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Spice I Am, Surry Hills
Spice I Am When good friends Damien and Jade said they would be in town I thought it would be a crime not to at least have a beer with them. We decided a bite to eat and a few drinks were in order. I...
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Bar H, Surry Hills
Bar & Dining Room Another day, another Spreets deal. We’d heard good things about Bar H and wanted to go there for ages but with this one coupon we were quite undecided as the value just didn’t...
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Crave SIFF 2011: Cotton Duck’s 10 Mile Waddle, Surry Hills
Dining Room Jared said he chose to do a 10 Mile Dinner for the simple fact that a 100 Mile Dinner would be too easy. Nice, 10 Miles ain’t that far when you think about it. Sure you will still have...
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Crave SIFF 2011: 121BC, Vini & Berta’s Three Piatti, Three Posti, Surry Hills
121BC - Bar One of the first Crave dinners we wanted to book in was the progressive dinner ‘Three Piatti, Three Posti’. Unfortunately it sold out really quickly and all we could do was go on the...
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Assiette, Surry Hills
Mr O’s birthday was all set to be the most expensive meal of our lives: Bilson’s Epiphany degustation with matched wines. Aannnddd then Bilson’s closed. It was not to be. The challenge was on for Mr O...
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Cotton Duck, Surry Hills (Closed)
Jared Ingersoll at the pass Bird Cow Fish, Rambutan and now Cotton Duck. 2012 has seen some great restaurants close. I don’t dine out as often as I would like, add to that all the new places we’re...
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The Carrington, Surry Hills
Dining Room The Carrington – Beba Y Cene opened in July last year and since then it has been performing quite well if everything I hear is true. Lex had already been twice before this visit and loved...
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The Carrington – $3 Pintxos Tuesdays, Surry Hills
Across to the Kitchen While still somewhat of a twitter noob there is something that I really like about it. Social networking can be a bit hit and miss these days but for me twitter is just a better...
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Bentley Restaurant & Bar, Surry Hills
Bentley Restaurant & Bar Everyone has heard about the current state of affairs in the Sydney restaurant scene. Restaurant upon restaurant is closing due to a number of reasons – one of those being...
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Crown Street Assembly, Surry Hills
Downstairs Bar Quite fresh into the Surry Hills scene is Crown Street Assembly. Erez Gordon of Bistro Bruno in Balmain has teamed up with Paul Cooper formerly of O’Connell’s Centenary Hotel in...
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10 questions with… Jamie Thomas
Jamie ThomasImage supplied courtesy of Jamie Thomas © Why do chefs become chefs? Who are their culinary inspirations? What at their guilty food pleasures? Yes, these are the types of questions running...
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il baretto, Surry Hills
Open kitchen Thursday night saw Dylan, Mr O and I pop in to The Carrington for the launch of their new menu. While the food and drinks were flowing it was a rather chaotic party and Mr O suggested we...
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Reuben Hills, Surry Hills
Reuben Hills Eighteen months old and going from strength to strength, Reuben Hills is a café and coffee roastery on Albion Street in Surry Hills. Owners Nathan Borg and Russell Beard travelled to a...
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Billy Kwong, Surry Hills
Billy Kwong Chinese Eating House I had been talking about dining at Billy Kwong for years but never actually made it, so when Em wanted to catch up for dinner mid-week I decided enough talking about...
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Cotton Duck, Surry Hills
Kitchen I completely and utterly adore birthdays and the celebrations that fall off the back of them. So coming in to November and one of my best friend’s birthdays I was eager to know where we were...
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Tokonoma, Surry Hills
Tokonoma Restaurant When a Spreets email came floating along with an offer for Tokonoma it was one we could not refuse. A two for one deal on their $90 Banquet that also included a bottle of White...
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Marque Restaurant, Surry Hills
Marque Two of the things I love most in the world are food and birthdays, so naturally my birthday always involves a celebration with close friends and good food. I spent my 25th in the Hunter Valley...
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Bird Cow Fish, Surry Hills
Bird Cow Fish Getting up on the weekend for an early breakfast is hard enough but when heading into the city to have breakfast with friends it’s even harder. Luckily there is always another option,...
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bills, Surry Hills
After what was a rather epic night at Tetsuya’s and a few drinks at Zeta Bar I woke up on my birthday feeling a million times better than I would have expected. We had decided on breakfast at bills for...
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Spice I Am, Surry Hills
Spice I Am When good friends Damien and Jade said they would be in town I thought it would be a crime not to at least have a beer with them. We decided a bite to eat and a few drinks were in order. I...
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