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Neild Avenue, Rushcutters Bay

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:00:44 +0000

“So anyway, I was wearing what I call my adventure pants” my friend Ute leans over and tells me. “Adventure pants?” I ask. “They’re cream linen pants. I don’t really care what happens to them so they’re my adventure pants. I’m sitting at the bar of Neild Avenue at 6:15pm one Friday night. I was [...]

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The Press Club Restaurant & Bar, Melbourne

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:00:28 +0000

A Happy Monday Dear Readers! I hope you all had a good weekend.Yesterday while I was breakfasting Mr NQN shouted out to me “You’re in The Age newspaper!”. It was an article where they discussed how some restaurateurs don’t like food bloggers taking photos. It was an interesting article but I just thought that it [...]

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Saks Espresso & Wine, Surry Hills

Not Quite Nigella — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:02 +0000

Friends in high places, they mean a lot of course but friends in the right places means a lot too. My friend M was just the person that I needed to speak to about a very important topic and she suggested that we meet up at Saks Espresso & Wine in Surry Hills as she [...]

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The Tsirekas Family Roast for Street Smart

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:00:54 +0000

My favourite Greek chef David Tsirekas tends to the Halloumi Food is sizzling on the BBQ, a whole lamb is roasting on the spit and suddenly there’s a frisson, people are whispering and eyes are widened as the gossip passes through the crowd “He’s here!! He’s here!” they say. “Who is here” I ask Reem. [...]

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The 35 course Greek Banquet to end all Banquets! Perama Restaurant, Petersham

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:00:19 +0000

I don’t quite know what it is about me and Greek food but I adore it. Greek yogurt is my favourite type of yogurt, Halloumi is one of my favourite cheese and Taramosalata is also one of my favourite dips and don’t even get me started on Dolmades or Baklava which are a complete addiction [...]

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Mad Greek, North Sydney

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:00:47 +0000

My friend M raved to me about this place. She works in North Sydney and finds herself here, almost every day for lunch with her 2 boys on school holidays and they devour meal after meal. The Mad Greek in question is no doubt the person that merchandised the store, I suspect a graphic designer’s [...]

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Ouzo88, Woolloomooloo

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:00:47 +0000

“Ouzo88…” we all say. It sounds familiar to us and then we recall where we heard the name-they were the restaurant on the Chopping Block reality tv show where 2 restaurants compete for a monetary prize. They were pitted against Baja Cantina, and if I can be honest, were my favourites because they seemed to [...]

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