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Albee’s Kitchen Malaysian Delights, Campsie

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:00:04 +0000

“Let’s go for an adventure!” I say to Mr NQN one afternoon. We are well blessed with an unusually sunny day after what seems like weeks of rain shining down on us. And as my parent have loaned us their car while they were away we feel like we should go for a drive [...]

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Bonta Vita, Sydney

Not Quite Nigella — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:00:47 +0000

When I first heard of Bonta Vita, I knew it was the kind of place that I had to save for M and her boys. It’s a Malaysian Italian restaurant serving Rizza or Roti Pizza (pronounced Ritza) were their star item. I had also read about the Rice Dice where rolling the dice allows you [...]

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Ginger & Spice, Neutral Bay, for Chinese New Year dinner

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:00:57 +0000

First of all I’d like thank everyone that voted for me for the Well Fed Awards. I was nominated for Best Food Blog-City and Best Food Blog-Post for my Freeganism story. I didn’t win either (check out Well Fed’s announcement of the winners here) but congratulations to the winners and thankyou to Well Fed for [...]

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Satay Delight at UNSW Kensington

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:00:06 +0000

Have you ever known one of those permanent University students? One that drifts from course to course collecting degrees and PhD’s like trophies. I know some but I could never be one. I was always itching to get out and ready to do the job rather than theorise about it. I can understand the appeal [...]

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Makan at Alice’s Malaysian and Singaporean food, Thornleigh

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:00:30 +0000

Does it seem like to you that there are suddenly now numerous places to eat Malaysian /Singaporean food? It seems only a few years ago that there were only 2 or 3 restaurants. Walking through Chinatown and World Square, it looks like many more have sprung up. Not a bad thing, you understand of course. [...]

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Sentosa at Crows Nest

Not Quite Nigella — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:00:50 +0000

Somehow I missed the bulletin that told me that finding a parking spot on a Saturday night in Crows Nest almost rivals finding one in Darlinghurst. Its a warm Saturday night and the last thing I feel like doing is cooking so we’ve decided on somewhere local-ish to try. Little do we realise that Crows [...]

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Chinta Ria, Temple of Love restaurant at Darling Harbour

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:00:31 +0000

Its been literally years since I visited Chinta Ria, at least 5 years to be exact, so when Gina, Teena and I go there for a girl’s weekend lunch we’re all curious to see whether things have changed. Walking through the heavy wooden doors with the sashes of colourful cloth and a large smiling buddha [...]

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