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Honeycomb, Darlinghurst

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:00:36 +0000

Some may call it gossip, I prefer to call it a catch up and when you haven’t seen a girlfriend in weeks or even months, well I think that the polite thing to do is avail yourself of all of the girly gossip ahem…current affairs you can. Except of course if you’re sitting elbow to [...]

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The Winery, Surry Hills

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:00:05 +0000

Ever passed by a place dozens of times on the way somewhere, pegging it in your mind for a longer, lingering glance but have never stopped in? That happens to me a lot in Sydney where a new, bright, shiny restaurant or cafe seems to emerge from the restaurant ether every few days or weeks [...]

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Sokyo & Meow Meow, The Sydney Festival

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:00:48 +0000

I must admit that for the first two weeks of January I was in an unnatural state. I was mostly at home and not travelling. Which meant that I was cooking furiously and frantically and testing out dishes but it also meant that I was feeling a bit stir crazy cooped up at home. And I feel [...]

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Chef’s Gallery, Sydney CBD

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:00:51 +0000

I’m terrible at remembering dates. In fact I need a website to remind me when people’s birthdays are so that I don’t seem like a terrible friend. Stores remind me, sometimes months in advance that Valentines Day and Easter are coming up . Then there are my parents who remind me every year when Chinese [...]

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Afternoon Tea At The Victoria Room Tea Salon, Sydney CBD

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:00:52 +0000

One morning I was talking to Jill Jones-Evans, owner of the Victoria Room about scones-as you do when you’re a little bit obsessed with food. Mid conversation she casually mentioned how they had a 10 scone long scone menu at their new tea salon in the Westfields. Conversation screeched to a halt, I think I [...]

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Bar H, Surry Hills

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:00:09 +0000

I’m certain that we’re in the naughty corner. When Gina texted me to tell me that she was sitting in the back of the restaurant at a very small corner table she wasn’t kidding. Just a few minutes earlier at 6pm she walked into Bar H and asked for a table for three people. Asked [...]

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Morena, Surry Hills

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:00:50 +0000

There are certain challenges when trying to introduce a cuisine into a country especially one largely unsampled and unheard of. And for years native Peruvian chef Alejandro Saravia has toiled trying to introduce his country’s cuisine to Australia through his Taste of Peru dinners and cooking classes. There is the struggle against using ingredients like [...]

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Uccello, Sydney CBD

Not Quite Nigella — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:00:46 +0000

Picture it: the morning after a dinner party. I woke up and switched on the computer and put my on my computer mouse. It was buttery. Now what were the chances of that? Well if you know me, they’re pretty high. I’m often found reading food blogs with one finger on the mouse and the [...]

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Fisherman’s Wharf Yum Cha, Sydney Fish Markets, Pyrmont

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:00:22 +0000

Perhaps it wasn’t the wisest move going to the Sydney Fish Markets the week before Christmas. I think I was lulled into a state of denial by hunger and eager opportunism and the compulsive urge to try somewhere new. I was taking my “team” that is my lovely hair stylist and makeup artist Elly and Joel from [...]

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Australian Youth Hotel Restaurant, Glebe, Broadway

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:00:33 +0000

No darlings, I haven’t gone all YWCA on you. When Joan Holloway suggested lunching at the Australia Youth Hotel I did a double take. Because I don’t know about you but I like my sheets crisp and toiletries aplenty and slippers fluffy. But I also know that Joan Holloway has good taste and knows my [...]

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