For those of you that aren’t in the know of what’s hot on Sydney’s must eat list, it’s this bad boy right here. The Reuben Sandwich. Firstly, what the *%#& is it? Well, it’s a deliciously hefty sandwich of monstrously proportions, traditionally filled with corned beef, sauerkraut, cheese, topped with a mustardy dressing and sandwiched between rye bread. Made famous [...]
Words by Rachel Sibley At 11pm on a Friday night, where would you expect to be? I know I’m not generally sipping hot chocolate in a tiny 24 hour cafe just a short walk away from Sydney’s King’s Cross. Yet this is where I do in fact find myself situated on this particular Friday night, squashed inside one of the [...]
The gloves have crept their way up our sleeves, our heaters have been pulled out of the dusty cupboards and we’ve swapped sushi for soup. It’s winter. And when I reflect upon the idea that we are now closer to Christmas than the start of the year, it makes me wonder how time has hopped right by. But what better [...]
There is nothing that brings a smile to my face like pancakes. Now, I’m not talking about the pancakes you get out of a plastic bottle from the supermarket that you add water to and have to shake consistently for a recommended one to two minutes to get rid of those large floury lumps that you know will still be [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen the dreaded time has arrived. Sunhats and shorts are lodged firmly in the back of cupboards and if you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of winter scratching its claws. Survival tools are a necessity for such times and aside from the practicalities of an extra layer or two, the next best thing is chocolate. It’s [...]
Adjacent to the lively esplanade of Broadbeach in the decked out realm of a two story transformed garage sits an elk. Content amongst the surroundings of a sanded back wall adorned with mint green panels he doesn’t say much. He says nothing at all to be exact. And even though he may not be an elk in the traditionally ‘real’ [...]
“Owzit Goan?” The rural upbeat greeting is certainly not an apt reflection of the surrounding environment, but somehow it fits perfectly. Seemingly a slightly less sophisticated version of the traditional Italian salutation “bellisimo!” that warms the heart, but then again, this is not your average Italian eatery. Weaving in the yearly dose of cold weather into my schedule has landed [...]
Calling all raspberry lovers! One stop that should not be missed in Tasmania is the Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm Cafe. Here, fresh raspberries can be enjoyed in a myriad of different culinary concoctions. Did someone say raspberry latte? Here it’s the celebration of the raspberry all year round so expect everything from beautiful homemade raspberry jam to a wink at [...]
BOOKSELLER Bernard and his consiglieri, Manny, are brainstorming schemes to attract customers into Black Books: ”We can’t let them find reasons to leave – we can feed them! Lunch and dinner! … a gym … no, that’s a bit much.” Perhaps Manny should have suggested an attached Black Books Cafe to keep the punters in? Today’s beleaguered bookshops often have [...]
The cathedral-like Livraria Lello, at 144 Rua das Carmelitas in the Portuguese city of Porto, is so atmospheric tourists reverently lower their voices. Manager Antero Braga explains: ”The bookshop was opened in 1906 and designed to echo the monastic library tradition which preserved Portuguese culture during the Moorish invasion.” Carved trefoils adorn bookshelves, gargoyles peer down from corbels and a [...]
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