There is nothing quite like the sound of slurping noodles, or men (めん) in Japanese, at a meal time. There is no food group that is quite like the humble noodle. Whether eaten in a hot soup, served cold with a delicious dipping sauce, or fragrantly stir fried, noodles are a carbohydrate that I will…
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Cho Cho San, Potts Point
You may wonder where the name comes from. Cho Cho san (cho cho meaning butterfly in Japanese) is the geisha heroine of the famous opera, Madama Butterfly. Branching away from traditional Japanese cuisine, this Potts Point izakaya, based on an informal style of Japanese dining designed to accompany drinks, takes its inspiration from the simultaneous…
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…
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…
Ippudo at Central Park, Chippendale
I’d like to confess that I’m no Ramen connoisseur. I’m not one to religiously scope out Ramen eateries and rave about their broth intensity or collagen factor. My palette is not accustomed to the pork-rich flavour of Tonkostsu, nor the full, complexity of Miso Ramen. But, nevertheless, I do love noodles of any sort and…
A journey to Shikoku with JENESYS 2.0: Kōchi, Japan
Earlier this year I went on a once in a lifetime trip to Japan on the JENESYS 2.0 programme (to read all about it on my first post click here). Part of this involved a trip to regional Japan to experience every day life outside of the bustling, tourist-strewn hub of Tokyo, to spend time with…
Birthday Feast at Sake, the Rocks
Apologies for the unusually long hiatus between this post and my last, I’ve been extremely busy these past few weeks with exams the oh-so-close-but-so-far end of the school term. It’s funny how time passes by so quickly when you’re busy. Last Friday it was my birthday, YAY! And because it was my birthday I was…
A trip to Japan: JENESYS 2.0
Earlier this year in March I was privileged enough to have the opportunity to travel to Japan as participant in the Japanese Government’s JENESYS 2.0 Programme. The acronym JENESYS stands for Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths, with JENESYS 2.0 being the second stage of the project. The project is a youth…
Ryo’s, Crows Nest
Of all the carbohydrates in the world – oats, rice, bread, noodles…. Can you guess what my favourite carb is? It starts with an N and ends with oodles. Yep, oodles of noodles!! Whether it be slippery translucent rice noodles, chewy wheaten egg noodles or thin squiggly vermicelli, nothing tickles my tastebuds more than a…
Maddie Loves Food 