Sparkle Cupcakery in Surry Hills has launched a new delicious concept called ‘Choose Your Words’, just in time for Valentines Day. Have edible lyrics including ‘I Got You Babe’ and ‘All You Need Is Love’ topped on your cupcakes. Or say it your way with your own custom message. The winner of the Sparkle Cupcakery ‘Choose [...]
I admit, it would be hard to date a foodie. Trying to find new restaurants to impress and entice would be a challenge. So ten points goes to Mr Sweet Enough who took me on a very lovely date last year and introduced me to the BEST fish pie in Sydney. Set on the waters [...]
For a limited time the Picasso exhibition is showing masterpieces from the Musee National Picasso in Paris right here in Sydney at the Art Gallery of NSW. Over 150 paintings, drawings and sculptures will fill 10 rooms on the ground floor of the gallery. These are ‘Picasso’s Picassos’, personal and revealing works that have shaped [...]
Those clever kids at Bourke St Bakery have been causing queus for a few years now and have just opened a neighbourhood style cafe/restaurant in Potts Point called Wilbur’s Place. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner 6 days a week they offer a quick, freshly cooked meals available eat in or take away. I’ve become [...]
El-Phoenician has opened a second restaurant following the success of its Parramatta venue. Opening in Walsh Bay, late last year the restaurant offers a fine dining experience just stroll away from the Sydney Dance Company. I recently reviewed it for Nine To Five. To read the full article click here: REVIEW Warning! The following photo’s [...]
Two slices of toasted bread filled with layers of corned beef or pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and Thousand Island dressing is said to be the original combo for the famous Rueben sandwich. Who invented the Rueben? This is up for debate. Some sources claim Reuben Kulakofsky a Lithuanian-born grocer from Omaha, Nebraka was the inventor. [...]
Hunting in Hyde Park. A thought bubble springs above my head with a cartoon reel of me chasing a terrified possum through the grass with a giant slingshot. I’ve done crazier things whilst intoxicated at 3am in Sydney. Sounds perfectly normal. Put the phone down, don’t be hasty, there is no need to call animal [...]
A few Friday’s ago the girls took me to Neild Avenue for a belated birthday dinner and celebration. Rookie error for a Sydney Foodie, I should have known better. Of course the brand new restaurant from chef Robert Marchetti and restaurateur Maurice Terzini from Icebergs Dining Room and North Bondi Italian would be packed. Of course you [...]
It’s on of my favourite places for lunch with friends not for the atmosphere (it’s a bit quiet on a Tuesday lunchtime) but because the food is so damn good. The East Village Hotel recently opened their restaurant and dining room on level 2 where Head Chef Adam Spencer from Yorkshire serves wholesome, hearty meals [...]
High tea, cupcakes and bubbles on a sunny afternoon sounds oh so delightful but not very masculine. At least that’s what I thought. But it seems boys brave enough to try the traditionally female past time may actually enjoy the fancy pants frills of pretty edible treats. My friend Mr Biceps Brown recently proved that at [...]
When Clovis Young moved to Sydney from California, he was told again and again that Aussies don’t like Mexican food. Slated as too spicy, too oily, too different, Clovis saw an opportunity to introduce the concept of fresh, healthy Mexican food that maintained quality despite being quick and affordable. Opening the first Mad Mex on [...]
What’s better than a passionate Italian man who can cook exquisite northern Italian dishes? Two Italian men who can cook exquisite northern Italian dishes, together, in the same restaurant, on the same night. Ormeggio sits at the base of Spit Junction, Mosman on the picturesque waterside. It’s a long way from Brescia in Lombardy, [...]
