Share my favourite restaurants, chefs, dishes, ingredients, provedores, recipes and cooking hacks, in these Top 5 food lists.
Firedoor Every now and then there’s a restaurant that feels like a second home. The staff know what you want to drink and where you want to sit, and the kitchen knows any quirky dietary preferences you may have. It’s where you want to celebrate the good times and take the edge off the bad […]
Le Salle Dining by Bar Chaplin I stumbled across this tiny gem with a big name – Le Salle Dining by Bar Chaplin – while walking up narrow Hutchison Street after dinner at a nearby Surry Hills restaurant. Attracted by the light in the window, I stepped up to the door for a closer look […]
Megalong Restaurant Driving through the Megalong Valley to visit winemaker Jon Darragh, I turned into Peach Tree Road and spotted the Megalong Restaurant Lot 101 sign. I thought I’d see if they had a spare table for lunch and I’m glad I did for so many reasons. Join my Truffle Hunting Food & Wine Weekend […]
Best Value Seafood Spots in Sydney It’s long been an occupational hazard that I eat quite a bit of outstanding seafood. And for me simple is often best. After something fancier? Here’s my pick of Sydney’s fine-dining seafood restaurants. Fresh Aussie seafood doesn’t need anything tricky done to it, nor does it need flash surrounds. […]
Best Seafood Restaurants in Sydney Love seafood? You’ve come to the right place! Sydney is arguably the best seafood city in the world, with freshness, diversity and smart chefs who know how to treat it right! Check out these great value casual seafood spots too! Most of Sydney’s top restaurants have seafood-heavy menus showcasing the […]
Top 5 Sydney’s Best Chicken When I was a kid, chicken was a delicacy saved for Sunday best and Mum’s roast chook was the highlight of the week. Like chicken? You’ll love my online Indonesian cooking class with satay chicken & ayam bakar! Then charcoal chicken shops spread throughout the ‘burbs, supermarkets installed rotisseries and […]
Top 5 Counter Dining in Sydney I’m not talking about the counter meals I enjoy in outback pubs on long road trips here. This counter dining is the modern, urbane incarnation where, rather than sit at a fancy clothed table … Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! … you perch on a […]
Top 5 Northern Italian Cheeses Before refrigeration and modern transport, especially in remote mountain regions like The Alps, butter-making and cheesemaking were important ways of preserving milk. Like Northern Italian Cheeses? Join me on a Small-Group Italian Food & Wine Tour! Large, cooked, well-pressed wheels, with as much whey as possible extracted, had a long […]
Top 5 English Cheeses With ample rolling green hills perfect for grazing livestock, England had a rich tradition of farmhouse cheesemaking from Roman times until WWII. Over 90% of traditional cheesemaking ceased with the centralized food production introduced during the war years, but thankfully England’s most famous cheeses survived and many more have been resurrected […]
Top 5 Persian Food & Culture Like this list? You’ll love my online Persian cooking class! Persian is one of the world’s oldest and most sophisticated cultures and cuisines. Aqueducts built around 3,000 years ago are still used to grow produce in the arid interior of modern-day Iran, and 2,000-year-old buildings, used to keep ice […]
