Rockpool Bar & GrillCrown ComplexSouthbankVictoria 3006+613 8648 1900Rockpool Website To fellow Australian gourmandes, Neil Perry is very well-known. For our international friends, let me briefly introduce him. Neil Perry is a Sydney-based superchef, the man behind the very famous restaurant, Rockpool. In addition to these responsibilities, the prolific Perry has penned several cookbooks, is in charge of the...
Check out that plate of deliciousness. Welcome to my first-ever Christmas in July. As I'm sure you're aware, Christmas time in Australia isn't really the time for turkey. It's hot, it's humid, and most sane Aussies are having a barbecue or tucking into big seafood platters. (Not me, of course, but then we all know I'm a food-nut)....
A few weeks ago, a spur-of-the-moment special occasion dinner came up, so we headed down to Mecca Bah in the Docklands. I am a big fan of chef Cath Claringbold's previous, swankier offering, Mecca (Southgate), and have been meaning to try out the cheaper, trendier version for ages.Mecca Bah55a Newquay PromenadeDocklandsVictoria30089642 1300WebsiteThey don't take bookings, so we just...
There is a slight possibility that my family have been eating too many sweets lately. There is more on this theme to come. However, in the meantime, please enjoy these photos of some fabulous sweet treats we have been trying.Balha's761 Sydney RoadBrunswick3056(03) 9383 3944My family's favourite Lebanese pastry shop. It's big, it's plush, and the pastries are A-mazing....
Obvious though it may be, let me inform you officially - I am a bit of a control freak in the kitchen. When I'm cooking, I don't like people stirring my pots or opening my oven. I also have a firm stance against people bringing desserts to dinner parties. I mean, I know it isn't nice to turn...
I have been craving hot chocolate puddings all winter long. I even bought those fab little Pillivuyt pyramidal soufflé dishes-cum-condiment dishes for that express purpose. Before tonight, they had been relegated to the far less glamarous task of housing condiments, and also the bizarrely appealing (yet totally weather-inappropriate) American chocolate pudding. Tonight, finally, I fulfilled the destinies of...
Welcome to a Sunday breakfast, Sarah style. Last Sunday was the first time in ages that the whole family was home, so I made a special breakfast.We had...1 large pot of freshly brewed coffee (see large silver pot above)...1 loaf of the best sourdough bread, from Brioche by Phillip...6 free-range eggs from the egg stall at the Victoria...
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