Once a year, on the 15th day of the eighth month on the Chinese lunar calendar, Chinese people around the world gather and celebrate this special day known as the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节) On that day, families and friends will typically gather for dinner, eat moon cake, light up lanterns and then take late night…
Archives for September 2016
Beston Marketplace Hampers
In Short: Great fuss-free gift idea for someone who loves quality food or even as a treat for yourself. There are very few people I know of, who would not appreciate a food hamper. The main attraction of hampers is knowing that there will be an assortment of food products that will please kids through to adults,…
John Montagu Café Woolloomooloo
In Short: Some of the very best sandwiches in Sydney, good coffee, genuinely friendly staff, a must do! A sandwich, is a sandwich, is a sandwich, right? Wrong. Especially if that sandwich is made by none other than John Montagu! Well, OK, maybe not the original Mr Montagu and 4th Earl of Sandwich, the claimed inventor…
Room 10 Café Potts Point
In Short: Outstanding coffee, uncomplicated top quality food, funky and relaxed atmosphere. Change is afoot in the old Kings Cross. What was once the domain of clubbers and pubbers, is fast being overtaken by ‘the foodie’. Artisanal food markets and boutique bakeries are sprouting in place of what some might have considered as less wholesome establishments. Joining…
Japan’s Best Jam – Aohata Premium Jam
It’s no secret that we have a very special spot in our hearts for Japan and all that is Japanese, so when an email dropped into the Coco & Vine inbox with a heads-up about a Japanese premium jam about to hit the shelves in Sydney, you know we’re going to be bringing some bread…