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Desserts, Recipes

Caramel Shortbread Slice

I was looking forward to spending my evening at the Château. Château D’Awesome as it is formally known, is a suburban mansion laced with fine musicians who enjoy Seinfeld. It is my haven. I was going to bake something to take. Bring Babka, or The Balck and White Cookie, but […]

Restaurant, Sydney

Cafe Sydney on the Rocks

I have always been a fan of Cafe Sydney, and have dined there several times. Their great track record though came to a halt tonight. The food wasn’t bad by any stretch of the imagination it just wasn’t amazing. The dishes lacked finesse and detail and left me feeling underwhelmed. […]

Meat, Recipes

Spicy Chicken Dippers with Ranch

Ranch dressing. My friend Sally has always been a fanatic about this mysterious ranch dressing. To me, it is mysterious. It’s American and having not really spent that much time in the U.S, I wasn’t really aware of it, or its legions of fans. So, back at the ranch, with […]

Cafe, Sydney

Three Spoons

“Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical.” Jonathan Swift Next time you feel like being severe, grave and philosophical, do it over a cup of coffee from Three Spoons. Located in Concord West, Three Spoons is a quaint suburban café that makes a flat white that is creamy, well-mannered […]

Restaurant, Sydney

Delicado

Today Sydney turned on a spectacular sunny day and despite the chill-factor, the siren call of alfresco dining was too loud to ignore. A couple of Grants and I lunched at Delicado, a gorgeous little tapas place on Blues Point Road, McMahons Point. The Grants had been here many times […]

Restaurant, Sydney

Cao Thang

This week seems to be shaping up rather nicely. Not only did I receive fantastic news today about a recent audition (I’ll be starring in Chess the musical in Melbourne this August) but I continued my exploration of suburban cheap-eats. Having been introduced to the little Vietnamese strip in Flemington […]