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Restaurant Toshiya, Cremorne

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:00:31 +0000

It was Saturday afternoon and I was hunting for a place for Mr NQN and I to have dinner with Queen Viv and Miss America that evening. The latter is very easy going but Queen Viv always needs convincing so I texted Queen Viv ”How about Toshiya in Cremorne? They have sashimi tacos.” “That sounds interesting [...]

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Jonah’s, Whale Beach

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:00:28 +0000

What do Justin Bieber and Bono have in common? Well apparently they’ve all taken in the view I am looking at right now. No it’s not of a stadium full of screaming fans but instead the surrealy beautiful blue water of Whale Beach. Whale Beach or Palm Beach is the playground of the moneyed and [...]

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Tapioca, Cremorne

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:00:00 +0000

“I want to order the betel leaves, the quail’s eggs and let’s see the wagyu, the fish and the pork belly and let’s also get the whole snapper too” I declare to Mr NQN. “Is that all? I think you left off one dish” Mr NQN says raising an eyebrow. “Well we’ll order that too” [...]

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Hemingway’s, Manly

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:07 +0000

The menu reads: “hemingway’s manly is a small bar and casual dining spot with it’s tongue planted firmly in your cheek… He (chef Ben Pichon) wishes to acknowledge his influences: the colonel, mr. mcdonald, school canteens, ikea hot dogs & carnivals across the globe.” If there’s one thing I appreciate in any human being it’s [...]

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Hawthorn, Mosman

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 24 May 2011 19:00:39 +0000

I started off the sentence “Well my agent recommended this to me…” before trailing off and realising how terribly affected that sounded. Surely starting off a sentence proclaiming that you have an agent is similar just the precursor to speaking about yourself in the third person for example “Lorraine is hungry now. Please bring Lorraine something to [...]

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Burnt Orange, Mosman

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:00:50 +0000

I find that through fate or folly that I am often the person that people ask where to eat. It’s either readers who are looking for a place to eat in Sydney or interstate or friends or family. I don’t mind of course, it is of course yet another chance to talk about food. But [...]

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Sails On Lavender Bay, McMahons Point

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:00:37 +0000

Sometimes I find that when a restaurant in Sydney has a view, the food doesn’t often match up to it and that the view is considered sufficient candy for the eyes whereas the mouth is left lacking. With so many restaurants with a view in Sydney, I find this to be the case in some. [...]

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New Shanghai, Chatswood & The Mystery of The Dumpling

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:00:04 +0000

“I think you use a syringe and you inject the soup into it” “No no too fiddly, I think it’s like a blob of gelatine that they put in it” “No no you’re both wrong. They cook the meat and the skin separately and then put them together and pour soup inside and seal them [...]

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The Chatswood Eat Street Progressive Degustation: Bavarian Bier Cafe, Mamak, Arigato, Izakaya and Rocket

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:00:08 +0000

Once upon a time, an email went around to my three partners in crime: Mr NQN, Queen Viv and Miss America. I asked them if they would like to come along with me on a little progressive degustation of Chatswood’s new Eat Street. Formerly the railway station, they’ve turned it into a small collection of [...]

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Berowra Waters Inn

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 18:00:06 +0000

Le Wharf A funny thing happened to me this year around my birthday. Well the book happened really and I scarcely had time to do anything. And as the case may be, the birthday planning fell to the wayside. I had wanted to visit Berowra Waters Inn for the longest time ever since my advertising days. [...]

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