Seafood
“We’re not making Quay food today,” Peter Gilmore tells us, easing the blow with a friendly chuckle. “Tonight’s all about ways we can make home entertaining easier.” I couldn’t have been more relieved to hear this: his Quay cookbook – though an amazing visual read...
I’ll just go ahead and say it, Gastro Park is bloody brilliant. Book yourself a table and you’ll quickly realise why it’s the best meal you’ve had all year. We began our recent meal with a pressed terrine of confit duck and foie gras –...
It’s interesting how much expectations play into the enjoyment of a particular restaurant. It’s nice to be surprised when you have nothing to expect, yet painfully disappointing when a restaurant falls short of expectations. Sepia was at the top of my ‘to dine’ list and...
When it comes to Sydney’s dining icons, discussions often begin and end with the Berowra Waters Inn. From its humble beginnings as an Edwardian teahouse in the 1930′s, the Inn shot to fame in the 80′s as Australia’s first internationally recognised restaurant. It wasn’t until...
We were invited along to the launch of Manly Pavilion last night. Despite the torrential rain and flash flood warnings, we persisted the trek up north. Billed as the hottest new restaurant to open in Sydney this year, Manly Pavilion is headed up by Manly...
Flying Fish is one of those Sydney restaurants that you save for a special occasion. Weddings, anniversaries, birthdays – no matter the milestone, I’m sure Flying Fish has hosted them all. I couldn’t think of a more special occasion than enjoying my first meal there...
No matter how well you plan a trip, it’s often the places you didn’t mean to discover that become the most memorable. When we were last in Melbourne, we spent the good part of an afternoon walking up and down Brunswick Street in search of...
I have a love/hate relationship with the Sydney Fish Markets. What I loathe (the crowds, the awful parking, the tourists) is enough to drive me away and never return, and yet, what I love about it (the oysters, fresh sashimi, lobsters) makes me fall in...
