October 11th, 2016 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Favourites, Latest, Restaurants | 2 Comments »
Going to the Messina Creative Department in Darlinghurst is – hands down – one of the most delightful things you can do in Sydney. You walk in wondering, “is a seven-course dessert degustation really a wise move?” and walk out so cheerfully light-headed and un-anchored by gravity that you could basically be a balloon float. […]
October 1st, 2016 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
The band Kiss has played a surprising role in Glen Goodwin’s career. A love of the group led to his first job, as delivery boy to restaurateurs such as Neil Perry. It also played a pivotal part in how he ended up in New York. He worked there for 12 years – with bosses such […]
August 29th, 2016 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | 1 Comment »
“The fire was creeping up on me,” says Ibrahim Kasif. “It was pretty scary.” He was working at Porteno – on what was meant to be a normal day – when smoke began to billow through the atrium. He headed up to to the roof to check for problems – and found it raging with […]
August 10th, 2016 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Cafes, Latest | 2 Comments »
From the “I’m glad you exist” files is Clementine’s in Pyrmont. Sure, the menu is as tight and tiny as the space, but it proves you don’t have to go blockbuster big to make a point. My fave thing here is the Belluci ($10), which is a mushroom thyme sub that’s just an excellent transit […]
July 22nd, 2016 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | 6 Comments »
Helen Yee is one of Sydney’s OG food bloggers. Even unreformed blog haters probably make an exception for her site, Grab Your Fork, which she started back in 2004 – before the iPhone was even invented, let alone Twitter or Instagram. Since then, Grab Your Fork has been listed as one of the world’s 50 […]
July 15th, 2016 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Favourites, Latest, Restaurants | 1 Comment »
If you were playing time-keeper, you’d notice that Bar Brosé has made a blazing impression in the short spell it’s been open. In just over three months, it’s scored a near-perfect record of good notices from pretty much every food-fixated outlet you can think of. Plus, head chef Analiese Gregory’s poulet vin jaune d’Australie has already […]
June 28th, 2016 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | 1 Comment »
How do you make an impression on Rene Redzepi? Turn up with 300 wild plants – painstakingly gathered over four days – to present to Noma’s award-winning chef. That’s what Elijah (EJ) Holland did – and hand-picking lemon aspen and diving for seaweed definitely paid off as EJ became a key part of the Noma […]
June 17th, 2016 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Cafes, Favourites, Latest | 1 Comment »
So Meet Gerard has staged an impressive introduction on this borderline between Alexandria, Redfern and Erskineville. On a corner that’s seen a wipeout of short-lived cafes (RIP), this eatery has not only scored lasting attention, it’s quickly become busy and much-visited. As I wrote in Good Food, Meet Gerard “might finally break the curse of […]
May 30th, 2016 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Cafes, Latest | 3 Comments »
“Everything dies on Enmore Road!” That’s what Piero Pignatti Morano was (cheerily) told when he set up his latest cafe, El Chapel. A local helpfully pointed out the high mortality rate of all the businesses that had optimistically tried to set up on this unforgiving stretch of Marrickville. I’m gunning for El Chapel to get […]
May 22nd, 2016 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | 2 Comments »
“We’re never going to work in a restaurant, nevertheless a Thai restaurant.” That’s what Palisa Anderson told herself and her brother when they were growing up, but after some detours living in four different countries (and through other careers), she’s ended up as co-director of the many Chat Thai restaurants across Sydney and the spin-off […]