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Mad Hatters Spring Picnic 2010

October 17, 2010

Sydney food bloggers gather with their best dishes and wildest hats to Centennial Park for a Mad Hatters spring picnic. An event held in tandem with the Melbourne food blogging community. Many prizes were up for grabs, including the major prize of a KitchenAid stand mixer for best overall dish! Find out which bloggers had [...]

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Crave SIFF – Cabramatta Allsorts Barbecue 2010

October 4, 2010

Tiles of toffee-crisp pork crackling on a whole barbecue roasted pig is a sight to behold. The anticipation of that light, brittle crunch that shatters to the bite; a stark contrast to the soft, juicy & sweet pork that lays beneath. It makes my mouth water just writing about it. This fine specimen of roast [...]

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Iron Chef Chinese Seafood Restaurant

September 27, 2010

Utter the words “Iron Chef” and I can’t but help to think of that cooking game show that fills me with mixed emotions of awe & wonder (the Japanese production with English voice overs), revulsion (Iron Chef USA, the one with William Shatner), and more recently, curiosity (the currently in production Iron Chef Australia). I [...]

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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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A Taste of Elegance – Tokonoma Shochu Lounge & Bar

June 10, 2010

Dim lights of orange and yellow cast rays of warmth, drawing forth a sense of comfort on an otherwise frigid winter’s evening. Lights, that barely give form to sophisticated cocktails and diners a like, provide an intimate mood of romance, elegance & class. A party of five gathers around a small table, some of whom [...]

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If You Meet Buddha on the Road – the heart of Malaysia & Thailand: Day 2

June 8, 2010

Malaysia, day two. The food tour group’s first day on the road leads us to a bubbling cauldron of meat, bones and end trails, with a little toil and trouble; a flash flood and a growing dislike for a deity; seafood with a lyrical name; and taking a fresh approach when facing an arch nemesis [...]

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The Quick and the Unfed – Sahara Parramatta

April 8, 2010

When dining out with friends, do you find that you often order dishes to share amongst the group, or order individual dishes for each person to enjoy on their own? When faced with a plate of these fantastic lamb cutlets from Sahara, I wouldn’t blame you if you’d wanted these all to yourself. For me, [...]

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