This weekend take a break from picking over your fruit and veg and haggling over fromage at Prahran Market to try a golden drop or two at Matilda Bay’s Brewer’s Bite stall. If you’re one to turn your nose up at the amber nectar, it’s worth noting beer has undergone a mini revolution. No...
If you enjoy the ritual of drinking tea and are looking for a new way to celebrate with your other half, folks or friends , drop in on Sundays at Aki’s for their new Indian High Tea. Chef Kumar Mahadevan has designed a subtly flavoured contemporary Indian menu fit for any aspiring Maharajah or...
Roll up with your wash-basket and soiled wares no more. Coin Laundry is now delivering eggs and espresso versus the freshly laundered skirts, socks and jocks it was known for. The bright new eatery is a second for the twosome who started Window Espresso (no more) in St Kilda. They’ve taken the ‘venue transformation’ to...
One of the simplest pleasures one can experience in a restaurant? That moment when you first set eyes on a quality menu. And super pleased you’ll be if you’re looking at Cotton Duck’s DIY Degustation – found only in Jared Ingersoll’s new Surry Hills establishment. A refined weave of old and new, step foot into...
You’ve been waiting for just the right vessel to delight your friends on the world’s best city harbour with. And with ex Investment Banker Anthony Bell’s The Count, your search is over. Operating in collaboration with the Aqua Group of Restaurants, this is the full-service cruiser for you and your guests to enjoy Versace-esque...
You’d never break a code of secrecy. Silence is your middle name. They can torture all they like (even with threats to abstain from online purchases, chocolates and champagne) but they’ll never break you! Such a reputation means you’re qualified to be part of an elite group known as Secret Foodies and Sydney’s surprise dining...
You’re long overdue for that city weekend escape, and you’re thinking, only Paris will do. The perfect substitute without a long-haul flight is The Observatory Hotel’s weekend-long, French-themed afternoon tea and shopping event, aptly named J’adore Paris. Merging the café society of the Champs-Élysées, the high-end shopping of Rue Saint-Honoré, the advanced skincare advice from...
Now winter is officially over, it’s time to hang up the winter woollies, crawl out of hibernation and indulge in a bit of springtime action of the foodie kind. Prepare your forks and spring frocks for ‘The Spring Graze’, a collection of 50 events in September run by an array of restaurants, wineries and producers...
Your body is a battle ground with a few scars (low energy, high stress and lack lustre skin) to prove it: The ongoing Highly Processed Foods War that’s been raging for some time; the Battle of Sugared Foods (sometimes your will power wins, at other times, there’s major casualties); brutal skirmishes with preservative, additives and...
‘Treat every guest like they are your mother (only without the kisses)’. Well sums up the reception you can expect from Chef Alex Kearn’s newest culinary venture, Neutral Bay Bar and Dining. After achieving success with debut restaurant Glebe Point Diner, the new restaurant on Military Road is bent on promoting simple, honest food...
