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Marrickville Pork Roll & The Yeeros Shop

December 17, 2010

One can be spoilt for choice when it comes to inexpensive lunch options in Marrickville, especially along the legendary Illawarra Rd, where you can find a great bowl of pho, perhaps the best in Sydney. However, what if you’re pressed for time and need to have lunch on the go? A bowl of noodle soup [...]

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Pho Bac Hai Duong

December 15, 2010

What’s the first suburb in Sydney that comes to mind when you think of pho? I’d be willing to bet that the majority of you went with Cabramatta. Granted, Cabramatta is one of the places in Sydney to go for a steaming bowl of rice noodle soup, served with the standard cadre of garnishes and [...]

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SIFF Ashfield’s Big Yum Cha 2010

November 19, 2010

Ashfield’s Big Yum Cha is a suburban cultural food festival, one of the official festivals that is a part of the Crave Sydney International Food Festival (SIFF). A festival within a festival, much like the layers of a Matryoshka doll. The festival is a reverse yum cha of sorts, where it’s the people that move [...]

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Macaron Day 2010

November 8, 2010

Adriano Zumbo – a name that carries with it a degree of gravitas. Revered by foodies, respected by his peers, and perhaps even a little reviled by reality cooking show contestants required to reproduce his recipes. So when Macaron Day comes along, a day to celebrate Adriano Zumbo’s birthday (an event now in its second [...]

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Adriano Zumbo’s Macaron Day 2010

November 5, 2010

Those of you with an eye on food and food blogging circle will likely be aware of Adriano Zumbo’s Macaron day that will be held tomorrow (Saturday 6th November). If you’re curious about what flavours are available or would like to plan your macaron flavour selections ahead of time, thanks to Adriano himself, I was [...]

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Outback Steakhouse

August 4, 2010

What sort of restaurant comes to mind when you see the above image? With a wood grained paneled interior such as this, the first thing that comes to mind for me is a steakhouse, with all the meaty, smokey goodness that lies within. In this case, it’s the Outback Steakhouse. It’s the sort of place [...]

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Chicken Livered – La Grande Bouffe

May 12, 2010

Whilst out on a shopping run to Rozelle, something that I find myself doing about once a month due to a number of great purveyors that can be found there, a request was thrown out onto Twitter for good place to stop by for lunch. As often as I shop in Rozelle, I rarely find [...]

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