What’s a foodie to do when you’re in one of the world’s best food cities and the raindrops drive even the most earnest culinary explorer running for cover? Well, if that city is New York, and the search for cover finds you in the monumental Grand Central Station, then you’ve stumbled into a food fancier’s…
Ironwood Coffee Company Woolwich
If you didn’t live in Woolwich, the darling of the peninsula on the lower north shore of Sydney, there used to be very few reasons to head down there except for those few times a year, when you were vying for a top spot down at Clarkes Point Reserve to watch the fireworks on New…
Reuben Hills Surry Hills
I spent a lot of time in my youth wandering the back streets of Surry Hills in Sydney. My uncle and aunty owned a fruit shop on Crown Street and my cousin owned (and still does!) a hairdressing salon down the road. There was an urban grittiness and industrial feel to the area back all…
Cafe Oratnek Redfern
Seaweed, miso, dashi, wasabi and matcha – the flavours most associated with Japanese cuisine – is penetrating the Sydney café scene. Yes, we are seeing the eastern influences in our breakfasts and a small wave of cafes like Café Oratnek are opening across Sydney revolutionising the humble eggs or introducing elements of Asian cuisine to your…