Sydney
My good friend, Epicurean Explorer and I visited Azuma Kushiyaki not long after it opened earlier this year. While we found the food to be quite good, we were less than impressed by their $35 per person minimum spend for dinner. Especially when we were...
At 5:30pm in a windy little laneway in Parramatta’s CBD, there’s already a nice little collection of families and couples waiting outside Temasek . It is Father’s Day and the various parties have all been told to arrive for an early dinner ahead of a...
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...
On a lazy Saturday, after a late 4pm lunch (if you can still call that lunch), we reschedule and postpone our dinner to…. midnight. Being the responsible people that we are, we always make sure we fulfill our allotment of daily meals so we head...
Mr. Taste and I visit Bankstown for two things: 1. A hot bowl of overpriced pho at Pho An 2. The incredibly satisfying tamarind prawns at My Canh My Canh was probably my first real foray into Vietnamese food. My knowledge of Vietnamese cuisine used...
After a silly day out in the west hanging out with my cousins, we rounded up some more cousins and headed into Canley Heights for Vietnamese. On a cold winter’s night, we can only think of one thing that can warm our tummies and that’s...
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...
You can usually tell whether a restaurant is any good by looking at the front door. A good restaurant will have a nice mix of locals and out of towners, loitering around the foyer, tippy-toeing up and down to check if there are any empty...
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...
What Aussie wouldn’t love a schooner with their dim sum? This is the whole premise behind Ruby L’otel‘s weekend ‘Feed the Family Yum Cha Menu’. The stylish new bar in Rozelle takes yum cha to a whole new level with its outdoor garden restaurant which...
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:...
