October 31st, 2015 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Cafes, Latest | 1 Comment »
At the newly opened Petal Met Sugar in Woolloomooloo, the blooms and sweets are so good-looking that you’re surprised the furniture doesn’t get an inferiority complex. Here, the prettiness levels are dialed up to 11 – everything seems like it’s amplified to impress your eye. Each floral feature or pastry detail feels like it’s been […]
October 7th, 2014 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Bars, Latest | 7 Comments »
The best-looking construction site in Sydney has to be the new Gelato Messina Dessert Bar in Darlinghurst. Lit up by neon glitz and filled with multi-colour rows of ‘assembly parts’ (fudges, jellies, sweets galore) and carnival-style equipment (a fairy-floss machine, a popcorn incubator), this build-your-own sundae establishment is a sugar-fuelled delight. In fact, it’s basically […]
September 13th, 2012 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Podcasts | 4 Comments »
At N2 Extreme Gelato in Sydney’s Chinatown, the ice cream is a front-row-worthy spectacle. Unlike the usual vision of some poor staff member deep-cabinet-diving to wriggle a scoop out of a ginormous rock of gelato (and you praying they’ll be spared from end-of-shift RSI after all that wrist-heavy excavation) – at this new establishment, employees […]
October 20th, 2010 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »
So I’ve been pretty late to the Crave Sydney Food Festival game. But thanks to the diary-synching powers and ultra organisation of Amy from Pretty Pretty Yum Yum, I got to enjoy the Sugar Hit dessert special on offer at Azuma Kushiyaki. It’s two bento boxes of awesome, and its crowdpulling power has led to […]
September 28th, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »
I used to think marshmallows were the most lifeless sweets around – it often felt like they were made by insulation experts, and not confectioners setting sugar and gelatine into little squares of magic (and dental havoc). Then I had artisan marshmallows – and realised it’s not even in the same orbit as the tragic […]
January 26th, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Every TV show has a perfect hangout – the kind of place where characters linger forever and never get shooed by wait staff; with booths ergonomically built for conversations (and sighs) about complicated relationships or just light, fizzy, punchline-packed joking around. The food is smart and there are frappes you can sip with sass or […]
November 27th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »
When the city you live in is so well-mapped in your head – with every laneway and street corner worn out by your autopilot gaze – it’s nice to be revived by something new. I love it when a discovery jumpstarts your enthusiasm for the geography around you; how finding a string of unfamiliar gems […]
October 16th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »
OK, in the book of food blog sins, I have to admit to having never been to the Lindt Chocolate Cafe in Sydney. (It’s on my list, really!) But I haven’t been so slowcoach when it comes to its new rival joint – tonight, I was given a hand-me-down invite (the only kind I receive!) […]
September 2nd, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Eating birthday cake is nice, but having four-course dessert ($35) is taking it to the next candle-blowing level. With Bentley restaurant in Surry Hills offering a quadruple-scoop of such sweets on their menu, that’s how we ended up celebrating Will’s birthday. First, we got the support-act savoury dishes out of the way – nibbling small […]
August 28th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »
I have a theory that it only takes one dish to make you want to visit a new place. Menu-bait, to be precise. At Bonsai in Bronte, the must-try temptation that reeled me in was their Mandarin Creme Brulee ($12). I didn’t really have to see what else they had to offer, that was enough […]