At Bistrode, the Surry Hills bistro run by Jane and Jeremy Strode, what’s on offer goes beyond your meal for the night. You can also snap up the chefs’ cookbook (Two’s Cooking), and even stock up on Jane’s range of jams and relishes. But the French-style bistro can be very limiting in other ways – […]
Glebe Point Diner, Glebe
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 […]
The Book Kitchen, Surry Hills
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), […]