Every Friday night in Haymarket, Sydney, the Chinatown Night Market comes to life, peppering the Dixon Street mall with food stalls, filling the air with delicious smells. It’s a short stroll from the Meriton Apartments on Campbell St where we’re staying. It’s crowded and the foot traffic is slow-moving at times. Chinese restauran…
I feel pretty chuffed. Two of my photographs are among the 15 finalists in the Eat. Drink. Blog. 2011 Photography Competition. Both photographs are from my trip to Kuching, Malaysia in September and were featured in my post about Petanak Wet Market. The Judge’s Award has been determined by a panel of industry professionals, but […]
Update, January 2013. Closed permanently. Has been replaced by a new restaurant called L’Enoteca. The Woody Pear in Victoria Park is a few months old, located where Deevine Cafe used to be, on the corner of Mackie Street and Albany Highway opposite Zucchero Espresso Bar. It’s not one of the busiest sections of the Vic […]
Cafe Ish closed permanently 30 June 2012 but check out the new The Milk Bar by Cafe Ish in Redfern Cafe by day, izakaya by night, Cafe Ish has a unique menu featuring dishes that blend Japanese flavours with Australian native ingredients. You won’t find teriyaki chicken bento boxes here, and the sign above the […]
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 […]