La Buvette
How long do you think it takes two Personal Trainers to devour a plate of blueberry pancakes accompanied with orange butter and a side of crispy bacon, and French toast with banana and bacon? Continue reading
Tag Archives: 52 eats over 52 weeks
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
Week 36: The nose to tail…
Bishop Sessa
Once stumble upon on another weekly eating journey, this place caught my eye because f the offal on offer. Much more than boiled sheep’s balls, this looked all class, and was-it-ever! Continue reading
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