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 6th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
I really like the idea of food re-sparking your interest in your own city. Especially when it happens by chance. So, on Friday, by complete accident, I ended up near the night markets in Chinatown. Of course, I followed the spotlights and tarpaulins to where the action was. It was pretty quiet and small to […]
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. […]
March 24th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Eating out for breakfast is one of those great weekend-centric activities (along with sleeping in lots, being a night owl with your friends and doing regrettable things that you have a whole extra day to get over). So it’s weird that a lot of breakfast places are closed on Sundays (all you get is extra […]
March 11th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Things I Like About Nazimi: 1. It is a cute little basement Japanese diner with miniature lamps on each table and easy-on-the-eye Eastern crockery to boot. 2. It takes care of that pesky “what to eat in the city?” dilemma.3. It’s way less greasy than the former “what to eat in the city?” front-runner (cheap […]
February 24th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Bars | Leave A Comment »
You know you’re about 1000 years old when it’s only 10.30pm on a Saturday night and you’re already lusting after a good pillow and some shut-eye. And while it’s not even that late, you’ve already seen a guy with a big bird’s head waltz around the place and your first thought is, will he get […]
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 29th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Bars | Leave A Comment »
I love the Opera Bar. Like its architectural namesake, it keens with lots of high notes and hums rather nicely all up and down the treble clef. A few of the meals I’ve had there have been as memorable as the plays, concerts and acts I’ve seen at the nearby Sydney Opera House. And even […]
January 20th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Restaurants | 3 Comments »
Sometimes a meal out can be so good you want to laser it into your memory so you can remember it forever. In fact, my first visit to Bentley Restaurant and Bar made my brain light up so much that it inspired me to start a food blog, ensuring that I’d have some digital keepsake […]