Eastern Suburbs
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 a ballsy move putting something as complex and intricate as the soup dumpling on a bar menu in Potts Point, miles away from Chinatown. It’s all the more risky knowing full well that Sydneysiders have their dumpling palates sharpened by the likes of Din...
I’m forever inspired by stories of seachange. There is something incredibly heartening about the risks that people take to live out their dream. It seems that when you’re passionate about something, you work hard to push yourself out of an everyday routine and pursue that...
Molecular gastronomy is a loose term used to describe a new style of cooking that’s arisen in the last few years. More and more chefs are beginning to explore new possibilities in the kitchen through scientific techniques and equipment. We’re talking onion in the form...
We were invited along to the launch of La Scala on Jersey last week. This new Italian restaurant and cocktail bar perched above the Light Brigade Hotel is the talk of the town and we were keen to see what all the fuss was about....
Mr. Taste and I were lucky enough to both win dinner vouchers as part of Merivale’s Tweet to Eat competition, a weekly giveaway on Twitter to celebrate March into Merivale. We couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than at Lotus, the eastern Sydney...
Lovers of gourmet pizza, prick your ears. Crust Gourmet Pizza is taking Australia by storm. With stores popping up in key surburbs all over Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, Crust’s hook is in their fresh gourmet ingredients – take that! Pizza Hut. A few even have...
As they say, word of mouth spreads like wildfire. When it works in your favour, it can be a great thing. But when it doesn’t, it can be enough to ruin your business. Darlinghurst’s trendy Vietnamese eatery, Phamish is unique in that I’ve heard both...
Where do you go for a top notch chocolate experience in Darlinghurst? For Mr. Taste and I, the answer is simple – the Terrace Lounge at Boon Chocolates. Boon has become a bit of a local legend in the short few months it has been...
I love my organic cafes, so I’m surprised it’s taken me this long to discover Le Pain Quotidien, an Organic Bakery Cafe chain from Brussels. Le Pain Quotidien has over 100 cafes in over 20 different cities worldwide – including three in our very city:...
A colleague came in to work a few weeks ago upset that her local Macro store was closing down (thanks Woolworths!). She is a real greenie and lives and breathes all things organic, so I suggested that she try out About Life, an organic cafe...
