say that good things come to those who wait so given our 6.45pm arrival, and the unavailability of a table until 9.30pm we are expecting something pretty spectacular from Porteno this evening. You would think that after operating for over two years now that the shine would have come off this Argentinian restaurant with…
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reuben hills, surry hills
I have this thing about breakfast. I will only eat anything of a bacon and eggs orientation before 12pm. I’m not down with all day breakfasts and as soon as the clock strikes midday my appetite shifts immediately to non-breakfast options. Similarly non-breakfast items (apart from perhaps Pho and Yum Cha) have no business being…
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ms.Gs, potts point
Couple of things that you need to know if it happens to be your first time heading to MsGs. The joint is loud, like screaming at your dining companions loud. On this point the DJ sets the tone of the room so don’t be surprised when mid mouthful Snoop Dog invites you to ‘drop it…
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sydney fish markets, pyrmont
Though my local fish monger up the road does a perfectly good job there’s nothing like heading to the fish markets. The abundance of seafood all glistening, glorious and fresh is such a luxury to have on our doorstep. A visit to the markets makes me want to institute Seafood Sunday to force myself to…
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the bourbon, potts point
For those calculating at home Kings Cross’ Bourbon and Beefsteak has been closed for almost three years following its closure in July 2010 due to water damage. The once Darlinghurst-strip staple has been a sad little structure all barricaded up, shut down and silent. Well, as of this month the doors have swung back open…
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bourke street bakery, potts point
I haven’t bought a loaf of bread from anywhere but Bourke Street Bakery for nearly five years. The crusty, chewy sourdough is so consistently good that it has spoiled me for all other baked goods. The terrific thing about a beautiful loaf of bread is how little you have to do with it. A slick…
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