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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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Lebanon and Beyond, Randwick

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:00:10 +0000

It was Mr NQN’s weekend. It was something that I thought we ought to do as every other weekend seems to revolve around my activities. Being Mr NQN’s weekend we went shopping for pants for him-he’s a fusspot with those and as he is rather disorganised, the dinner plans never did eventuate. When he expressed [...]

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Five Star Chocolates and Sweets, Greenacre

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 08 May 2010 19:00:19 +0000

Oooh waterfall! It’s never a great idea to go dessert shopping when you’re full…well scratch that, it’s actually a great idea if you want to resist temptation. One sunny afternoon, M and her boys and Mr NQN and I walk through Five Star chocolates and sweets doors in Greenacre with stomachs full to bulging. There’s [...]

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Wilsons, Redfern : Sydney’s oldest Lebanese restaurant

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:00:22 +0000

I always have an eye or ear out for blogging opportunities. With an ear to the ground and a loyal readership that generously share their recommendations with me, I love seeking out new places that I haven’t tried before. So this evening when we drive past Wilsons we see a cafe on the opposite side [...]

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Abla Patisserie, Dulwich Hill

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:00:57 +0000

I need to get something off my chest right now: I adore pastry and Lebanese sweets cater right to my pastry fetish (I have at several points in my life, considered moving to France just to eat pastry). The idea of golden pastry soaked in a fragrant syrup and studded with nuts just sends me [...]

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Huong Viet and Chehade El Bahsa & Sons Sweets, Bankstown

Not Quite Nigella — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:00:39 +0000

After our meal at A Taste of Egypt we had a wander down the main mall area of Bankstown. Most of the vibrantly coloured shops that I’d walked past a couple of hours earlier were closed while one remained open where we introduced S and In to the concept of a Bubble Milk tea. Having [...]

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Al Aseel Lebanese restaurant at Greenacre

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:00:10 +0000

Sydney is a place spoiled for Lebanese food. There are so many places to enjoy this cuisine and some fairly close to us. However urged by M’s reliable food taste, we’re lured to somewhere a little further afield, in Greenacre. It’s a hot 33 degrees today in Sydney and all we can say is thank [...]

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