July 3rd, 2014 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | 6 Comments »
Andrew Bowden is the “lord pastry master of Hartsyard“. You may know him as Andy Bowdy if you follow him on social media, where you can see the next-level desserts he makes for the hatted Newtown restaurant. This includes his ever-changing soft serves and pies – which incorporate everything from deep-fried cheesecake, wasabi peas, toasted […]
June 20th, 2014 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
When Ferran Adria – one of the world’s greatest chefs – was recently in Sydney for a day, I was lucky enough to get a chance to interview him. In the car ride from the airport to his hotel, I got to ask him about whether he actually eats plane food; we went into detail […]
May 31st, 2014 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
This interview is definitely a contender for one of my favourite podcasts so far. Earlier this week, I talked to Richard Hargreave of Momofuku Seiobo about his upcoming Sunday Wine Sessions and his many uncorked adventures. I brought along some Bourke Street Bakery tarts (under the pretence it was “brain food”) and Richard proved to […]
May 10th, 2014 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Podcasts | 3 Comments »
I’ve just brewed up a new podcast. Here are the details … Renee Creer is doing something unusual in Australia – she’s selling locally grown green tea under her label Perfect South. She’s taken an unusual route to get to this point – a journey that involves a visit to an 800-year-old tea shop in […]
February 17th, 2014 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
I’ve just finished a new podcast – here’s a snack-sized blurb that’ll hopefully stoke some curiosity (and, fingers crossed, a few downloads, too): O Tama Carey grew up “eating nothing, refusing all food”, so it may be surprising that she ended up as a chef. In fact, she jokes that she was “tricked” into this […]
February 1st, 2014 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Events, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
Whatever your battle plans are for next weekend, make sure they involve a visit to Rootstock Sydney, which is on at Carriageworks in Eveleigh. Since its debut last year, this artisanal food and wine fair has upsized and is now taking place over two days, with an impressive program of masterclasses, workshops and markets. Each […]
January 24th, 2014 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Podcasts, Travel | Leave A Comment »
This post is brought to you by a lack of sleep! And some semi-news … I recently unleashed some new podcasts. If you’d like the audio company, you can listen to me chat to: Andrew Levins, who accidentally became a one-man media-storm over the last day or so, thanks to Barry O’Farrell’s ill-advised lockout laws. […]
April 5th, 2013 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Podcasts | 3 Comments »
Hey, my podcast coma is over and I finally have a new episode of The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry. It features the amazing Christina Tosi, master of “crack pie”, “compost cookies” and other baking wonders. Here’s a summary: Christina Tosi is a James Beard Rising Star Chef and the creative force behind the popular […]
November 30th, 2012 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Restaurants | 2 Comments »
So the year is almost over, but expect more ‘open’ signs to go up soon. You may spend your upcoming mealtimes at … Ippudo, which will be generating ramen steam-clouds at Westfield Sydney from December 6. (When the New York branch opened in 2008, Japanese news crews covered the event. I wonder if the Sydney […]
October 3rd, 2012 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Restaurants | Leave A Comment »
Here’s a quick snack-sized update. The Crave food festival started yesterday. You have just under a month to enjoy the many appetite-appeasing events that are part of the program. Incidentally, I did some Q&As with festival guests Ruth Reichl, Christina Tosi and Andrew McConnell, which you can read on the Inside Out blog, if you’re […]