Good news – Ashfield has finally broken its ‘Good Cafe Drought’ with Excelsior Jones. I lived in the 2131 postcode for seven years – grateful for the easy access to handmade noodles and Shanghai specialties – but hoping one day there’d be a worthwhile place to order a sandwich, coffee or settle in for a […]
Now that 2012 is over, I thought it’d be fun to play hopscotch with that year and direct you to some of the note-worthy places that opened in that time. So just when you thought Surry Hills had run out of floor space for another cafe, along came another great place to top up your […]
So this sneaky post has very little to do with food, but I hope you don’t mind me mentioning that I’m in an exhibition that opens next week. There will be copies of my Japan zine on show (and for sale, for anyone with spare pocket change) at Janet Clayton Gallery. The exhibition is called […]
Happy new year! I hope your resolutions have stayed unbroken (or were fun to bust – sometimes high-minded pledges are just too joyless to stick with). I also hope your days have been set on maximum levels of lazy – unless, of course, you’ve been escorted back to the office and those TV binge-watching marathons are […]
You can now visit the beach without needing a towel, suncream and battle plans for finding an unclaimed spot by the shoreline. MakMak Macarons’ Pop-up Shop in Newtown evokes the surf with a store adorned with shells, floaties, beach balls (some mid-bounce), the occasional (fake) seagull and more than 100 kilograms of sand. And, to […]
Merry Christmas! Hope you’re enjoying the blitz of good food, company and presents – and here’s to the start of your holidays being memorable for the best of reasons. Our Dec 25 was spent taking turns trying to stem the gush of water from a burst pipe in Will’s shower, while waiting for a (thankfully […]
Monopole in Potts Point is a small space (so watch your elbows), but it’s still generous on flavours and ideas. It’s the new venture for Brent Savage, Nick Hildebrandt and Glen Goodwin, the creative forces behind the brilliant, two-hatted Bentley restaurant in Surry Hills. Last week, Monopole opened in the old Sailor’s Thai site; into […]
Just when you thought you had overdosed on tacos and quesadillas, Mexico – Food and Liquor opens in Surry Hills. And while the outbreak of this cuisine has become so mainstream that even pubs and fast food franchises are tortilla-wrapping everything, it’s worth seeking out this new establishment. It’s run by Warren Turnbull (who has […]
The Santa Barbara you find in Potts Point is not like the one that appears in maps of California. The latest venture for the Drink N Dine group (Queenie’s, The Carrington, The Abercrombie) audaciously redirects American cuisine by taking left-turn swerves into Asian territory. So there’s Char Sui Ribs ($18), Salt N Pepa Crab ($16), […]
One way to conjure up the past is with sugar, cream and fizz. This is exactly what the new Jazz City Milk Bar in Darlinghurst does – it evokes the type of old-school American diner where you sip on shakes or root beer floats and then battle spoons over who gets to finish the banana […]
