It is pleasing to see Sydney’s finest hotels reinventing their restaurants and making them more accessible to local residents and neighbouring office workers in terms of quality dishes using fine quality Australian produce but without the luxury prices. I was invited to a lunch last Wednesday for the opening of the new Bistro Remy of…
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The Westin Sydney Sunday Brunch
Sundays are my sacred days for rest and recovery. As I work in the city during the week I usually don’t venture out to the city on the weekends all that much but I would not say no to a Sunday brunch experience at the Mosaic at The Westin Sydney. We turned up at 12.30pm,…
Abode Bistro and Bar at the Park Royal Darling Harbour
I was invited to the try the tasting menu of Abode Bistro and Bar at the Park Royal Darling Harbour which I was only too happy to go as I’m always on a look out for a list of venues I can roll off my tongue to recommend to my colleagues for business dining during…
Weekend recipe :: Pesto Pappardelle with Chilli Tuna and Asparagus
I look at recipes all the time but I rarely follow them word for word as I like to experiment, thinking “what if I added this instead?”. Usually the change in ingredients happens in my head when I’m at the local grocer and seeing and listening to the storeowner’s view on what’s in season and available….
Slow Living Weekend Recipe :: Harissa Lamb Cutlets
My tastebuds crave spice from time to time and Harissa Lamb Cutlets is on my menu today and its very simple to make. Slow living to me is thinking about what the best and freshest ingredients I can source to enjoy the process of making a simple and delicious dish. My Saturday mornings are usually at my local grocer seeing…
Cooking From The Source with Lonely Planet
I like to cook. That hasn’t always been the case but it has been in the past few years or so. I like the process of creation as it allows you to think about your ingredients, the flavours that go together, what to get, how to prepare it, and how it should be presented, what…
Sydney Opera House :: Destination NSW presents A Conversation with Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton
“What was it like to kiss Christopher Plummer who played Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music?”, an audience member asked Julie Andrews today at the Sydney Opera House’s special event presented by Destination NSW, A Conversation with Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton. Julie Andrews replied, “Delicious!” Someone needs to put that on…
Musical Theatre: Dream Lover – The Bobby Darin Musical
The music of Bobby Darin was not of my time and in fact it was only a few months ago when I asked, “Who’s Bobby Darin?” … but now I’m so itching to see the new musical that’s about to hit Sydney. I typed in “Bobby Darin” in You Tube and it came up with…
Sokyo at The Star :: A Japanese breakfast fare
A Japanese traditional breakfast is not your usual cornflakes fare. It is a lot more substantial, so delicious and mouth watering, filled with lots of good proteins like fish and eggs and comprise many types of food that are a complete meal that you will normally experience at lunch or dinner, making you full ……
Recipes :: Seafood Bouillabaisse recipe that works
The first time I thought I really love seafood bouillabaisse is when I tried it as a restaurant called Graze MCA adjacent to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney in Circular Quay. It is a venue not only to go to if you want an excellent view of Sydney Harbour and the Opera House…