October 17th, 2011 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 9 Comments »
The thrill of a kid hopped up on sweets – that’s the feeling Adriano Zumbo wants to evoke in his new patisserie. This outlet, located at The Star, lives up to his sugar-powered hopes: the interior is one long headbuzz of fun. Step into this wonderland and you’d be convinced you could troubleshoot the world’s […]
November 6th, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »
It’s Macaron Day at Adriano Zumbo in Balmain. Here’s a quick lunchtime post. I arrived at the patisserie at 8.30am and the line was ridiculous and (unencouragingly) not moving at all. But, 40 minutes later (a lot of it spent snooping on other people’s print-outs of the 45ish flavours on offer), I ended up with […]
October 13th, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Here’s a little blog candy for you. This was one of the Wasabi Macarons that were given out at the Adriano Zumbo session at Sydney International Food Festival, where the pastry chef blew the secret on Margaret Fulton’s birthday cake (it’s going to be several shades of vanilla) and delivered his ever-sweet take on Japanese […]
October 11th, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »
I was lucky enough to lurk around the World Chef Showcase that was just on as part of Sydney International Food Festival. Now I’m home and very, very tired. Hopefully I’ll get to blog about the sessions I attended soon … In the meantime, here is a little pic of the showbag from the session […]
July 12th, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
I know Adriano Zumbo in Balmain is so heavily blogged about but I couldn’t pass up the chance to use these eye-stunning pictures. A few weeks ago, Will rang me to ask which food items he should shoot for his last photo lighting class. Without a beat, I knew where he had to go. Adriano […]
May 26th, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
All good blogging intentions got slightly derailed when I discovered I’d won the open call-out for Three Minute Sydney. So, ack, sorry, more blog delays (even the trains are more reliable than me right now!). I’ve been busy re-reading what I’m going to say and trying to slim down my chances of looking like a […]
April 4th, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
Buying a jumbo bag of supermarket Easter eggs and leaving a Hansel & Gretel-esque trail of coloured foil around your living room is pretty much a major tradition at this time of year. I’m as happy as anyone else to leave crinkly metallic scraps of yellow and pink “eggshell” around, but I also like the […]
January 9th, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »
In one big broom-sweep, I’ve found all these blog-dust-bunnies that have been lurking in my “Draft” folder over the last year. So I decided to wipe them clean and give them an airing. In the same way stores go crazy around Dec/January – purging their storerooms and piling their shopfronts high with price-slashed items – […]