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Macanese Week At The Four Seasons, Circular Quay

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:00:50 +0000

My friends and I were talking about cuisines that aren’t represented in Sydney. It was hard to pick one as Sydney is so diverse it seems that we have a restaurant for just about every cuisine. “How about Kazakhstani?” I ventured as I recalled trying to brainstorm for a Kazakhstani dinner party and being at a [...]

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The Drummer, Sydney CBD – A Restaurant With A Difference

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:00:22 +0000

It wasn’t a great morning. It started as all ungreat mornings do with a 6am wake up call and a loud groan coming from me. The internet went down as it seems wont to do lately and I cursed irritatedly. I was running late so I contemplated driving into the city for a breakfast event [...]

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Sherpa Kitchen, Newtown

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:00:20 +0000

The saying goes “When in Rome do as the Romans do“. Mr NQN gives the phrase a special twist for the Nepalese restaurant we are in. “When in Nepal, eat goat” he sagely advises when we’re dithering over the menu at Sherpa Kitchen. It’s Good Friday and the dining choices are limited and we’re taking [...]

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Kaki Lima Malaysian Breakfast Favourites, Kingsford

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:00:16 +0000

If you’ve been reading my tweets on twitter, you’ll know of my ongoing saga with our house renovations. We were originally told that the bathroom would take 12 days. It had been 6 weeks exactly since that fateful day and we’ve endured complaints from neighbours about hammering at 2am and yawning stretches of them disappearing [...]

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Himalayan Char Grill, Crows Nest

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:00:18 +0000

I seem to be a spree. A reader recommendation spree in fact. I treasure each and every reader I have and when they take the time out to recommend a place to eat to me I take it seriously. When I was recommended the Himalayan Char Grill from reader Audrey after posting about a particularly [...]

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Nepalese Food and Cultural Festival

Not Quite Nigella — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:00:24 +0000

Being invited to the Opening of the Nepalese Food and Cultural Festival is an exciting thing indeed, especially where are people with Ambassador titles also in attendance. This evening, Mr NQN and I are excited to be in attendance of the launch of the Nepalese Food and Cultural festival at the Grove restaurant in the [...]

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La Mesa Philippine Cuisine At Dee Why

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:00:13 +0000

We’ve been waiting for months to go to La Mesa in Dee Why. Philippine cuisine is one of those cuisines that you don’t often see a lot of although we’ve heard it’s absolutely delicious so when we discover that there is a restaurant within 15 minute’s drive, dishing up authentic Philippino favourites we thought that [...]

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