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Australian

South Australian Tourism Commission Showcase Dinner – QUAY, The Rocks, Sydney

February 25, 2010 Australian

Welcome to the S of A.
South Australia, has opened its door to welcome everyone to this beautiful city of churches, gardens or something a little bit more attractive to a food enthusiast like me, – the surrounding wineries. “Over 200 cellar doors on your doorstep”, a promising slogan of the new South Australian Tourism marketing [...]

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Beer tasting dinner at Mumu Grill – Crows Next, Sydney, NSW

February 11, 2010 Australian

Food. Booze and Moo…

…Grass fed in particular, is seemingly to be the hot topic that circulates around the table this evening at the Beer Tasting Dinner at MUMU Grill, a preview event organised by owner and head chef Craig Macindoe, who is also an avid slow food advocate. After a few tweets away, Craig able [...]

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Maggie G’s of Morpeth – Morpeth, NSW

February 3, 2010 Australian

Yellowglen bottles as salt and pepper shaker, ingenius!
Morpeth, one of the most beautiful little towns in New South Wales that I’ve visited. Only a 2 hours drive from Sydney, Morpeth is tucked away just a little further north in the Hunter Region. I first discovered this tranquil little hidden gem when I joined the Hunter [...]

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Lamington Tiramisu for Australia Day

January 28, 2010 Australian

Lamington – “Those bloody poofy woolly biscuits”.
That’s how the Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901, Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, described this iconic Australian dessert. Don’t blame him, he probably would have wanted something more manly and macho like a chunky beef pie to be named after him, and not to be associated with [...]

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Dr Jurd’s Jungle Juice at The Wollombi Tavern – Wollombi, Hunter Valley, NSW

January 8, 2010 Australian

Once upon a time in a not so far away land…
I feel like I have fallen into a rabbit hole, and found myself drinking a mysterious potion called the Dr Jurd’s Jungle Juice at this cosy tavern in Wollombi. Will this Jungle Juice make me grow bigger or smaller, I wonder? And who is Dr [...]

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Muse – Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, NSW

October 17, 2009 Australian

I’ve just watched Julie & Julia. Despite me and The Pom were the only two men in the cinema, we enjoyed the movie immensely. It makes me want to cook boeuf bourguignon, want to go to France and taste all the lovely food, but it also kind of makes me wondering why the hell am [...]

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Merivale Winter Feasts @ est. – Sydney CBD, NSW

October 7, 2009 Australian

I run. I stumble. I am running late. Very late.
One hour late to be exact. I can’t imagine anything much more embarrassing than showing up at the dinner table full of strangers, especially the hungry ones. It is best not to raise too much attention, I simply tucked my tail between my legs, being [...]

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Onda – Terrigal, Central Coast NSW

September 30, 2009 Australian

Is grass always greener on the other side?
Because there is an award-winning restaurant literally 400 meters down the street from my house, but somehow I am still getting inside the car and drive 1.5 hours into Sydney for dinner. Two years, with a very good reason, I finally have my first dinner at Onda [...]

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Take It Slow @ MUMU – Crows Nest, Sydney

July 16, 2009 American

Good, Clean and Fair.
With these three simple words, the Slow Food movement believes that the food we eat should taste good; that it should be produced in a clean way that does not harm the environment, animal welfare or our health; and that food producers should receive fair compensation for their work. Admit it, we [...]

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Ripples – Pyrmont, Sydney

July 1, 2009 Australian

Have I got your attention yet? Good, because this is going to be a long post, a feast for the eyes. All thanks to the lovely Prue from The Mint Partners, who suggested it would be a great idea to catch up with some Sydney foodbloggers over a dinner at Ripples, a newly opened sister [...]

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Yuletile Dinner at Restaurant Atelier – Glebe

June 4, 2009 Australian

“My name is Billy, and I am from A Table for Two,” I said.
“Oh sorry, this is a private function tonight,” she replies totally unaware that I’ve just stated my foodblog’s name to RSVP myself at the Australian Pork Yuletide Dinner at Restaurant Atelier this evening.
Classic! We both burst out laughing at our own silliness [...]

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Chophouse – Sydney CBD

May 18, 2009 American

This is the first time I visited Chophouse, I already fall in love and captured by its charm.
Chophouse, sister restaurant of Kingsley Restaurant, is a contemporary adaptation of the New York style steakhouse. As the name suggests, the interior inside restaurant reminiscing the rawness of a slaughterhouse yet edgy and chic. You definitely wouldn’t want [...]

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Anzac Biscuit

April 23, 2009 Australian

This Saturday is Anzac Day. A day to honour members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I.
I still remember one of the very first job in my career years is to build the Australians at War website for the documentary series broadcasted [...]

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Skippy Size Me

March 26, 2009 Australian

The Pom is on diet and we both trying to eat as healthy as possible when we are cooking at home. Usually we go for groceries shopping together so we know what dishes to prepare with the ingredients we bought. This is what happen when I left him in charge of the shopping and when [...]

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