A table for two

I’ve been longing to visit Restaurant Arras ever since I’ve read many excellent reviews by food bloggers. But for a lazy moi, its location at Walsh Bay is definitely the major hindrance for an earlier visit. Earlier in March this year, with a little more effort and finally found myself in the restaurant having an [...]

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2010 seems so long ago now! Helen and I were very grateful to be invited by the Tourism Victoria to attend the festival in March this year, and it was definitely one of the most exciting and memorable culinary journey we’ve had together. (Oh dear, I said *journey*!) Tweet

Healthy eaters look away now. These not-so-cholesterol-friendly golden crispy tiles are definitely not for the health-conscious, they are dangerously addictive and I find myself couldn’t stop eating them! Who’d have thought a simple plate of deep-fried crispy chicken skins can be so satisfying? At times like this, it’s best to put your guilty conscience aside [...]

“A unique Mongolian marination, sprinkled with the Uighur special spicy chilli powder, then grilled with top quality Indonesian charcoals”, written in Chinese on the paper mat provided, these BT Monster Crazy Wings are not to be messed with! The inhumane hotness leaves both Helen and I flapping our hands like two helpless chooks, trying to [...]

Peckish for something different. Josh Nicholls, the larrikin chef and his Japanese partner, Ai who co-owned Cafe Ish needs no introduction. Their little cafe at the corner of Campbell St in Surry Hills might be small, but it is the derision of Japanese and bush tucker food combo menu that makes Ish one of the [...]

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. [...]

The dramatic giant glass tank on Bathurst Street with big letters ‘CHEFS GALLERY‘ written across the whole wall glowing so bright, it definitely makes a few pedestrians stop on their paths and aroused a few curiosities. While I am waiting outside for Helen, I notice a countless of passerby having a double take, leaning over [...]

All-you-can-eat sushi is my best, best friend. I can smell the skeptical you from miles away, pouting a cat’s bottom in disapproval just because I went for all-you-can-eat cheapskate deal which the quality of the food are usually below par. It’s true, I don’t deny that. Usually I probably won’t go for A-Y-C-E deal that [...]

Kanpai! Sake – Do you like it hot or cold? I can’t say I am an expert on the fine art of fermented rice wine, an alcoholic beverage made from rice that has been appreciated since over a thousand years ago in Japan. A lost in translation, most Japanese restaurants in western countries believe that [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]