The Wharf Restaurant
Pier 4, Hickson Road
Walsh Bay - Sydney 2000
Ph: +61 (0) 2 9250 1761
For Christmas lunch last year we went to ‘The Wharf Restaurant’ which is located at the Walsh Bay (near the Sydney Theatre Company at the Rocks).
The view here is amazing. The restaurant has a rustic look of wooden deck floor overlooking Sydney Harbour.  I [...]

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One thing I really enjoy on friday nights in Sydney is going to the weekly night market in Chinatown. Chinatown night market sells knick knacks ranging from mobile phone covers to fake tiffanys jewellery. However, I go there especially for the food. My favourite are the desserts. You can find dessert such as black sticky [...]

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Yes I know I’ve done a restaurant review on Bistro Guillaume (see my previous post here) but it is one of my favourite places to eat when celebrating special occassions, this time it was a friends birthday.
For the second time now we bumped into Derryn Hinch (Melbourne TV/Radio Personality) and like aways he was sitting [...]

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I don’t know how often you guys shop at asian groceries but everytime I go I always manage to seek out some bizarre foods.  This time its Ginger Ale Flavoured Kit Kat. Judging from the packet it looks like this was imported from Japan, trust the Japanese to create bizarre foods.
For those who don’t know [...]

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Din Tai Fung
Shop 11.04, Level 1
World Square Shopping Centre
644 George St,
Sydney NSW 2000
Ph: +61 (0) 2 9264 6010/6012
The moment you get to this restaurant, you’ll be thinking - whoa, that’s a long queue!
Before you join the queue, make sure you go right to the front of the concierge table, outside the restaurant, and let the person who’s [...]

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Fattoria Il Poggio at Tuscany where I had my long lunch under the Tuscan Sun:)

Fattoria Il Poggio
Via S.Piero, 39 Montecarlo - Italy
Ph: +39 0583 22088
Supporting Italy Agriturismo (Agricultural mixed with tourism), I decided to enjoy a long lunch under the Tuscan Sun at one of the Agriturismo Farm House. The Farm House grows its own [...]

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Sushi Rio
Shop 7, 339 Sussex St
NSW 2000
Ph: +61 (0) 2 9261 2388
Like most Melburnians and Sydney Syders I like to compare the 2 cities. I have lived in both long enough to say which is the better city No I will not make this announcement in this post, rather I will compare the sushi [...]

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I live in Melbourne, one of the cities of the world where there is a strong appreciation for a good coffee. Sourcing, roasting and the art of making a good coffee is competitive here and consumers benefit greatly from a high standard of coffee as a result. But there is one grind that you will [...]

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Eureka Tower
7 Riverside Quay
Southbank, Melbourne
On my recent work conference in Melbourne, I was living the high life (literally). This included hosting customer dinners at the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere - The Eureka Tower. Eureka tower was completed in mid/late 2006 with a height of 300 meters above sea level. It is located in [...]

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A friend from Canada (French Canadian) decided to come visit Australia, Melbourne for a few days so it was up to me to show her what an awesome place Melbourne is.
Today was a sunny though a little chilly day in Melbourne. We had a relaxing day by visiting National Gallery of Victoria and ACMI (Australian [...]

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