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Kid in a Candy Store – The Essential Ingredient VIP Launch Party

February 18, 2010

The Essential Ingredient recently held a VIP launch party to celebrate the relocation of their store to Rozelle. The Essential Ingredient, and stores like it, are something of a candy store for food enthusiasts such as myself. As with a child’s first experience in a candy store, there are a wonderous array of colours, textures [...]

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Crown St Noir – Tokonoma Cocktail Bar & Lounge

January 8, 2010

It was a warm Summer’s evening when this whole episode began. A little too warm and a little too Summer for my tastes. I’d received word on the wire from a fixer that I know. A friend. She’d tipped me off to a function at a cocktail bar & lounge that had opened recently on [...]

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Here Comes The Party – Party at Richard’s

January 4, 2010

Some succulent looking roast pork, huh? It’s been a while since I’ve had roasted pork this good! However, this dish was but a small portion of the food that was available at a post-Christmas gathering of food bloggers that was organised by Richard from Here Comes The Food. Though, don’t be fooled into thinking that [...]

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The Surreal Gourmets – Sydney Food Bloggers Christmas Picnic 2009

December 16, 2009

Imagine, if you will, the following scenario. It’s a wonderfully moderate Summer’s day with a nice, cool breeze. You make you way out to a park, perhaps to walk the dog. Before you, a large gathering of people (you estimate around fifty) are having what looks to be a picnic. Rugs laid out on the [...]

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The View of a Chef – Dinner at Lex’s

December 11, 2009

You take your place at a table with friends, situated on an elevated platform that overlooks lush vegetation & picturesque water views. A sea of green & blue, as far as the eye can see, slowly fades to black as the curtain of night is drawn slowly over a fabulous Spring day. A gentle breeze [...]

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Eight’s a Nuff – Steel Bar & Grill

December 7, 2009

So, one day I start going through my grandfather’s magazine collection- No wait, wrong story. Back in September, Nuffnang Australia were courteous enough to invite eight food bloggers out to dine at Steel Bar & Grill. The purpose of this meal was to persuade fence sitting bloggers to sign up with Nuffnang, as well as [...]

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A Taste of Saigon – JENIUS Book Launch

December 3, 2009

If you haven’t heard by now, Jen of Sydney food blog JENIUS has gone and done what numerous food bloggers around the world aspire to do. That is to say that she has had her own work published in a book. However, I’m not talking about having her book published through an established institution. No, [...]

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