February 25th, 2015 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
A good restaurant doesn’t have to be a stuffy one – Dan Hong has highjacked traditional expectations of fine dining in Sydney, and as executive chef at Merivale, re-engineered them so that a strong voltage of fun charges through the places he oversees. He looks after Ms G’s, Mr Wong, El Loco and Papi Chulo and there’s […]
June 1st, 2011 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
It’s fun smashing tacos at the El Loco cantina in Surry Hills, but a major serviette-frisk of your face/hands afterwards may be necessary – the one-way slide of fillings as you work through the ingredient-crammed tortilla is kinda inevitable. I’m enjoying the rise of the messy, eat-with-your-hands approach. Like The Dip, this eatery is about fun, […]
December 31st, 2010 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Restaurants | 7 Comments »
Just when the scorecard was already looking good for 2010, Ms G’s comes along and bumps the average up even higher. This year, Sydney’s been lucky to welcome so many brilliant newcomers (Berta, Duke Bistro, Bloodwood, Porteno, to name some of the fresh blood) and this place ends 2010 on a pretty dizzy note. Ms […]