Category Archives: Australia

Sydney Food Diary: Pei Modern, the Rocks, 2015

Posted on 5 October 2015 by andyq

Even though we’ve been to Pei Modern in Melbourne, I kept forgetting its provenance: the famed chef Mark Best of Marque opening a more casual eatery in Melbourne and now a branch has opened in Sydney at the Four Seasons. … Continue reading →

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Food Diary: the Apollo, Sydney

Posted on 2 October 2015 by andyq

Apollo serves inventive, modern Greek food, and is excellent. I had a fantastic meal here last night, a pre-theatre meal in March and before that with my friend Dan ages ago. The last time when I returned, I wondered ‘Is … Continue reading →

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Food Diary: Danjee, Sydney CBD

Posted on 30 September 2015 by andyq

What a great surprise. Danjee served up some amazing vegetarian food, for my vego pal and I, with unusual flavours, good prices and a lot of tastiness. I usually go to restaurants based on recommendations or good ratings on Zomato, … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Nel., Surry Hills

Posted on 27 September 2015 by andyq

I’ve been hearing great things about Nel. and thought a lunch would be a nice introduction. I wasn’t disappointed. Reviews talked about the great value for high-class degustation. For lunch, that’s four courses with an extra treat at the end. … Continue reading →

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Food Diary: Bishop Sessa, Surry Hills, Sydney

Posted on 21 September 2015 by andyq

Bishop Sessa has been serving delightful, inventive, top-quality food at very moderate prices for some years now. After the much-loved Tabou closed down (the French restaurant with the double-based cheese soufflé…), there was an incarnation called Gotham I believe, and … Continue reading →

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Food Diary: Claire’s Kitchen, Oxford Street, Sydney

Posted on 19 September 2015 by andyq

With a huge range of traditional bistro dishes on their menu, as well as French aperitifs and digestifs, served by adorable young mostly French-speaking staff, Claire’s Kitchen has a rather nice feeling of authenticity. And the food is very, very … Continue reading →

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Food Diary: Gelatomassi, Newtown, Sydney

Posted on 19 September 2015 by andyq

Gelatomassi has always been my favourite ice cream store in Sydney. I’m biased in that it was located on the street where I worked, so various treats to myself meant that I tried a number of flavours, and… well, it … Continue reading →

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Food Diary: Two Sticks, Chinatown, Sydney

Posted on 14 September 2015 by andyq

We were coming back from a lecture on Ken Wilber’s Stages of Human Development, and you know, I was kind of hungry. My better half reminded me that if we stayed on the bus and extra stop, we’d be right … Continue reading →

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Food Diary: Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld, the Grampians, Victoria

Posted on 4 September 2015 by andyq

The Royal Mail Hotel is a two-hatted restaurant in the Grampians, some hours outside of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. It’s also a hotel, with a magnificent homestead, the site of Diana’s 50th birthday party a few weekends … Continue reading →

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Food Diary: Voulez Vous, Sydney

Posted on 6 August 2015 by andyq

So Wednesday’s nights Food Diary was a bit different than usual. Zomato (formerly Urban Spoon) has been noticing my restaurant write-ups. I met @Nickbarraclough and @sarasez for a coffee at Paramount a while back, and this lead to them inviting … Continue reading →

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