February 16th, 2017 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | 1 Comment »
Danielle Alvarez studied art history, but luckily for us, she realised that it was food that monopolised her thoughts – after all, she can happily identify the “eggshell crust” on a Cuban sandwich and was always prioritising her next cooking project. So she decided to spend her life in kitchens. Danielle’s first-ever gig was at […]
January 11th, 2017 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Favourites, Latest, Restaurants | 1 Comment »
“I started telling people that we weren’t ever actually opening a restaurant, but it was a performance art piece to see how long we could keep people’s interest,” jokes Patrick Friesen, co-executive chef for Enmore’s Queen Chow – a venue that’s been flagged for launch for a year now. The opening date kept playing slip-and-slide, […]
February 9th, 2016 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | 1 Comment »
Patrick Friesen originally thought he was going to be a doctor. He also planned to be in Sydney for a short spell – but luckily for Australians (and their appetites), he did a U-turn on both points and we’re now fans of the talented chef and his menu-ruling work at Merivale’s many venues: Ms Gs, […]
January 24th, 2016 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Restaurants | Leave A Comment »
2016 is more than just working out how much wriggle room you have with your New Year’s resolutions (all our good intentions will totally kick in tomorrow, right?), but a box-fresh January also means a year of new openings to look forward to. Here are some places to get excited about. –Toby Wilson’s “not shit” […]
December 31st, 2015 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Favourites, Latest, Restaurants | Leave A Comment »
So I’m writing this literally hours before 2015 is about to wind up, so I hope you don’t mind if I do a little time-tripping via memory lane and drop some of my culinary highlights of 2015. One of the most-amped-up openings of the year was The Paddington in (non-spoiler alert) Paddington. Given that it […]
November 21st, 2015 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
“There’s no $10 steak, that’s for sure,” says Ben Greeno. There’s nothing standard-issue about his upcoming ventures with Merivale, which is no surprise – Ben is far from a standard-issue chef. (In fact, there’s question about whether The Paddington – the ‘pub’ he’s opening for the hospitality group – is even actually a pub. And […]
November 14th, 2015 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest | Leave A Comment »
Newsbreaking update! Eric Koh’s Work In Progress pop-up has been extended until December 23 – so you can power through the silly season on A-grade dumplings if you need to. If you want proof of how strong Eric Koh’s dumpling game is, he’s currently at Work In Progress in the Sydney CBD, fully flexing his shumai […]