Category Archives: Asian

Sydney Food Diary: Kim, King’s Cross

This modern Korean restaurant is surprising, unusual and tasty. What an excellent find. I’d actually planned to go to the Malaysian place, just across from it, on Llankelly Place (which is looking very charming these days). I’d heard it was … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Ume, Surry Hills

So, sometimes the food diary provides not current advice but an archive of the delightful food that Sydney can offer. Because in this case, Ume is changing its format, and after long being an elegant, delicious, multi-course affair, it is … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Tim Ho Wan, Westfield CBD

Just a little after a year since I went to the Tim Ho Wan in Chatswood, I stumble across a new branch of Tim Ho Wan in the Westfield mall in the CBD. It’s a much smaller version, with only … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Little Momo, Newtown

So, let’s be clear here. I love momos. When first travelling in Nepal, I discovered that Nepal has their own dumplings. Often made with buffalo or goat… there would be big steamers in local cafes where you could buy a … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Sushi Hero II, Darlinghurst

A quick casual lunch with the fabulous Andy G who works nearby. How can you not like a restaurant called Sushi Hero II, advertising itself as a ‘conveying sushi bar’? I was surprised how many dishes looked Chinese, including the … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Kujin, Elizabeth Bay

Kujin is our go-to place for dinner if we’re catching a show at the Hayes Theatre nearby. It’s great-quality, reasonably priced and delicious Japanese food. I was a little worried when we arrived that the service might be a little … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Dai’s Golden Crown Restaurant, Cremorne

It’s Cremorne week on my food blog! Just by chance really: one night at Taronga zoo and the next at a movie at the amazing Cremorne Orpheum, and needing a meal both evenings. Dai’s Golden Crown is a humble and … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Muum Maam, Surry Hills

If I try to figure out how I haven’t blogged or reviewed Muum Maam, it’s that I first went long before I started to do food blogging. In fact, as the restaurant opened just below my old apartment on Holt … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Cafe Paris on King

It seems like this cosy new cafe, at the end of King Street, is new. It’s barely got a Yelp listing, and now I’ve flagged it for Zomato. We just happened to stumble upon it, after going orchid shopping on … Continue reading

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Sydney Food Diary: Yen’s, Waterloo

Yen’s is a little hole in the wall, in Waterloo on Botany Road, brightly lit, and serving humble Vietnamese food. This time, we were sad that the old menus were gone with all the photos of the food. The table … Continue reading

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