Macaron Day at Zumbo Patisserie, The Star, Pyrmont, Sydney

by Craig November 27, 2011 Food

  Today was Macaron Day, the day when Adriano Zumbo unleashes a grand display of macarons, including some that are a little unconventional in their flavours. You can take a look at all the flavours that were available here. Normally there’s a queue that goes forever, or so I’ve been told.  This is the first [...]

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Bau Truong, Marrickville, Sydney

by Craig November 27, 2011 Dinner

  This week we visited a Vietnamese restaurant called Bau Truong.  Restauranteur Jackie M, of Jackie M Malaysian had tweeted that morning that she had been to Bau Truong in Cabramatta and enjoyed their food, and I asked for suggestions for us a little closer to home.  A response came that Bau Truong had recently [...]

Tagged as: banana, bau truong, beef, cake, calamari, chicken, fried rice, iced coffee, marrickville, pancake, prawn, sydney

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Deckhouse, Woolwich, Sydney

by Craig November 25, 2011 Food

  Last weekend we were doing our Project Spiral and happened to be in Woolwich at around lunchtime.  Ok it was planned like that, but that hardly matters does it? Woolwich is a lovely place, and it has some amazing harbour views.  On Woolwich Dock, at the end of Clarkes Point Reserve, you’ll find Deckhouse [...]

Tagged as: balsamic, berry, bread, calamari, chips, coffee, deckhouse, fish, fish and chips, honeycomb, ice cream, mango, olive & oil, pannacotta, sour dough, sydney, vinegar, woolwich

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Sibi’s South Indian, Lindfield, Sydney

by Craig November 23, 2011 Dinner

  This was our first visit to an Indian restaurant since our arrival in Australia, and I have to say that I’m glad we chose to go to Sibi’s. In South Africa we found that most restaurants were a hit and miss affair, with a fair percentage being average.  Well, I should say that what [...]

Tagged as: beef, bonda, butter chicken, chicken, dosai, indian, lassi, lindfield, madras, mango, naan, sib's south indian, sydney

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Marigold, Haymarket, Sydney

by Craig November 21, 2011 Breakfast

This is going to be an epic long post!  Dim Sum at Marigold Chinese Restaurant in Sydney’s Chinatown, Haymarket. We were again guests of the Perthians TFP, Jac, Juji, Jay and (not a Perthian) Jac’s brother as we dined together one last time before they returned to Perth the next day. And I just want [...]

Tagged as: bbq pork, bean curd, broccoli, calamari, char siu, dim sum, doughnut, dumpling, durian puff, egg tart, haymarket, mango pancake, mango pudding, marigold, noodle, pork, pork belly, prawn, scallops, squid, sydney, tofu, yum cha

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Mamak, Chatswood, Sydney

by Craig November 19, 2011 Dinner

Another epic visit to Mamak!  Mamak is one of my favourite restaurants in Sydney.  Isn’t it strange how a lot of my favourite food these days is Malaysian?  A previously undiscovered secret gem of Australia. We were here with the three from Perth, TFP, Juji & Jay, and now joined by a fourth, Jac (of [...]

Tagged as: ais kacang, ayam goreng, beef, cendol, chatswood, chicken, coffee, curry, egg, kacang panjang belacan, kari kambing, kopi tarik, lamb, long bean, mamak, onion, rice, roti, roti bom, roti canai, roti kaya, roti telur bawang, roti tisu, satay, sydney

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Porteño, Surry Hills, Sydney

by Craig November 17, 2011 Dinner

  See the squiggly line over the n?  That’s called a tilde and it changes the pronunciation of the word.  You’ll sound more authentic if you say it right!  WRONG: por-teen-oh, RIGHT: por-teen-yo.  Yo is the key!  (seriously though, it’s one of my pet hates when people pronounce jalapeño as ja-la-pee-no, instead of ha-la-peen-yo.) During [...]

Tagged as: angus, beef, bread, brussels sprouts, calamari, chocolate, coffee, custard, ice cream, iPad, lamb, pavlova, pina colada, polenta, pork, porteño, rib, spider, surry hills, sydney

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Jackie M Malaysian Cuisine, Concord, Sydney

by Craig November 12, 2011 Dinner

We’d been wanting to go to Jackie’s restaurant ever since hearing about her and her great food somewhere on the Internet.  We had tried her roti kaya at Malaysia Fest and loved it, and had tried her char kway teow at the Night Noodle Market in Hyde Park.  We just needed an excuse to get [...]

Tagged as: ayam goreng, beef rendang, char kway teow, concord, curry puff, jackie m, nasi lemak, roti canai, roti kaya, sydney, teh tarik

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