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Dumpling Dash: The Quest to Find the Best Shanghai Dumplings in Sydney!

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:00:18 +0000

“There are eight of us, that’s definitely a good sign!” Now ordinarily I’m not a particularly superstitious person. It mainly extends to jinxes more than anything else. And whilst Chinese people are renowned for being superstitious, I’d say that my parents were mildly superstitious but not overtly so. The number 8 is said to be [...]

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Meet My Suburb: Haberfield & Win 1 of 4 Boxes of Colefax Chocolates!

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:00:26 +0000

I’m no Maeve O’Meara, that’s a fact. She is a legend and in a league of her own really and I am only but one hungry stomach. However one thing that I really love is being a tourist in my own city. There are so many areas that I haven’t yet discovered or only scratched the surface [...]

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Meet My Suburb: Auburn Food Tour

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:00:55 +0000

When I receive an offer by email from Somer Sivrioglu from Balmain’s Efendy restaurant I am giggling with glee. For a tour by one of Sydney’s top Turkish chefs to the Turkish rich area of Auburn is like getting a local’s tour with an inside track on Turkish cuisine! Auburn is a suburb in Sydney’s [...]

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The Gourmand’s Poacher’s Way, Canberra

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:00:07 +0000

Definition of a Poacher: –noun 1. a person who trespasses on private property, esp. to catch fish or game illegally. Today we’re not exactly trespassing but we’re partaking in the Poacher’s Way trail, a collective of 25 artisan food merchants, bakers and artists that have joined together to create the Poacher’s Way trail. Originally started [...]

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A Foodlover’s Tour of the South West Markets of NSW!

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:00:34 +0000

You know you’re a food addict when you will happily spend your birthday at a pig farm. This year when my friend The Second Wife asked me if I would like to come along to a VictorsFood South West Markets Food Tour I happily accepted knowing that on my birthday I’d be knee deep in [...]

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Meet My Suburb: A Marrickville, St Peters and Dulwich Hill Food Shopping Tour

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 30 May 2010 19:00:17 +0000

Paesanella Cheese products “Let me show you some of my secrets” Queen Viv said to me one day. I’m sure my Dearest Readers have heard all about my friend Queen Viv. She’s my fairy godmother and very good friend and as fairy godmothers are wont to do, they love to spread a little fairy dust [...]

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Farmgate Shopping! M&A Butchers, Riverview Produce, Bilpin Orchard & Hawkesbury Harvest Markets

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:00:43 +0000

Baaaah! “A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go…” I sing quietly to myself. Never mind that my version of hunting doesn’t quite involve a rifle but instead involves a different kind of activity. For this day Mr NQN and I are following Liss and her husband A and their adorable troop of [...]

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Duck Off! The Quest to find the Best Peking Duck in Sydney

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:00:44 +0000

“OK – grabbed a table next to the row of hanging ducks…” Geoff SMSes me when I am busy trying to cross the city to meet him. And why this particular location in front of a row of hanging ducks? Why a merry group of seven are on the pursuit to find the best Peking [...]

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Meet My Suburb Walking & Eating Tour: Surry Hills, Sydney

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:00:35 +0000

Cheeses at Formaggi Ocello Ultra long spaghetti at Formaggi Ocello 10 stops, 9 stomachs and the will to eat. That’s what sustains a gaggle of food bloggers one afternoon. After my Kingsford and Kensington tour Reem decided to take us all on a tour of her stomping ground, Surry Hills. I didn’t intend to blog [...]

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Meet My Suburb Tour: Cabramatta (Nine Eateries In One Day!)

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:00:59 +0000

The Mall area Last month, a bunch of food bloggers and I went on a Meet My Suburb Walking Tour of Kensington and Kingsford where I showed them around the secret local’s favourites in the area. It was so much fun so some other blogger friends and I decided to do the same in Cabramatta. [...]

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