Being of Chinese heritage, we don’t go out to eat at Chinese restaurants as often as one might think. I’m a big fan of the cheap, no-frills Chinese restaurant for a good noodle feed or family yum cha, however we seldom dine at restaurants on the higher end of the price spectrum. But the iconic…
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Dumplings ahoy at Yang’s Dumpling, Burwood
This dumpling eatery has cemented a spot in our hearts as one of our favourite dumpling places of all time. If you haven’t heard of Yang’s Dumpling before, then be you’ll be itching to try their dumplings by the end of this post. The pan fried pork buns at Yang’s are things of beauty. They’re…
A look into a Chinese Wedding Banquet at Rhodes Phoenix
Chinese wedding banquets are big affairs. They are a quintessential part of the traditional Chinese wedding, and often whole restaurants will be booked out for the special occasion. Family and friends will gather after the wedding ceremony to share an impressive feast can consist of more than ten different courses. Food served at these banquets…
Old Town on Barangaroo
With the opening of the new tunnel connecting Wynyard to Barangaroo, it’s now a whole lot easier to access Sydney’s newest harbourside precinct. The dining and retail portion of the area is marketed as ‘The Streets of Barangaroo’, and walking through the clean, modern streets gives rise to the exciting feeling of exploring a newly…
Hot Pot at iPot, Darling Harbour
The first thing that you will notice at iPot is the sauce station. Filled with more than 24 different sauces, this is the ultimate DIY experience that is sure to both excite and overwhelm you. If you have never tried hot pot before, then iPot might be just the right place to start. As opposed…
Tim Ho Wan, Burwood
When Michelin-starred Tim Ho Wan opened it’s very first Sydney restaurant in Chatswood early last year, dim sum fans came from far and wide to get a taste of those revered dumplings and thatfamous bbq pork bun. Since then, a smaller takeaway store has opened in Westfield Sydney’s level 5 food court and most recently,…
Lotus Restaurant & Dumpling Bar, The Galeries
Few word combinations can conjure as much joy as the marriage of dumpling and bar. And when a restaurant has both in its name, you can rest assured that they take their dumplings very seriously. Lotus Dumpling Bar is the second spin-off of the popular Walsh Bay restaurant of the same name. It occupies a…
Flower Drum, Melbourne
The thought of Chinese restaurants brings back old memories of grand banquets and traditional weddings at the esteemed Marigold and Dragon Star restaurants (when the latter was still operating) in Sydney’s bustling Chinatown. The delicious, crispy crack of suckling pig skin and wobbly jelly noodles, messy sang choy bow and fragrant whole steamed fish come…
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…
Black Sesame Tong Yuan
Imagine if someone told you that all the best features of Asian sweets existed in a single dessert. The sticky, chewy texture of mochi, the roasted aroma of black sesame, ginger’s signature hot zing, and the warm fulfilment of a sweet dessert soup, melded together to create what encompasses the pinnacle of everything that I…
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