A table for two

Race through the vines. With living only an hour and a half from the lower Hunter Valley, I should have no reason not to visit this wine region more often. But you know what they say, you don’t normally visit your own backyard as there’s always another opportunity, and that opportunity finally happened. An invitation [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We love our tapas at Tatler in Hunter Valley. Unfortunately the “no dog” policy means we won’t be dining there while we have our pooch, Amelie with us on a day trip. I am actually not surprised at all and prepared to face the rejections. It is a matter of keep trying until we found [...]

20 people, 1 couch bus, 1 car, up we went to the Hunter Valley and Morpeth for a food-and-wine indulgence weekend. Thanks to Helen @ Grab Your Fork, who organised the whole event single handed and make sure everyone was well fed. A lot of ground covered on our trip, including first stop visiting the [...]