Month: July 2013

The Shakespeare Hotel

The best burger in Sydney is not at The Shakespeare Hotel. Famous for its $12.50 meals, The Shakespeare Hotel (the Shakey) is somewhat of an institution, yet one that had eluded me all these years. I thought I’d try the burger not only to satisfy my quest for burgerial perfection […]

Chocolate Cardamon Pots

If you do not have a weak spot for incredibly rich chocolate, this recipe is not for you. Best you go and eat a Milky Way or some other frivolous candy bar that won’t ruin your appetite, as this dessert certainly will. It will obliterate it to kingdom come and […]

Playground

Playground – one definition is thus: A place where a particular group of people choose to enjoy themselves. Bang on. Visiting the nation’s capital is something I have done three times in my life: for the obligatory, if not national rite of passage, where year 6 goes to visit Canberra […]

Nordburger

After last night’s almost transcendental burger experience, the burger I ate next had big burgery shoes to fill. So it was off to Nordburger, with my new-found hip Adelaide guide, Ross. Having only opened last weekend, the word is out and on a relatively quiet Tuesday night, in pokey ol’ […]

Chuck Wagon 175

Just when you think a woman so small could not possibly eat another large burger, she does… After a long day of classes studying medieval iconography in relation to culinary history, I thought a brisk rather lengthy walk up to Chuck Wagon in North Adelaide was in order to revive […]

Exchange Specialty Coffee

With its doors opening this morning, there is nothing like venturing into a shiny new house of coffee. Located on Vardon Ave just behind Rundle St in Adelaide CBD, Exchange is a gem. From the slick, simple interior, and gleaming espresso machine, you can just tell these guys are serious […]