La Bodeguita del Medio Rum Society kicked off its first monthly session for 2012 with Appleton Estate Jamaican Rum. Presented by Stuart Reeves, Brand Ambassador of Brown-Forman, and hosted by James Carlin, Bar Manager of La Bodeguita, the tasting included five rums including the rare 30 year old. Mai Tai in Appleton Estate Rum bamboo [...]

Whisky Workshops at the Bellevue Hotel in Paddington kicked off in 2012 with the Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection, a tasting of four Woodford Reserve bourbon whiskeys, with canapés created to match the flavour profile of each whiskey. Woodford Reserve at the Bellevue Hotel Hosted by Stuart Reeves, Brand Ambassador of Brown-Forman, and Dan Woolley, Group [...]

Step through the entrance to the Anchor Bar & Restaurant in South Bondi, past the outdoor seating and you could be on board a pirate ship. The Anchor, South Bondi The nautical theme runs throughout, with dark wood fit out made almost entirely from recycled materials that one of the four owners has built himself. [...]

Editor’s Note: Part 4 of the Iran series continues with photo stories through Tehran. 1. Paytakht Shopping Centre Paytakht shopping centre At Paytakht (which means Capital) shopping centre, they mainly sell software, computers, hardware and camera equipment. Software is very cheap in Iran due to there being no copyright or if there is copyright, it’s [...]

In the past few years, the eating strip along Coogee Bay Road has favoured fast food joints and café style eateries, catering for the backpacker population and alienating the locals who prefer a better end of dining. Beach Burrito menu cover And with that in mind, on a hot summer’s day when finding a patch [...]

The Damavand mountains can only be seen from the north of Tehran. One night, we went up there for dinner at a traditional tea house. Damavand mountains The tea house which is situated beside a river, is a place where they used to serve the flavoured tobacco used in hubbly bubbly or shisha. However, the [...]

World Class Australia took to Sydney Harbour on board the Sydney Glass Island for a three hour cruise as nine of the country’s top bartenders competed in the semi-finals. World Class World Class is DIAGEO Reserve’s global search for the world’s best bartender, a competition that sees leading bartenders from nearly forty countries compete for [...]