This is a little appetiser before I attack (forks and all) my food blog backlog. In the last week or so, I’ve hit the tables of Two Good Eggs, Astral and A Tavola. On the weekend, I’ll be eating up every exquisite crumb from the Le Notre afternoon tea offered at the Sofitel Wentworth (scene […]

Everyone has a place like The Bogey Hole in their lives. The cafe reminds me of someone you’re forced to hang out with – a distant work colleague, a friend-of-a-friend, a relative you see once in a while – they’re nice enough, there’s nothing technically wrong with them, but everytime you try to make a […]

Being a tragic multi-tasker, I’m watching The Apartment while I’m blogging. And I couldn’t let this food-related exchange between Baxter (Jack Lemmon) and Fran (the very spunky Shirley Maclaine) pass by. FRAN: What’s a tennis racquet doing in the kitchen?BAXTER: Tennis racquet? Oh, I remember! I was cooking myself an Italian dinner.FRAN looks confused.BAXTER: I […]

I’ve had friends guiltily admit that they’ve been to Ramen Kan without me, and it’s true, it does feel like a social no-no to go there without asking every single Japanese-loving pal you have for a cheap and cheery night out. The first time we went was to the super-popular Ramen Kan in Haymarket, which […]

Travel always triggers a tripwire of startling experiences. When you’re not lucky enough to be away, it’s still great to be treated to the animated anecdotes of a passport-wielding friend. Recently, my friend Tabitha came back from a North American trek with presents and many a good food memory in tow. I was presented with […]

I love it when you find some little curiosity in your own city that you’d never known about. It’s hard not to be a grumpy know-all when you’ve lived somewhere forever, but these chance moments make you realise there are thousands of wonderful things you could discover, if you just wriggle out of your set-shell […]

There’s nothing like feeling ten kinds of giddy about getting to go to a stupendously-well-reviewed restaurant. And there’s nothing like being smacked down to earth with the actual experience. Glebe Point Diner has gotten a mountain-load of good reviews: in the Herald review, critic Simon Thomsen says, “My wife is groaning and pulling faces I […]

So I read in this week’s Good Living that Ross Godfrey, owner of Oscillate Wildly and The Codfather has also now taken over The Carlisle Castle in Newtown. I’m intrigued as to how it now rates, given that Oscillate Wildly is amazing and The Codfather is not so loftily-placed – its record is a bit […]

Deus Cafe is like a slick boy’s bedroom: there are guitars on display and lots of cycle gear and geeky paintings that would make a bike junkie weak in their leathers. It’s got an industrial yet clean-cut feel with large communal tables aplenty. I liked that they had The Conversation running in the background, muted […]

File under foodie things to try: My friend Chris came up with the great idea of doing a sushi train version of a pub crawl. Sushi train-hopping perhaps? The one obstacle is the right place to do it – you’d need to find a suburb that is a total Sushi Train Belt (literally) with track-rolling […]