Dinner

smolt, Battery Point

March 29, 2013

Planning our trip to Hobart the first thing we did was ask for restaurant recommendations. smolt was a name that popped up a number of times and dinner was booked in well in advance of our trip. smolt, meaning baby salmon, is a partnership between Kif Weber and Scott McMurray, owners of Tasmania’s largest salmon [...]

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Monopole, Potts Point

March 22, 2013

Monopole is Brent Savage and Nick Hildebrandt’s newish restaurant and wine bar. The duo have taken the knowledge learnt from running the hugely successful Bentley Restaurant & Bar and carved out an impressive looking eatery in Potts Point. Somewhat of a recent change, the restaurant now takes limited reservations with half of the tables for [...]

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Bondi Hardware, Bondi Beach

March 13, 2013

We rarely venture over to Bondi but an invitation to Bondi Hardware’s first birthday lured us in. Half of my colleagues are Bondi locals and a few have mentioned Bondi Hardware on a number of occasions. Share plates and a funky vibe, sounds like fun to me! Although my family now lives North West of [...]

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Bacchus Restaurant, Newcastle

March 9, 2013

Heading to Newcastle for a sneaky weekend getaway, we were keen to check out a restaurant where a Sydney chef and Bacchus’ ex-restaurant manager were working. However as our trip approached everything changed when we heard both the chef and manager had resigned. Hmm where to now? It was only too easy to lock in [...]

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subo, Newcastle

March 8, 2013

subo is a tiny restaurant on Hunter Street in Newcastle that I heard about through Twitter and decided I would have to try out. Beau Vincent and his wife Suzie run the show with Beau on the pans and Suzie managing front of house. Beau has worked at many Sydney restaurants including Tetsuya’s, Guillaume at [...]

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Universal, Darlinghurst

February 15, 2013

Same old story, different restaurant. We have wanted to go forever, but never actually got around to it until they decided they were closing. Yes, that’s right, after six years Christine Manfield has decided to close Universal at the end of April to focus on other projects. So naturally when I heard the news I [...]

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Quay, The Rocks

January 26, 2013

It has become a bit of tradition for the four of us (Lex, Em, Mr O & I) to make birthdays the pinnacle of our gastronomic explorations. The 4 days of the year we let loose – literally, I went sans belt – and do not let our logical budget conscious minds interfere with our [...]

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The Woods, Sydney

December 4, 2012

If you’ve read some earlier posts or follow me on Twitter you would know I love Grain, the new bar at the Four Seasons Hotel Sydney. Dylan and I were invited to the opening and have returned several times since. I love the design, being able to sit at the high tables and watch the [...]

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Rockpool on George, The Rocks

December 1, 2012

Turning 30 worries some of my friends, but for most of us it’s a reason to celebrate. We celebrated Dylan’s 30th with a group of friends at our beloved buzo. Em’s shindig was at her favourite, Sepia. My birthday, which falls at the end of January, has been booked in at Quay for many months [...]

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Crave SIFF 2012: Bistrode CBD’s ‘Uncorked’, Sydney

October 30, 2012

As always Crave pulled us in all different directions – would we tempt ourselves with a decadent feast at one of the ‘hatted’ restaurants or hunt down what we felt was an opportunity to be wowed by some of the smaller guys. Bistrode CBD’s ‘Uncorked’ resonated with not only Lex & I but of course [...]

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