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When I was in the Hunter Valley a couple of weeks ago, I had the most amazing ricotta hotcakes prepared by Ben Farley, the founder of Bar-Be School. I dare say they were better than the ones at Bills, so I thought I’d share this...
I’ve always been curious about smoking. No, not cigarettes, but the cooking technique. I love the subtle ‘lift’ smoke can bring to a dish and the wonderful earthy flavours that seem to go hand in hand with poultry. I didn’t realise smoking was as simple...
I have to admit, fusion isn’t something I usually get excited about. The word is thrown about so loosely these days, it seems that you could pick any two dishes from two different menus and somehow sell it as fusion. While there are some fantastic...
Like all good things, Melbourne’s little gems are hidden in its lively laneways. We stumbled upon Little Cupcakes by chance while trying to find some shelter from the wind during a breezy afternoon in the city. This cute cupcake boutique is no bigger than 10...
What takes 7 days to make, only has three ingredients and could very well cause a cardiac arrest? A heavy helping of ramen at Gumshara. Hidden in the Eating World food court on Dixon Street, Gumshara is known for one thing and one thing only...
Cursed Masterchef has ruined my favourite Saturday afternoon ritual. I used to be able to stroll into Adriano Zumbo, grab a croissant and be on my merry way. But now, I have to fight off thirty other customers in line, while secretly hoping they don’t...
The act of sticking various food items into a simmering pot goes by many names and comes in different variations, whether it’s “hot pot”, “steamboat”, “shabu shabu”, “sukiyaki”, “lau” or “chinese fondue”. At home, our hotpot of choice is the Sichuan kind. Undisputedly the king...
Being the forward thinkers we are, we always cook four times the suggested amount of rice for two people. Enough for tonight’s dinner, tomorrow’s lunch, tomorrow’s fried rice dinner and tomorrow tomorrow’s fried rice lunch. And so, tonight is now tomorrow, and yesterday’s leftover rice...
Like many of you, I sat in front of the telly last Wednesday night, eyes glued, mouth agape when Adriano Zumbo walked onto the set of Masterchef with his Chocolate Mousse Cake. Because it was so divine and so damn unattainable, I decided to attempt...
Following my review of Sushi Choo’s $20 all-you-can-eat sushi train, several readers alerted me to a similar all-you-can-eat sushi deal on offer at Kobe Jones. Their lunchtime only special was priced at $25pp and included their signature Volcano Roll (which alone is priced at $28)....
Ever since seeing Chris’ winning chocolate fondants on Masterchef, I’ve been itching to try them for myself. As Matt Preston would happily tell you, the key to a good chocolate fondant is the oozey-ness factor in the chocolate centre. So joined by good friends and...
