Italian

Bells at Killcare – Killcare, Central Coast, NSW

August 29, 2010

The Pom is going back to Pommieland for 2 weeks for his mum’s birthday and decided to fly back unannounced to give her a big surprise. I would have loved to go along with him, but since I’ve just got back from New Zealand for Wellington On a Plate, and it would also be difficult [...]

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Logan Brown – Wellington, New Zealand

August 26, 2010

Hunger for the WOAP. Please forgive my ignorance, I have to admit that I actually never heard of them but on the other hand, John was rather excited to check out Logan Brown when we found out that it is one of the restaurants we are going to visit during our trip to New Zealand [...]

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Enoteca – Adelaide, SA with Antonio Carluccio

June 16, 2010

“How do you spell Carluccio?” I ask Helen. “Aiyahhh Billyyyyy…. C.. A.. R.. L.. U..” she bemoans. Sorry Jedi Helen, I can only defend myself and my ignorance that English is still my second language let alone spelling an Italian name. Besides, I’m one of those people that never good with names especially during first [...]

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A weekend at Canberra

February 17, 2010

He’s been everywhere, Man. … and I tagged along with Amelie to Australia Capital Territory, Canberra. The Pom, AKA the “Everywhere Man“, has now travelling over 9500km and visited 40 towns out of the 93 places written in the song “I’ve been everywhere, man”, by Geoff Mack. Funny how the words spread, the Pom is [...]

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Let’s Do Lunch for Mid-Autumn Festival & Birthday Celebration

October 9, 2009

Long weekend, also means a long table of food, food, and food. Apart from the panna cotta I made over the weekend, I have also cooked up a storm and invited our good friends who I haven’t seen for a long time over to our home for a lovely lunch. I’ve been spending a whole [...]

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Onda – Terrigal, Central Coast NSW

September 30, 2009

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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Pasta Zanmai – 1 Utama, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

September 1, 2009

Why would I want to eat spaghetti when I can have all the yummy local Malaysian delicacies? And I am always over sensitive and cautious about eating raw sashimi in a hot tropical country like Malaysia, Salmonella is not what I am looking for on the menu that’s for sure. But when they mix it [...]

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Lasagne Verdi Al Forno

March 28, 2009

Rolling my own pasta eh? When I signed up to be a daring bakers, I was expecting challenges like baking cakes, cupcakes and all those sweet sweet yummy desserts. Who would have thought this is my only second challenge and I have to roll my own pasta, and make a lasagne dish. The March 2009 [...]

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Terrigal Hotel Bistro – Terrigal, NSW

March 6, 2009

It is TGIF PLF – I called it the Pub Lunch Friday! The battered food, the amber liquid, and the extra hour long lunch relaxing in the beer courtyard soaking up the sun, what not to love about PLF?! Not to mention, the local hotel is only few paces down the hill from our place, [...]

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Degraves Espresso Bar – Melbourne CBD

February 8, 2009

“Where can I get a good coffee?” I twittered on my iPhone. It didn’t take long for me to realise I’ve sent the message too soon without telling people where exactly I am. Soon enough my twitter is flooded with recommendations all the way from US, telling me to go to Starbucks. “Where can I [...]

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Antipasto Pasta for two

July 21, 2008

Pasta probably the easiest dish to prepare when you don’t feel like cooking up a big feast. I had a big yum cha this afternoon, so I just simply threw some left over ingredients in the fridge and whisked up a antipasto pasto with grilled chicken. Something simple and tasty, grab a bowl, and a [...]

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