Sydney

Cow and the Moon

After reading a review in this week’s Good Living from the SMH, I hot-footed it to Cow and the Moon in Enmore, for some artisan gelato! Winning eight medals at the Sydney Royal Fine Food Show, including the prize for Champion Gelato, that was awarded to their “lime in coconut” […]

Workshop Espresso

Workshop Espresso is my new favourite mid-city coffee haunt. A sliver of a shop, barely 3m across, they make fabulous coffee. I have been there on numerous occasions and am never disappointed. As I introduced a friend to it today, he noted the intense concentration on the barista’s face as […]

La Bodeguita Del Medio

What’s not to like about $10 mojitos? Especially if they come with a side of fabulous conversation. La Bodeguita Del Medio on York St, opposite the QVB, didn’t exist in my world until today… Even though I have stood opposite it countless times to catch the bus home, I have […]

El Loco

El Loco Mexican Cantina Y Barra is the latest addition to the Merivale empire. Found on Foveaux St, Surry Hills, it is a cute, thrown together, shabby chic cantina serving frozen margaritas, Mexican beer and $5 tacos. It is cute, casual and very happening. It was packed today at 2pm […]

Universal

The evening was off to a good start; torrential rain and nobody had seemed to get the memo about building an ark. It took us close to an hour and a half to get from Redfern station to Darlinghurst, a journey that should take no longer than five minutes… that’s […]

Cafe Sydney

What better way is there to spend a sunny winter’s afternoon than lunching on the terrace at Cafe Sydney with sumptuous food and equally sumptuous views? Mum and I went for a long overdue lunch on Sunday and it was worth the wait. We started with cocktails. All of the […]