I really like the idea of food re-sparking your interest in your own city. Especially when it happens by chance. So, on Friday, by complete accident, I ended up near the night markets in Chinatown. Of course, I followed the spotlights and tarpaulins to where the action was. It was pretty quiet and small to […]
When you first start going out with someone, one of the nicest things is meeting their group of friends. You’re introduced to a ready-made group of pretty amazing people, without having to go through the years-in-the-making work of finding them from the unknown crowd, one by one, right from scratch. If number one spot goes […]
“They sat with their backs to the industrial estate and let themselves get hungry.” That’s a line from a story by Roddy Doyle that ran in The New Yorker a while back. I like it because it reminds me of how often – when you’re stuck somewhere boring on holiday – you spend so much […]
The Hare and The Tortoise sets a really bad example for people with appetites. For ages and ages, I’d been meaning to table-hop to Sobo in Bondi. I was especially tempted by their Breakfast Tasting Plate for Two, which dished up blueberry pancakes with eggs, corn fritters and more – a bonus when menus are […]
Here’s a slight distraction – like someone knocking at your door when you’re about to sit down for dinner. I’ve just started another blog (or two!). One is semi (or fractionally) food related. You can get all mouseclicky with it over here. It’s called Recommended Daily Intake and is all about asking people what their […]
Sadly, I’m not one of those bright, perky people who gets all hopped up about leaving the house at 6AM to “make the most of the morning”. I’m a sleepaholic, so am always pushing my luck being bedsnug for as long as possible. The only thing that can break me out of this pillowy trance […]
No self-respecting teen film can exist without those two special words: “FOOD FIGHT!” It seems like school cafeterias are purpose-built just for those moments of pie-flying, table-turning chaos. (Lunch orders are a lower priority.) These following designs, I think, would put the class back into class room squabble. Or, in any case, be handy for […]
It was knives out on Saturday morning when I had friends over for Kick Out The Jams 2008. The name sounds like an outdoor festival dedicated to anthemic guitar-shredding, but really it was an excuse to grill some bread and slather on the fruity spreads and weird condiments that I bought overseas. (How punk, I […]
I always love those moments when you’re desk-deep in work and while checking something, you accidentally mouse-stumble across something inspired. Yesterday I was sub-editing a story on Japanese designers and came across a clever collab that cool firm Nendo did with Japanese patissier Tsujiguchi Hironobu. These chocolate pencils come with a special sharpener to create […]
If Betty & Veronica lived in Chinatown, I think they’d hang out at Norita Cafe. Located in the Sydney’s Spanish “quarter” (could a quarter be any smaller?), it seems to be a magnet for young folks wanting to sip on freshly-blitzed pineapple juices, crash out on an oversized couch and break out the board games. […]
