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Chicken Liver Parfait Recipe

Billy — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:37:52 +0000

Smooth Offal-ator…. Helen showed up at our Christmas in July last year and won the crowd with her ultra smooth chicken liver parfait. She kindly left me a small jar of the liver parfait and not surprisingly it was gone within days. So this year, I’ve decided to make my own chicken liver parfait and [...]

Beef Casserole w/ Potato & Leek Mash

Billy — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:40:44 +0000

Hearty stew beats the winter chill. Finally a little bit of sunshine in Sydney, the weather last week was absolutely dreadful. It was so wet that even my dog, Amelie, didn’t want to go outside for a walk and get her tail wet. Also, in this kind of weather, all I could think of is [...]

Cumulus Inc. – Melbourne CBD, VIC

Billy — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:05:31 +0000

A lot of Melbournians suggested me to check out Cumulus Inc. after reading about my unsatisfactory breakfast at Cafe Vue. As a matter of fact, I actually did check out Cumulus Inc. when I was in Melbourne, not for breakfast but a proper Sunday dinner. Sundays are usually day-offs for chefs and restaurateurs with a [...]

Attica – Ripponlea, Melbourne VIC

Billy — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:19:15 +0000

Can’t exactly remember when I first heard about Attica, but the idea of a chef collecting seaweed and wild flowers at the beach and in the bush then use it in the restaurant had me intrigued. Then I saw Ben Shewry, the head chef of Attica on stage with René Redzepi at the Opera House, [...]

Pig & Pinot dinner at Chophouse – Sydney CBD

Billy — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:21:46 +0000

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. [...]

Capital Grill & Bar – Circular Quay, Sydney CBD

Billy — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:00:35 +0000

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 [...]

Roast Chicken with a Can in the Butt recipe

Billy — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:18:09 +0000

[donotprint] I live in a suburb where housewives do buy soft drinks in 2 litre bottles and ice cream in ginormous 4 litre tubs, Neopolitan flavour usually I’ve noticed because you get three flavours in one! Whoop-pee-doo! But more importantly, they are feisty shoppers, they will push trolley and ram you down, stop right in [...]

Cafe Ish (All you can eat ribs) – Surry Hills, Sydney

Billy — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:44:05 +0000

What a rib-per. “We found out about the all-you-can-eat ribs night through ChocolateSuze‘s blog,” we overheard a group of young girls confess to Josh, the owner of Cafe Ish. Josh immediately teases the girls whether they want an autograph from Suze as we have also just stuffed ourselves silly with some lips-smacking good ribs. But [...]

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

Billy — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:55:06 +0000

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 [...]

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

Billy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:47:24 +0000

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 [...]