The card in the mail is a welcome surprise. Mr G has won a runners’ up prize in the Eat Free for a Year draw run by Alio Restaurant, a competition he entered at the Sydney Food and Wine Fair back in October. Alio Restaurant is located at the Redfern end of Surry Hills, just [...]

The French call it cinq à sept, the hours between 5pm and 7pm once reserved for passionate liaisons. In the past, Frenchmen made such visits to their mistresses before dashing home to their wives. Cinq à sept also refers to l’heure de l’apéro, the civilised ritual of partaking in an aperitif and nibbles otherwise known [...]

Small countries often have a fascinating history that evokes a natural curiosity. Gibraltar, the rock country, was once known as Mons Calpe. Occupying at a strategic position at the juncture of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, it has seen the Greeks, the Phoenicians and the Romans occupy its shores over the millenia. When [...]

On Australia Day, the Havaianas Australia Day Thong Challenge takes place where various Australian states compete in a world record attempt at the number of people on inflatable thongs joined in a line in the water. The rising fog that swept the beach couldn’t deter the masses from flocking to Bondi Beach to participate in [...]

On Australia Day, January 26, the nation commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Port Jackson in 1788. But for many of us, it’s an occasion to celebrate the birth of our nation by doing something quintessentially Australian. Bondi Beach in the fog We flock en masse to our iconic beaches. We stick our [...]

Brasserie Bread is an artisan bakery and café in Sydney’s suburbs that holds free Saturday baking classes for children aged between 5 and 12. The classes run for an hour with a maximum of 10 kids per class. The aim is to introduce them to the creative aspects of baking within a professional baking environment.

Hangover food. The food you have when you’ve had a heavy night on heavy drinks. The food you have when you want something inherently evil to ingest. Sheer dunderheaded stupidity. It could be any one of these motivations that would lead you to head out to North Adelaide and consume one of these monstrosities. I [...]