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Over Cendol-gence – the heart of Malaysia & Thailand: Day 3

June 15, 2010

A day trip to a town with a name that sounds like an ethnic curse word. Rickshaws that looks like they’ve had a reality show make over. Cendol crawl uncovers one of the best cendol I’ve ever had, as well as a face off against my arch nemesis. 100cm of pure awesome. All this and [...]

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Plus ça Change… – Soft Launch of theheartoffood.com

August 12, 2009

The full saying goes “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” (click on link for pronunciation audio). It’s a phrase attributed to French critic, journalist and novelist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, often translated into the English as “the more things change, the more they stay the same”. The phrase is one that I have some [...]

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Masterchef Winner & Daily Telegraph Fail! (Spoiler Alert!)

July 19, 2009

Thought I’d temporarily break the hiatus for this one. This one was too good to pass up! :) SPOILER ALERT! If you’ve yet to watch the finale of Masterchef Australia and you do not want to find out who the first Masterchef Australia is, please do not read on! Larger image of article here. The [...]

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Hiatus, July 2009

July 13, 2009

The above photo, taken on the Hawksbury river in NSW recently, is a metaphor of sorts that conveys a number of messages regarding this blog. Firstly, the skywriting’s “cryptic” message regarding the current state of this blog. For those of you who don’t get it, this blog is currently on hiatus. There are a number [...]

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A Night of Feasting – Merivale Winter Feasts Launch Party 2009

July 6, 2009

A few weeks back Merivale held a launch party at Establishment to celebrate the introduction of their new Winter Feasts menu – a collection of one to three courses served with wine or James Squire beer for the reasonable sum of $35. The event was quite lively with the media and general public alike enjoying [...]

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It’s Showtime! – Good Food & Wine Show 2009

July 4, 2009

Free samples of Campari mixers at the Campari stand (R55) Break out the Campari because the Good Food & Wine Show is on once more! Ok, so I didn’t get any photos of champagne. Give me a break. It’s mostly sparkling wines anyhow… For food enthusiasts such as yours truly, you’d be hard pressed to [...]

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Meet the Bloggers – chocolatesuze’s B’day 2009 (2 of 2)

June 26, 2009

A bowl of edamame soy beans and a masquerade mask. Not something that you would normally associated with each other. However, when chocolatesuze is involved, anything is possible. Meet chocolatesuze, or rather an SP Studio version of her. For those of you who don’t know her, she’s is one of the more popular, well connected [...]

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