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Matterhorn – Wellington, NZ

September 1, 2010

The suave man with chisel face and slick hair style is wearing a stiff olive green military uniform, he is keeping an eye on us in case of any sudden movement, not to attack but to service. This fine young gentleman is not a soldier but a friendly wait staff at Matterhorn, an iconic institution [...]

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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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Menu Tasting at Garfish – Manly, Sydney Northern Beaches

August 20, 2010

Come rain or shine. I’ll be there, so long there is food involved. Despite the ill weather conditions tonight is particularly one of the most extreme in Sydney this winter, The Pom and I still brace ourselves through the gusty wind and horizontal rain, we eventually find ourselves on the north side of Sydney harbour [...]

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Capital Grill & Bar – Circular Quay, Sydney CBD

August 5, 2010

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 [...]

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Tokonoma Shochu Bar & Lounge – Surry Hills, Sydney

July 27, 2010

Tokonoma, a lounge bar that prides themselves on their sochu, I believe it is the first in Sydney. Minh, Simon and I were on vacation in Malaysia and missed out on the initial event organised by Mark Comms but they were kindly enough to set an extra outing just for the three of us. A [...]

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El Jannah – Granville, Sydney

July 23, 2010

Charcoal Chicken, they do it the best out in west of Sydney apparently. “Woah! What’s that smell?” I ask Karen (Citrus And Candy) as soon as I park the car not far from the Granville train station, my nose immediately got hit by a waft of smokey air. “That’s the chicken, Billy… the chicken…”, she [...]

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House (Thai northeast street food) – Surry Hills, Sydney

July 15, 2010

There is a fire in the House. Sick of long queue at Mamak and Chat Thai? Looks like this new joint can be a nice addition to our last night supper list. It was a cold winter night when we discovered this establishment called House as we were walking towards Central Station on our way [...]

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

July 5, 2010

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 [...]

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Chinese noodle restaurant – Haymarket, Chinatown, Sydney CBD

June 23, 2010

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 [...]

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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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Korean Fried Chicken @ Arisun, Kobow and Darling City – Sydney CBD

June 7, 2010

“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 [...]

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Marigold Restaurant Yum Cha – Haymarket Chinatown, Sydney CBD

May 27, 2010

“Ewww….!” She squeals. But we are not taking ‘no’ for an answer and keep prodding, “Eat it! Eat it!” She squeals some more and simply won’t barge. Betty eventually takes her drink away and says, “If you are not going to eat it, you won’t get your Coke!” And it worked. Karen slowly picks up [...]

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1945 Dutch East Indies Cuisine – Pyrmont

May 24, 2010

We’ve counted the number of dishes on the menu. Despite the four of us trying to order five different dishes each, we still won’t be able to cover all forty dishes listed on the menu, and that doesn’t even include the specials and dessert menus which are written on blackboard on the wall. “Don’t worry, [...]

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