When we headed to the Southern Highlands recently I had quite a time finding any cafe reviews for great breakfasts in Bowral. I scoured the internets for at least 20 minutes during the car ride down and came up reasonably empty handed *insert eye-roll here* so we were on our own to navigate the main streets in search of food. We finally made it to Wild Food Cafe on Sunday morning before heading out of town. After Friday night's stunning dinner, we had a few false starts and encounters … [Read more...]
Taste of Sydney Part 2: More eating
If you've seen my exclusive Part 1: Best in Taste Award you may wonder how I could eat more a mere 18 hours later, but eat more I did. RJ and I headed out in the brilliant sunshine to ravish Taste of Sydney for the morning session on Saturday. I was the lucky winner of a competition for a double entry pass which covered the cost of admission so all we had to do was buy our 'Crowns' for food. $1 = 1 Crown for reference. The weather was so clear it literally looked white outside. Yes, this … [Read more...]
*Exclusive* Taste of Sydney Part 1: Best in Taste Award
Last Thursday evening was to be the launch of Taste of Sydney 2012 - Australia's definitive pop-up restaurant festival. However, on Thursday in Sydney the weather was not particularly good, it rained. That is probably one of the biggest understatements I've ever made on this blog, let me try again. From Wednesday evening in Sydney the weather was atrocious. Tropical depression, monsoon-esque, atrocious. It started with thunderstorms which overnight turned to torrential downpours and driving … [Read more...]
Biota Dining – Bowral
A few weeks back RJ and I decided we needed a break. A break from household chores and regular haunts and general weekend inertia. For Christmas he had gotten me a weekend away in Bowral and late February was a perfect opportunity to cash it in before the Southern Highlands moved firmly into colder weather. Before we went I of course asked Twitter about recommendations for food - brunch to be exact - Laura recommended Biota Dining. In looking at the website I couldn't see a brunch listing … [Read more...]
March into Merivale Launch Party
Last Thursday after work I made my way down into the city to catch up with a few lovely ladies I met at a Sydney Food Blogger picnic back in January. Social company aside, the March into Merivale Launch Party, which saw 13 food stalls and 4 bars take over the ballroom of The Ivy and the whole of Ash Street, was promising enough to warrant a migration over the bridge on a 'school night'. Even the weather was behaving for an evening of milling about, and the polished pretties of Sydney … [Read more...]
Crave Sydney
Crave is a month long food festival in Sydney with literally hundred of events and participating restaurants and, well, food. This year we haven't taken nearly enough advantage of it - although I did do a fair amount of drooling over the Tweets and pictures of other food bloggers at the launch parties and the World Chef Showcase. We did however manage to make it to the Sydney Growers Market in Pyrmont one morning, and stop into Bitton on a Saturday afternoon for brunch to enjoy ... a … [Read more...]
Bits and pieces – San Diego
While in San Diego on our recent trip there were a few other things we got up to along the way ... Warning: stream of consciousness ahead, proceed with caution... A quick shout out to the sales guy at the camera store where I picked up a new lens for my camera - I had emailed to make sure they had the Nikon 35mm 1.8 AF-S and LowePro Passport Sling in stock, and when I popped in to pick them up he said 'I like your blog, I sent the link to my sister, she is always looking for good gluten … [Read more...]
