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 […]
December 7th, 2007 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
We were involved in a eat-and-run incident last week at A Tavola. We had less than an hour to zip in, eat up and dash off to see Tiger Country, a play at The Stables Theatre which Will had taken some cast photos of. And of course I had to be greedy and complicate things […]
December 3rd, 2007 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
It’s not a coincidence that the Cones Au Chocolats above look slightly like devil’s horns. The Lenotre High Tea is sin on a multi-tiered stand. It’s hilarious that high teas are meant to be dainty, lady-like affairs given that they really are just a classy way to be a pig. And how great is it […]
November 27th, 2007 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »
Everyone has a place like The Bogey Hole in their lives. The cafe reminds me of someone you’re forced to hang out with – a distant work colleague, a friend-of-a-friend, a relative you see once in a while – they’re nice enough, there’s nothing technically wrong with them, but everytime you try to make a […]
November 24th, 2007 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »
I’ve had friends guiltily admit that they’ve been to Ramen Kan without me, and it’s true, it does feel like a social no-no to go there without asking every single Japanese-loving pal you have for a cheap and cheery night out. The first time we went was to the super-popular Ramen Kan in Haymarket, which […]
November 9th, 2007 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
I love it when you find some little curiosity in your own city that you’d never known about. It’s hard not to be a grumpy know-all when you’ve lived somewhere forever, but these chance moments make you realise there are thousands of wonderful things you could discover, if you just wriggle out of your set-shell […]
November 7th, 2007 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »
There’s nothing like feeling ten kinds of giddy about getting to go to a stupendously-well-reviewed restaurant. And there’s nothing like being smacked down to earth with the actual experience. Glebe Point Diner has gotten a mountain-load of good reviews: in the Herald review, critic Simon Thomsen says, “My wife is groaning and pulling faces I […]
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 […]
November 4th, 2007 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Deus Cafe is like a slick boy’s bedroom: there are guitars on display and lots of cycle gear and geeky paintings that would make a bike junkie weak in their leathers. It’s got an industrial yet clean-cut feel with large communal tables aplenty. I liked that they had The Conversation running in the background, muted […]
November 2nd, 2007 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
I really hate being sent to Salad Purgatory. It’s one of the pitfalls of being a vegetarian, being told that the only menu-compatible dish is a wimpy-ass salad. Now, I’ve got pretty militant salad beliefs — one being that unless it’s a salad with some substantial stomach-filling goodies (ie a hefty serving of lemon-spritzed haloumi), […]