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Restaurant Arras – Walsh Bay, Sydney

Billy — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:04:39 +0000

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 & Wine Festival 2011 Media Launch at Berta, Sydney CBD

Billy — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:15:16 +0000

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*!) But the [...]

Mizuya – Sydney CBD, NSW

Billy — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:16:37 +0000

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 [...]

Crazy Wings – Haymarket, Sydney CBD

Billy — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:24:27 +0000

“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 [...]

Cafe Ish – Surry Hills, Sydney (Shoot The Chef & Caption This & Win dinner for two)

Billy — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:39:06 +0000

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 [...]

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. [...]

Chefs Gallery 中厨 – Sydney CBD

Billy — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:10:18 +0000

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 [...]

Kansai – Sydney CBD (All you can eat!)

Billy — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:19:47 +0000

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 [...]

Sake Master Dinner at Ocean Room – Overseas Passenger Terminal, Circular Quay, Sydney CBD

Billy — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:49:03 +0000

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 [...]

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 [...]