A table for two

I’ve been longing to visit Restaurant Arras ever since I’ve read many excellent reviews by food bloggers. But for a lazy moi, its location at Walsh Bay is definitely the major hindrance for an earlier visit. Earlier in March this year, with a little more effort and finally found myself in the restaurant having an [...]

I avoided the stampede for over a month, and finally have my first chance to check out the newly redeveloped Westfield Sydney in Pitt Street Mall. The $1.2 billion makeover has turned Westfield into a glossy black high-fashion shopping paradise, even the dining arcade on top floor can hardly consider a “food court” where most [...]

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2010 seems so long ago now! Helen and I were very grateful to be invited by the Tourism Victoria to attend the festival in March this year, and it was definitely one of the most exciting and memorable culinary journey we’ve had together. (Oh dear, I said *journey*!) Tweet

Healthy eaters look away now. These not-so-cholesterol-friendly golden crispy tiles are definitely not for the health-conscious, they are dangerously addictive and I find myself couldn’t stop eating them! Who’d have thought a simple plate of deep-fried crispy chicken skins can be so satisfying? At times like this, it’s best to put your guilty conscience aside [...]

I choo… choo… choose food. I was expecting the food served on a train will be like airline food, in plastic tubs with plastic cutlery for no fuss convenience and tidiness, how wrong was I. The a la carte lunch I’ve had on the Indian Pacific recently had definitely surpassed my expectations. Named after the [...]

“A unique Mongolian marination, sprinkled with the Uighur special spicy chilli powder, then grilled with top quality Indonesian charcoals”, written in Chinese on the paper mat provided, these BT Monster Crazy Wings are not to be messed with! The inhumane hotness leaves both Helen and I flapping our hands like two helpless chooks, trying to [...]

Decision, decision-lah! Uncle uncle, cannot decide what to eat ah? Then, why not eat a little bit of everything? It is all-you-can-eat buffet after all, so eat all you like and then come back for more lah! That’s exactly what me and Ah Shez did at Flavours of Malaysia buffet at the Grace Brasserie in [...]

Carved at the table. As written on the menu, one whole suckling pig will be carved right in front of us at the table by Chophouse executive chef David Clarke. Yes please, I absolutely have no objection what so ever to such glorious ceremony. I will bow and kiss the piggeh’s foot if I must. [...]

The dramatic giant glass tank on Bathurst Street with big letters ‘CHEFS GALLERY‘ written across the whole wall glowing so bright, it definitely makes a few pedestrians stop on their paths and aroused a few curiosities. While I am waiting outside for Helen, I notice a countless of passerby having a double take, leaning over [...]

All-you-can-eat sushi is my best, best friend. I can smell the skeptical you from miles away, pouting a cat’s bottom in disapproval just because I went for all-you-can-eat cheapskate deal which the quality of the food are usually below par. It’s true, I don’t deny that. Usually I probably won’t go for A-Y-C-E deal that [...]

Kanpai! Sake – Do you like it hot or cold? I can’t say I am an expert on the fine art of fermented rice wine, an alcoholic beverage made from rice that has been appreciated since over a thousand years ago in Japan. A lost in translation, most Japanese restaurants in western countries believe that [...]

Tonight, our Capital is nothing but gaining, dare I say a delicious one too. It is raining outside as The Pom and I skipping puddles, trying to locate this new-ish restaurant in Circular Quay. The GPS on my iphone is leading us towards the Custom House down by the wharf, but my gut feeling tells [...]

Sadly soggy, oily, yucky. A disturbingly oily pork mince pastry is the last dish to arrive at our table and no one dares to touch it. I brace myself and pick a slice up with my chopsticks, its soggy bottom threatens to split and the filling inside almost become a table wipe. With quick thinking [...]

“KFC – we have a winner… on Pitt St” As vaguely as it may sound, but when I received this SMS from my mate, Five ‘Fiddy’ Phon, I knew exactly what he is talking about and I trusted him that he will never joke about KFC – our beloved Korean Fried Chicken. But he is [...]