I’ve been spending some time in the northern Sydney suburbs lately, mainly lounging around the harbourside locations, doing coastal walks and enjoying the beaches they have on offer. On this occasion, we were in Clifton gardens for lunch at Ripples, Chowder Bay. A gorgeous sunny …
Bona Fides cafe – there are two around the city and being the penny pinchers that we are, we always hop on to the deal vouchers whenever they come up with a decent offer on Groupon etc. On this occasion, we grabbed the deal for …
Uccello is an Italian restaurant located on the top of Sydney’s Ivy establishment – next to the famous Ivy pool bar area. It’s a one hat restaurant serving Italian cuisine which we had decided to check out for a birthday celebration. Arriving around 6:30pm on …
Reynold Poernomo the name on everyone’s lips at the moment. Famous for being on Masterchef and the controversy surrounding whether or not he is actually an ‘amateur’ chef given his experience in kitchens and his brother being an actual Masterchef judge in Indonesia. He now …
Next to the swanky big new apartment blocks of Central Park, there is a new hawker style eatery. Tucked away behind some old heritage listed buildings is ‘Spice alley’. Not actually a restaurant in itself, but a hawker style area serving a number of different …
In Sydney’s north, there is a nice coastal walk which you can do between Balmoral and Chowder Bay. You can start at either end and finish with a dip at Balmoral Beach or at Clifton gardens and enjoy the sights and sounds of our harbour …
You really are spoils for choice when it comes to dining out in Burwood. So many cuisines, so many restaurants and all of this just on the main road. We literally walked up and down a section of the street 3 times before we settled …
I first posted about Crown Dragon Restaurant in 2009 – link here if anyone feels like a blast from the past. It is now about five years later and the restaurant is still there! That is great for Sydney’s dining scene. With so many Chinese …
Once a year on my birthday I get taken to somewhere nice for dinner. This year it was the boathouse at Blackwattle Bay, across the water from the fish markets. I’d always passed this restaurant when I was training for dragon boat races but had …
So I recently got invited to taste test Ocean Spray’s new cranberry flavoured fruit drink and I thought why not. Ocean Spray to me is synonymous with cranberry juice. I’ve had it many years before in their distinctive rounded glass bottles and enjoyed it as …