After breakfast at our hotel, we begin our action-packed final day in Kuching with a trip to see the orangutans at Semenggoh Wildlife Centre, around 24km outside of Kuching. As our mini bus pulls into the centre car park, we get ready to enter the nature reserve, hurriedly slapping on more sunscreen and plenty of […]
It’s the first of many walks to Surry Hills during this Sydney trip. My legs protest as we walk up a steep hill to get to our destination of bills on Crown Street, but my growling tummy gives me all the motivation I need. The man behind bills (also in Darlinghurst and Woollahra) is celebrity […]
P’tite Ardoise is a French bistro in Highgate, Perth, located in the space where Beaufort Street Steakhouse used to be, opposite the Brisbane Hotel. “P’tite Ardoise” means “little blackboard” or “little slate” in French, and the blackboard motif is used throughout the restaurant. The owners come from …
One of my favourite things about staying at 5-star hotels is the breakfast buffet. I’ve enjoyed Kuching‘s street food, food courts and coffee shops, but there are good eats to be had at our hotel, the Pullman Kuching. My delayed flight to KL and subsequent late arrival in Kuching means I miss out on breakfast […]
Spiedo Restaurant has closed. Spiedo Restaurant and Bar is located at the Level 6 dining precinct of the shiny new Westfield Sydney, one level above the main food court (which I will write about later in this Sydney series). Spiedo (pronounced “spi-eh-doe”) seats 85 people and serves Lombardian cuisine, including pasta that is handmade …
I recently went to Sydney for a holiday with my sister Juji and her fiance Jay. I’m proud to call Perth home but the eating in Sydney is magnificent! This is the first of my posts about the trip. We’ve eaten on the plane but by the time we arrive in Sydney just after 1pm […]
With our baskets full of fresh ingredients purchased from Satok Market, we head back to Bumbu Cooking Class to cook our own Malaysian dinner. The class is led by the lovely Richa, who is our Kuching guide Joseph’s sister. Her assistant Nora also helps throughout the class. Richa, one of our cooking instructors Richa welcomes […]
Here’s your chance to win Gourmet Farmer Series 1 and 2 on DVD as seen on SBS.* In Series 1 of Gourmet Farmer, former food critic Matthew Evans has thrown in his city life to live on a small farm in Tasmania. Matthew’s keen to grow his own food but he’s new to farming and […]
It’s been a fantastic morning, with a visit to Petanak Wet Market, followed by Swee Kang Ais Kacang and Kuching’s most famous banana fritter stall. But there’s more to come. In the afternoon, it’s time for a Malaysian cooking class. Our class begins with a trip to Satok Market where we buy ingredients for the […]
In the last couple of years, gourmet burger bars began popping up all over Perth, and V Burger Bar in East Vic Park was one of them. It’s taken us a while to get there, but I’m glad we finally have. There’s a nice feel about V Burger Bar. Besides the sizzle and aroma of […]