Week 14: The meat fest…

Wildfire

After the seafood heavy week 13 at Fleurs, and one of the best meals we’d had- ever- it was time for a shift of focus. In my world that means meat.

Once seafood is done, real meat must come…

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Week 13: World’s best seafood??

Aotearoa land of the long white cloud; the homeland of kiwis, the rugby world cup, award winning Pinots, fresh seafood and of course, chulli buns (that is- chilli bins, esky’s or ice boxes).  Continue reading

Week 12: The adventure capital…

 Rātā

In the ‘Adventure capital of the world’ Queenstown, New Zealand, for a friend’s wedding, the opportunity to try some local fare was too good to pass up. After asking around some locals we settled on Rātā by Josh Emett.

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Week 11: Korean BBQ

BBQ City

When I think of Korea my mind is automatically taken to images of karaoke bars, the Team America version of Kim Jung 11, my mate Nick from work (who as an aside has the nickname Bruce Beiber – Bruce as in Bruce Lee, and Beiber, well because Nick looks like the Korean version of Justin Beiber), and finally the K-Pop sensation PSY.

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Week 10: Chinese

China Lane

Nestled in the heart of the city is one of Sydney’s newest, and apparently hippest, Chinese restaurants. The extreme lengths gone to in the name of ambience and ‘coolness’ are evident as soon as you get within sight of the place.

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Week 9: The Steakhouse

MUMU GRILL

 Sydney’s only 100% grass-fed steakhouse was always going to have to be on the list for this challenge. However, just because they label themselves as one thing, does it mean they deliver the goods? Lets see…

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Week 8: The pub…

The Four In Hand

In hindsight going to a pub on a Saturday night purely to get a feed for this week’s blog post was probably quite stupid. I’ll take the blame for that.

Still, it was Saturday night, and the pub is a pretty common place for many of us to end up at. Am I right?

At last count there were… a shitload of pubs and bars worldwide.  Heaps. And, a lot people who go to pubs. Also heaps.

So this post is relevant to pretty much everyone.

We went to The Four In Hand in Paddington, Sydney…

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Week 7: The last minute fast food…

Nando’s

This week was a last minute change due to a ridiculous down pour, rendering us stuck inside some distance from our preferred destination. So, we assess the situation and put our ‘what’s the best option in here’ hats on. what we discovered was a pleasant surprise, not just for taste, but nutrition too.

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