Despite its brand-new status, the year’s start is always built-in with familiar features: well-intended resolutions (marked “Fragile” for their easy-to-break status); an amazing glimpse of what your life is like when it’s not overrun by office hours – a phenomenon that’s quickly eclipsed by back-to-work grumbles; and, of course, the beginning of Sydney Festival. I […]
Just when the scorecard was already looking good for 2010, Ms G’s comes along and bumps the average up even higher. This year, Sydney’s been lucky to welcome so many brilliant newcomers (Berta, Duke Bistro, Bloodwood, Porteno, to name some of the fresh blood) and this place ends 2010 on a pretty dizzy note. Ms […]
Flower-shaped monaka from Toraya Tabi Bagel in Tokyo doesn’t have a closing hour. The shop opens at 7am and the doors shut once the last bagel is sold. Sometimes this happens in just one whirlwind hour, as I learnt through Justine. To visit this tiny bakery, you may have to play tough with the snooze […]
Merry Christmas! I hope your holidays are full of yums, none-too-painful food comas and that the company is good (or if the company = a compulsory obligation rather than mutually enjoyable, then fingers crossed that the food, drink and present-blitz makes it a little easier to put on that poker face). Right now, the air […]
For any Twitter-weary people out there, here’s a case for the defence: it helps you find amazing places to visit overseas. During a research-binge on where to eat in Japan, I posted this throwaway tweet: “In Japan, ham is considered a vegetable” -> OK, my attempt to find good vego-friendly places to dine at in […]
Yes, even the opening of Opera Kitchen was pushed back because of Oprah Winfrey. It’s amazing that the powerhouse talk-show host managed to make the whole country hit the pause button, but now that she’s left Australia, you can head down to lower concourse of the Opera House and check out this new venture. Located […]
I went to Enjoy! Cafe in search of a bear. Instead, I got a Siamese heart. And a snowman. Here, customising your coffee goes beyond just tapping in the odd packet of sugar; instead, you can request a drawing in your coffee: a rabbit, leaf or not-quite-scientific girl (really, a charming loveheart with a female […]
Sometimes the surprise factor gets ironed out of Christmas, with so many things done on repeat mode from the year before (and the year before that). So a jolt of the new is a welcome schedule change. Thankfully, MakMak refreshes its line-up each season and has just introduced Ginger Caramel, Pavlova, Gianduja and the holiday-resonant […]
At A-Style Kitchen in Osaka, you sit under lights made from colanders or jam jars now onto their second (brighter) life. Things feel time-worn – but not old – and out the window, you can watch kids jumble through the park, grandparents cruising happily on their bikes or hipsters-on-wheels, zigzagging through as they juggle a phone […]
This is a quick post to explain the semi-silence on the blog … I’ve been away in Japan and have only returned (with many samples of confectionery and green tea as return-flight companions). It’s a country that is greatly rewarding to appetites. Hopefully I’ll be able to post a few visual mementoes of the meals […]
