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A Night At Rockpool With Rene Redzepi

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:00:06 +0000

Rene Rezdepi: the “world’s best chef” The man to my left getting snapped talking to people looks tired, very tried but deep in concentration when he speaks. He’s smaller than I imagined and some around me are whispering how different he looks with his beard. He is wearing a jacket, a linen shirt untucked and [...]

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Kingsleys Steak and Crab House, Woollomooloo

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:00:36 +0000

Why is it every time I see the implements of torture for crab, the first thing I think of is that chilling movie Dead Ringers? Still it doesn’t stop me from ordering crab, just gives me momentary pause for thought. Liss and I are sitting at a waterfront table at Kingsleys Steak and Crab House, [...]

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Smith’s on Bayswater, Kings Cross

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:00:44 +0000

I’m a very dramatic person. I have to admit that I do love attention on the odd (ok every day) occasion and that I feel like the world is a stage. And that’s kind of how they serve the food here at Smith’s on Bayswater where the food is on stage, or at least a [...]

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Capital Grill, Circular Quay

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:00:08 +0000

“I’m such a wuss, I don’t want to leave the house, even for the promise of dinner. Must fly North for this Winter methinks!” I tweeted one night. I was being a drama queen but only a little bit. The weather had turned cold. It was 10 degrees in the morning and I would grudgingly [...]

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Rockpool Bar & Grill, Sydney CBD

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:00:14 +0000

I recall the first time I walked into Neil Perry’s Rockpool Bar & Grill about 6 months ago. You see my Inner Burmese (no road sense) had struck again and I promptly got lost and I meant to walk into Spice Temple. I felt like a child walking into an adult’s domain. Everything was incredibly [...]

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Manta, Woolloomooloo Bay Wharf

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:00:46 +0000

I am an odd creature in Winter time. During Summer I am a night person and love going out at night but in Winter I prefer to stay in at night and huddle close to warmth. My solution to this Winter Night-time hibernation is going out during the day when the sun is shining and [...]

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Mumu Grill Take It Slow dinner #2, Crows Nest

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:00:31 +0000

Despite how it sounds being Tweeted is not a bad thing. Particularly when you’re tweeted things such as “2 Prime rib into the oven for 4 hours. Tonight’s take it slow dinner.” and “bone marrow roasted, mixed with chopped parsley and into sauce” from Chefmumu (aka Craig MacIndoe) who is busy preparing the night’s dinner [...]

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Take It Slow Wine Dinner at Mumu Grill, Crows Nest

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:00:48 +0000

Craig Macindoe from Mumu Grill Some restaurateurs are canny. Craig Macindoe from Mumu Grill is one of them. Whilst some restaurants lack even a basic website, some realise that not only is a website crucial, but your presence is also commanded on places such as twitter and facebook as that is where your diners are [...]

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Mumu Grill, Crows Nest

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:00:07 +0000

All meat is just not meat, that much is clear from our first turn of the Mumu Grill’s menu page. It is a place that takes its meat very seriously. Sustainable and organic produce is their focus and it serves only grass fed beef, a beef that a lot of restaurants eschew because of the [...]

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Mad Cow, Sydney CBD for a March Into Merivale

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:00:08 +0000

I see modern fairytales as a twist on the traditional fairytale. Whilst a traditional fairytale would have a us waking up to a Prince’s kiss and an interim modern fairytale would have a Lady that lunches using her husband’s credit card, a truly modern fairytale has us waking up to an alarm and paying for [...]

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