Category Archives: Sydney

Sydney Food Diary: Casa Barelli’s Burgundy Truffles from Aldi

Posted on 28 June 2020 by andyq

Newsflash! As of right now (28 June 2020), these truffles are back at Aldi. Maybe only this week! Run out and grab them if you like them. They’re $7 (seemed to be $8 in July 2018) and both varieties are … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Alex ‘N’ Rolls, Marrickville

Posted on 25 June 2020 by andyq

My friend Lai Heng (whose photos appear in this post) enthusiastically recommended that we take up the suggestion from this rave review in Broadsheet and head over to Alex ‘N’ Rolls to see if they really do have the best … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Kobe Wagyu BBQ, Chinatown

Posted on 27 March 2020 by andyq

I’m glad to see on Zomato how highly diners have rated Kobe Wagyu, up on the first floor across from World Square, at the edge of Chinatown. For that was my feeling too: this was great food and a great … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Ho Jiak Town Hall

Posted on 20 March 2020 by andyq

We had a chore in the CBD which meant it was a perfect occasion to try out Ho Jiak Town Hall during their soft launch. It’s funny to see the former Cuban restaurant transformed into a modern Malaysian hangout. It’s … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Sea Salt, Clovelly

Posted on 19 March 2020 by andyq

It’s pretty hard to go wrong in a location like this, a classic Sydney location, where you have views of the water, of some kind, from nearly anywhere in the restaurant. What a lucky guy I was. My friend John … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Buffalo Dining Club, Darlinghurst

Posted on 15 March 2020 by andyq

Wow. Four years since I’ve been to Buffalo Dining Club, and it’s refreshing to see a restaurant that found a great formula, stuck to it, and that it’s still doing booming business. On a Friday night, it was packed, with … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Sasaki, CBD

Posted on 8 March 2020 by andyq

Not really in the CBD, tucked behind Hyde Park on the Surry Hills side, it actually took us a while to find Sasaki, hidden away in an unassuming location off an alleyway. Wow, it is a find though. An elegant … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Nanjing Dumpling, Chinatown

Posted on 17 February 2020 by andyq

So, I walked by here a while ago and thought: what is a Nanjing Dumpling? And one lunch hour, working at the library at Darling Square, I decided to forego the dozen of options there, and come back a block … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Nakano Darling, Darling Square

Posted on 16 February 2020 by andyq

With some smart design, it really feels like you could be in Japan. Stepping through an opening in a corrugated iron wall (and out of torrential rains), there are a few low tables, a number of high tables surrounded by … Continue reading →

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Sydney Food Diary: Shwarmama, Surry Hills

Posted on 15 February 2020 by andyq

Is this the best shawarma in Sydney? I think maybe. I mean, it certainly must be the hippest shawarma in Sydney, coming from the owners of Poly, Paramount Coffee, Reuben Hills and Ester). It’s perfectly located for us to grab … Continue reading →

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