December 31st, 2017 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
Good Food Guide editor Myffy Rigby, Chat Thai and Boon Cafe co-director Palisa Anderson and an actual legit winemaker, Trisha Nelson who runs Ajola in Lazio, Italy, joined me for a chat recorded live at the most recent Rootstock food and wine festival at Sydney’s Carriageworks. So, we talk about memorable experiences with booze, totally […]
December 29th, 2017 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Favourites, Latest, Restaurants | 1 Comment »
Juan Bowl & Tea in Redfern is pretty upfront about what it does – this eatery has a hyper-focused interest in serving donburi (Japanese rice bowls) and well-brewed tea. So, no surprises right? What might catch you offguard is how popular it is – and how small the whole operation is. So, you could take […]
December 22nd, 2017 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
Morgan McGlone’s fried chicken has scored a standing ovation. At an event run Noma’s René Redzepi, no less. Feeding the top chefs at MAD, the famous Copenhagen food symposium, is just one of many memorable instances of Morgan’s eventful career. Long before he launched Belles Hot Chicken, Morgy started out cooking for huge volumes of Japanese […]
December 20th, 2017 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Cafes, Latest | 2 Comments »
So file this under “Unexpected Things That Happened To Me This Year”: I have a sandwich named after me. Yes, if you go to Saga in Enmore, you can order the “Lee Tran”. It’s been on the menu since July, and initially I wasn’t sure whether to post about it or not (because, what if […]
November 19th, 2017 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | 1 Comment »
Ben Shewry’s Attica is ranked #32 in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list and it’s Restaurant of the Year in the first national Good Food Guide – but according to his son Kobe, Attica is “not bad” for a restaurant that doesn’t have a burger on the menu. Many years before Ben gained international acclaim […]
November 19th, 2017 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Cafes, Latest | 1 Comment »
Every cafe that opens nowadays seems to have at least one pin-up dish, designed to look good when framed in Instagram. At Paperboy in Concord, there’s no doubt it’s the lamington waffles – buttermilk batter hardened and coated in drips of dark chocolate, then run through a dust storm of dessicated coconut. It’s sandwiched with […]
November 12th, 2017 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | 1 Comment »
Sarah Doyle has played a pivotal role in Sydney’s hospitality scene. But there was a time she worked three jobs just to help keep Bodega running. It was the first restaurant she opened with husband and chef Elvis Abrahanowicz, fellow co-owner and chef Ben Milgate and their business partner/sommelier Joe Valore. And it was a game-changer […]
November 3rd, 2017 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
David McGuinness has frequently taken his sourdough starter on holidays with him to keep it alive. “You have to feed it regularly, like a baby,” he says. This dedication to bread is not surprising, given that he’s the co-founder of Bourke Street Bakery, the Sydney institution that is loved for everything from its chocolate ganache tarts […]
October 22nd, 2017 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
“The chef said he was going to the bank and never came back.” Shannon Martinez was working as a bartender at The East Brunswick hotel in Melbourne when she was asked to take over the kitchen. She happened to put a vegan parma on the menu and it blew up – the pub sold close […]
October 21st, 2017 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Restaurants | 12 Comments »
Food has become my favourite conversation-starter. Anyone – from a three-year-old to a gastroenterologist to a taxi driver – has an opinion on what’s worth eating. It’s probably not a coincidence that the ice-breaker question used, when testing someone’s microphone for a broadcast, is “what did you have for breakfast?” It’s the no-brainer anyone can […]