“The owner of this building ate pizza at my Bondi restaurant and asked me to set up a pizzeria restaurant in his building in Potts Point”, Jonathan Faro, the founder of Society Di Catania tells me today. And the owner of that building on 186-188 Victoria Road, Potts Point is not the only one who…
Taste
Spiced Chicken Cous Cous
I love the spicy flavours in the region of North Africa and the Middle East and I’m sure I lived there in a past life. I like dishes with a balance of savoury and sweet flavours that are hearty but not heavy. I added turmeric to this dish to make the colours of the dish…
Food in style around my home during the holiday season
With Christmas just over and the New Year just arrived, there is no shortage of food at home. That’s because when everyone in your family knows you are a foodie, Christmas presents from family gravitate towards that theme. And with that gives me an opportunity to show you some of the delicious food I prepared around…
Travel Diaries: In Dubai, the peak of fine dining: High Tea at the Burj Khalifa
I stepped in the lift and watched the floor number display in the lift rise, rise and rise, 10 …20 …30 …40 …50 …60 ….80…110 …123. High Tea experience at the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world was nothing short of extraordinary. This literally was a (very) High Tea experience, at the At.mosphere…
Christmas and Cakes 2016 in Black Velvet style
I’ve been a little absent from the Blog for a few weeks as I have been travelling the world: Spain and Dubai with Emirates Airlines to be precise and I’ve just landed back in Sydney and recovering from jet lag. All in good time I will tell you about my trip if you haven’t already been following on Instagram and…
See.Taste.Do Weekend Diary: Day Out with Artists in Sydney
I love Sydney. This is my home and there is always so much to see, taste and do. I had a thoroughly enjoyable day yesterday from singing Happy Birthday with our Prime Minister to meeting a gorgeous Mexican perfume and scent maker, Carlos Huber who is here in Sydney launching his new fragrance range. It…
From Northern Italy, Classico Moderno pops up in Darlinghurst
“What’s the difference between Northern Italian cuisine and Southern Italian cuisine?” I asked Chef Bryan Gerlini whom I met yesterday at his new pop up Italian restaurant Classico Moderno Restaurant on 172-174 Liverpool St, Darlinghurst in Sydney. “The food is richer in Northern Italy,” he tells me, “With the use of more dairy products. The south…
Banksii Restaurant in Barangaroo Sydney
“Those dandelions in the snapper are foraged and we ferment our own chillis.” Angelica, our waitstaff told us, pointing towards the rows of jars on the shelf in the Banksii Restaurant, one of a few restaurants that have recently opened in Barangaroo. Barangaroo has become quite a food scene. I’ve seen the development of Barangaroo…
Travel diaries :: Long Weekend Away: Things to See, Taste and Do on Norfolk Island
As we landed on Norfolk Island on board an Air New Zealand flight from Sydney, I saw the vastness of emerald green pastures, rugged earth, bottle green pines and surrounding turquoise bays meeting the metallic deep seas of the South Pacific Ocean and oh, a local cow, briefly looked up at the plane and then…
Bistro Remy takes you to France without leaving Sydney :: The Langham, Sydney
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…