November 5th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »
It’s hard not to get keyed up about Oscillate Wildly. After jumping through the barriers of getting a booking (phone-wrangling a date for many months ahead – if you make it through the unending engaged signal), you end up having an incredible, ambitious dinner in a cosy, relaxed setting that will chart highly on your […]
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 […]
August 13th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Caketown in Newtown is probably a little wrongly named – Cakecloset might be more accurate in conveying how much measuring tape you’d use in sizing it up. Despite its XS dimensions and industrial feel, this bakery is packed with such a high eye-candy-to-space ratio that the lack of roominess isn’t such a downfall. Just make […]
July 2nd, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
When you first start going out with someone, one of the nicest things is meeting their group of friends. You’re introduced to a ready-made group of pretty amazing people, without having to go through the years-in-the-making work of finding them from the unknown crowd, one by one, right from scratch. If number one spot goes […]
March 1st, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
There are no victory laps, hokey national anthems or teary press conferences about drug allegations, but there sure is a lot of good toast involved. Recently Will and I kick-started the ‘Breakfast Olympics’, an overly-dramatic name for our “breakfast-off” where we take turns making breakfast (and secretly try to trump each other’s efforts in the […]
November 7th, 2007 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
So I read in this week’s Good Living that Ross Godfrey, owner of Oscillate Wildly and The Codfather has also now taken over The Carlisle Castle in Newtown. I’m intrigued as to how it now rates, given that Oscillate Wildly is amazing and The Codfather is not so loftily-placed – its record is a bit […]