You know those minimalist, hipster cafes where the lighting is always on point and every surface is perfect for taking photos? Where the menu is as on-trend and wholesome as the clean-lined aesthetic? Well, that’s the Paramount Coffee Project in a nutshell.Situated in a wide, open space filled with lots of natural light in the…
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Cafe Sopra at Fratelli Fresh, Sydney
Some say that you’re either a pasta lover or pizza fiend. Me? I have a hard time choosing one over the other – the slippery, saucy calls of al dente pasta are equally as enticing as the crisp, puffed crust and steaming oozy cheesiness of a pizza fresh from the oven. The Sydney CBD branch…
Antoine’s Grill, Concord (formerly Provence by Antoine)
Sometimes, you’ll dine at restaurants in which the atmosphere has the ability to transport you to places far and wide around the world. Eating at cheap, crowded, DIY cutlery and condiment Cantonese restaurants in Chinatown and Flemington, for example, brings back nostalgic memories of the authentic eateries lined along the sweltering streets of Hong Kong….
Going crazy for matcha at Chanoma Cafe, Town Hall
I must say, I never really had a thing for Matcha until I travelled to Japana couple of years ago. It was there that I had my very first matcha soft serve, and from then on that I developed a profound love for anything and everything green and tea-flavoured.Matcha is the finely-ground leaf of the…
Manpuku Ramen, Chatswood | 2 Hungry Guys
Ramen lovers rejoice. Manpuku, Kingsford’s stalwart ramen-ya, has expanded to open a second restaurant in Chatswood. The new restaurant has a similar menu to the original, with a slightly more upmarket interior and atmosphere. Check out my post for Sydney food blog 2 Hungry Guys here, during which I had the pleasure of learning more about Manpuku’s top…
In anticipation of summer | A foodie bucket list
With Sydney’s recent chilly cold snap this week and a calendar which seems to be flipping ever so rapidly towards the end of the year (What? Only four months until Christmas?! WHAT?!), I’ve been dreaming ever so blissfully of warmer weather and all the glorious summer fruits and vegetables that will come into season. To…
Cafe Oratnek, Redfern
Japanese food is one of my favourite cuisines. It’s fresh, tasty and healthy; full of pure, delicate but sophisticated flavours. When you integrate it into Sydney’s booming café culture, you get what I would consider to be the holy grail of culinary creation. Tucked away in the suburbia of Redfern, not too far away from…
Stockroom Double Bay Dining, Double Bay
The gastonomic saying goes that there’s always a second stomach for dessert. Whether you’ve just enjoyed a long, buffet lunch, a fast, casual meal or luxurious dining affair, the sweet appeal of a creamy, cool gelato or the calls of a square of decadent dark chocolate are hard to ignore, even when you’re stomach seems…
Dumplings galore at The Mandoo, Strathfield
Among the many, many Korean BBQ restaurants in Strathfield, maintaining its presence on a relatively small, narrow corner shopfront, lies The Mandoo. It’s a handmade dumpling and noodle restaurant, with cute dumpling characters dancing on the front windows above a cluster of Korean and English menu items. From one window you can glimpse trays and…
Going it spicy at Spice Temple, Sydney CBD
It amazes me how interior designers are able to integrate alluring spaces into the most unsuspecting areas. Spice Temple’s inconspicuous entrance – a hologram-like doorway tucked into a crevice to the side of Rockpool’s grand façade on Hunter Street – is a case in point. Walk down the yellow-tinted stairwell to basement level, where you’ll…
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