Category Archives: Review

Sydney Food Diary: Broadsheet Restaurant, Waterloo

Posted on 1 November 2016 by andyq

   A fun concept. Check out this pop-up restaurant before it pops down. Hard to go wrong with these idea. A cool website/newspaper (Broadsheet) that specialises in writing about cool, new eateries, opening a pop-up restaurant where you can get … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: S0.9, Waterloo

Posted on 1 November 2016 by andyq

Modern Vietnamese food in a cool and casual setting Isn’t Dank Street interesting these days? There’s a real buzz with new eateries and new places to buy high quality produce. Stumbled upon this place for lunch, and I love the … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Yellow, Potts Point

Posted on 18 October 2016 by andyq

Yellow is destination dining, offering a stunning vegetarian degustation. Instead of thinking of vegetarian and vegan food as lacking in meat, why not think of it as a particular culture or style of eating? For a visit to Yellow could … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Zushi, Surry Hills

Posted on 13 October 2016 by andyq

   Zushi is really dependable, tasty Japanese food with a modern twist. A reliable choice. So many restaurants change in Surry Hills, I think it’s a sign of quality when a place manages to last for a while, and Zushi … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Sabu, Parramatta

Posted on 13 October 2016 by andyq

Sabu was a nice surprise: really fresh sushi and sashimi, great flavours and an unusual sake. We’d come to Parramatta to catch a show at the Riverside. With so many restaurants on the strip around Church Street, I expected we’d … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Harajuka Gyoza, Potts Point

Posted on 11 October 2016 by andyq

If I don’t have any photos of the food at Harajuku Gyoza, it’s because it seems almost besides the point. I mean, it was tasty. I liked the duck gyoza. The eggplant was delicious. Crisp little pieces of chicken karaage. … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Chicken Parma at the Bat & Ball, Redfern

Posted on 7 October 2016 by andyq

As a Chinese-Canadian, I’ve observed how different dishes are transformed from country to country and sometimes emerge as an interesting hybrid. A number of North American Chinese dishes are not known in China. In a similar way, Australia seems to … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Contrabando, CBD

Posted on 20 September 2016 by andyq

[This review from September 2016; I ate at their new location in November 2018 and didn’t even realise it was the same restaurant!] When the hostess lead us to our table, I was about to say to my husband, ‘Is … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Great Aunty Three, Surry Hills

Posted on 18 September 2016 by andyq

It was clear to me, just from a quick glance, that this restaurant had the right concept for the right location. Right next to the immensely popular Chat Thai in what was once a grocery store that unusually sold Latin … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Zhu Canton, Randwick

Posted on 15 September 2016 by andyq

Yum cha in Randwick? What a fine idea. I like the idea of yum cha in any neighbourhood, really, and spotting this listing on Zomato, I thought it would be worth a try. It turned out to be more of … Continue reading →

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