Week 44: The degustation

Six Penny

Nestled in one of the more random spots Sydney has to offer, Six Penny is an absolute dining must. For foodies and regular folk alike, I can’t recommend this enough.

When most degustation places can be a bit pretentious, Six Penny reverses that with amazing food, brilliant service and genuine passion about fine food.  Continue reading

Week 42: Lebanese feast

Jasmin’s Lebanese

Where and what is Jasmin’s,  you may ask. Well, Jasmin’s is directly west – right outside my Sydney bubble comfort zone. A bit of an institution in Lekemba, we were about to be treated to some of the best Lebanese around. And not just by anyone, but by the one and only Big Kev-­ the largest ever contestant to grace The Biggest Loser- WORLDWIDE!  Continue reading

Week 41: South African

Lucky Tsotsi

My first experience of a ‘speakeasy’ was in New York a couple of years back, when our host with the most, took us to an obscure, yet funky, little bar in the back streets of Manhattan.  Our first experience also ended up with us drinking what we fondly remember as cough syrup, an early morning mission through the streets of NY barefoot, looking for pizza and ending up on the rooftop of said hosts apartment block talking about life…. But that’s a different story…  Continue reading

Week 40: Melbourne (the city)

Melbourne Food Safari

Melbourne is one of the World’s great foodie cities. So upon visiting for a weekend and facing reviewing one place in particular, what does one couple do? I’ll tell you… you turn the entire long weekend into an eating safari and cover a bunch of its best. So, here we are…  Continue reading

Week 39: The airport (and plane)

 The Airport (Sydney)

Always a minefield of what to eat- The Airport – provide generally shitty food. The plane is even worse. And for the frequent traveller, having a clue of how to attack it is most of the battle. Below we outline some key points to consider and try.  Continue reading

Week 38: Vegetarian (No meat- seriously)

Harvest Vegetarian

 What happens when someone with the word ‘meat’ in their nickname, writing for a blog entitled the same and clearly a genuine lover of meat with a penchant for cynicism, goes to a vegetarian restaurant? I’ll give you one guess…  Continue reading

Week 37: The farmer’s market

Frenchs Forest Farmer’s Market

Sometimes know as the ‘Campbelltown by the sea’ (a joke for Sydney locals only, sorry)- Frenchs Forest Organic Markets are a hive of activity come Sunday morning. Amazing produce, stalls and weird people galore, this was going to be an interesting one for my sarcasm meter…  Continue reading