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360 Bar and Dining, Sydney CBD

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:00:39 +0000

I find myself getting constantly lost in the new Westfields Shopping Centre (there’s something quite strangely spiral about the layout or maybe it’s my brain that is spiralling). But if I were to give you directions on how to get to 360 Bar & Dining it would be the way I find things-via shop name. [...]

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Jonah’s, Whale Beach

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:00:28 +0000

What do Justin Bieber and Bono have in common? Well apparently they’ve all taken in the view I am looking at right now. No it’s not of a stadium full of screaming fans but instead the surrealy beautiful blue water of Whale Beach. Whale Beach or Palm Beach is the playground of the moneyed and [...]

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Blackwattle Cafe, Blackwattle Bay

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 10 May 2011 19:00:22 +0000

There’s nothing I love more than discovering a new place and telling you about it Dear Reader. One such instance is a recent visit to Blackwattle Cafe, in Blackwattle Bay Glebe open since December last year. I know that waterside dining is usually the area of restaurants although sometimes, just sometimes, a cafe can sneak [...]

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All About Cheese: A Wine & Cheese Tasting on Fort Denison

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:00:48 +0000

Mr NQN and I usually spend our weekends researching and eating food. Lots of it I should add. And sometimes, if we’re very lucky the weekend will involve getting out and seeing our fair city as well as foraging for food. Sometimes we’re lucky enough to combine the two. Allow me to rewind. RedBalloon were [...]

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A Masterclass With Peter Gilmore & Dinner At Quay, Circular Quay

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:00:38 +0000

I am sitting in the Green Room of Quay and a comely dessert winks at me from a plate. A voice to my right says “Peter Gilmore is my pimp” The voice belongs to Quay owner John Fink. Apparently this dessert possesses magical powers and he has used it many times to charm a date. [...]

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Burnt Orange, Mosman

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:00:50 +0000

I find that through fate or folly that I am often the person that people ask where to eat. It’s either readers who are looking for a place to eat in Sydney or interstate or friends or family. I don’t mind of course, it is of course yet another chance to talk about food. But [...]

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Sails On Lavender Bay, McMahons Point

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:00:37 +0000

Sometimes I find that when a restaurant in Sydney has a view, the food doesn’t often match up to it and that the view is considered sufficient candy for the eyes whereas the mouth is left lacking. With so many restaurants with a view in Sydney, I find this to be the case in some. [...]

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Manta Bar, Woolloomooloo

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 18:00:12 +0000

Mr NQN often complains that I’m always in a hurry. I always complain that he’s always in a dream like trance and every trip involves me herding him to get ready “We’re running late! Are you ready?” is often a cry of mine. However this evening, I’m in no hurry at all. It’s the first [...]

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Peter Doyle @ The Quay, Circular Quay

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:00:40 +0000

Nic and I take a seat at a table at Peter Doyle @ The Quay. The weather in Sydney the week before last has been playing silly buggers and we’re not sure whether to sit outside, where really one is prone to sitting when they are dining right on the harbour waterfront but fear of [...]

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Ottoman Cuisine, Sydney

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:00:22 +0000

Storm photo. Photo by Shelby Taylor Teena, Gina and I decide on Ottoman Cuisine for a Sunday girls only lunch one day. The weather looks promising this Sunday. It’s a sunny (relatively) balmy day in Sydney. I am running ten minutes late and I rush past the MCA which is crowded with tourists enjoying Sydney’s [...]

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