August 21st, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
“Can you write on your blog about ‘bressert’?” asked Chris. “You know, ‘breakfast dessert’?” Sure. I admit, the phrase sounds eerily similar to a form of ladies underwear often seen in frat-boy comedies, but I am pro-bressert. I like the idea of the breakfast food pyramid being dismantled, gutted and rebuilt with a few secret […]
July 28th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »
After spending many back-to-back days as a work-imprisoned hermit, Will said, “Let’s get dressed up and go somewhere nice for dinner.” My response to that was always going to be flag-wavingly obvious. There’s nothing I like more than an emergency fancy dinner! So we went to Glass brasserie at the Hilton Hotel. Glass lives up […]
July 18th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »
When Mark from China Heights gallery claimed Cafe Ish as one of his favourites on my list blog, that’s when the place first tripped off my worth-registering-in-brain mechanism. I did a bit more online sleuthing and discovered it was a cafe that specialised in Australian food with a Japanese twist (!) and it flaunted an […]
June 4th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »
No self-respecting teen film can exist without those two special words: “FOOD FIGHT!” It seems like school cafeterias are purpose-built just for those moments of pie-flying, table-turning chaos. (Lunch orders are a lower priority.) These following designs, I think, would put the class back into class room squabble. Or, in any case, be handy for […]
May 20th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
I always love those moments when you’re desk-deep in work and while checking something, you accidentally mouse-stumble across something inspired. Yesterday I was sub-editing a story on Japanese designers and came across a clever collab that cool firm Nendo did with Japanese patissier Tsujiguchi Hironobu. These chocolate pencils come with a special sharpener to create […]
May 19th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Cafes | 5 Comments »
If Betty & Veronica lived in Chinatown, I think they’d hang out at Norita Cafe. Located in the Sydney’s Spanish “quarter” (could a quarter be any smaller?), it seems to be a magnet for young folks wanting to sip on freshly-blitzed pineapple juices, crash out on an oversized couch and break out the board games. […]
February 22nd, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »
Every year, I wonder how a priest who was clobbered to death ended up being the poster guy for romance. And every year, I never quite get around to finding out. I should probably make a better effort, given that my (cough) birthday falls on Valentine’s Day, but hey it also coincides with International Mullet […]
February 18th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Bars | Leave A Comment »
I recently had some birthday drinks and nibbles at the Opera Bar, which was really a shameless excuse to try their Vegetarian Tasting Plate ($42). Verdict? Mostly fab – except for the orange braised fennel (no vegetable quite hits the ‘uh!’ button like fennel) and over-lemony veg tartlets. The fried won-tons were incredible though, and […]
February 13th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »
It was a running joke that Keith, Alison, Will and I would one day go on a 50s-style double-date. You know, just like in Archie comics or on Happy Days, with us all sipping milkshakes out of heart-shaped straws and hoeing down burgers and fries between sitcom-style punchlines. With a jukebox blaring the kind of […]
January 11th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »
With a set dish and bit of booze for $25, Sydney Festival Feasts is a brilliant way to score a table at restaurants that might otherwise be over your budget. Yesterday, Michael and I had the vego option at Wildfire at the Overseas Passenger Terminal in Circular Quay – it was a simple pasta, nothing […]