We always look forward to the annual Simon Johnson sale with anticipation. Forming part of our foodie triangle and as long time customers of the Purveyor of Quality Food, there is always an excitement in the air when the alarm jars us from our sleep in on the morning of the sale. The early drizzle [...]

Forget oversized Christmas trees and glittering tinsel in shopping centres. Nothing heralds the approach of the holiday season more than the Ultimo Wine Centre announcing its annual Champagne tasting. Forming part of our Foodie Triangle, The UWC has been a regular haunt for many years, an enotheque that often satisfies our craving for libations discovered [...]

Stepping through the arched entrance of the Ultimo Wine Centre, you get the same feeling as you would when you walk into a contemporary gallery showcasing recent artists with a few old masters. Or if you’re a bibliophile, you feel a similar frisson as when you step inside a private library with rows of the [...]

Imagine that you have just returned home after a gourmantic sojourn in Europe. You’ve sampled some of France, Italy and Spain’s finest foods. Your palate has been reconditioned. Your expectations have altered. You struggle to fit in your surrounds and you long for that taste of travel more than any memento you have carefully packed [...]

When I tell visitors from abroad to put the Sydney Fish Markets on their itinerary, if not on their menu, they often regard me with suspicion as if I have suggested they wear eau de fish to an upmarket dining establishment. But once I explain that it is the first stop on our regular Foodie [...]