June 25th, 2010 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »
Amy Richardson – who started her wonderful Pretty Pretty Yum Yum blog while living in Osaka – is one of the most Japanese-savvy people I know. So when she tipped Teriyaki Boy in Balmain as her fave place to get her tempura/agedashi/sashimi fix, I knew I had to try it out. And yes, this cosy […]
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 […]
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 – […]