I was almost tempted to write an article on instant coffee and trail mix, as they have been the staple items keeping me mildly sane through the blur of university’s hectic mid semester. Fortunately, I was able to drag myself out my rut and out of the house and into-non-the-less- a world of luxury the Queen of Sheeba would be [...]
I must say I was a little jealous and disheartened when one of our writers, Michael Costi, came to me with a review of the ‘new’ New Shanghai in Chatswood Chase a few moths ago. Having not yet had the opportunity to go and sample the food myself, I realised that if I were to publish his article that I [...]
As autumn turns to winter and the temperature plummets, it seems to me like it might be a good time for a nice, hot cup of tea. And there’s more to choose from than I originally thought. Most people grow up drinking a few different teas- Earl Grey, Russian Caravan and maybe a Jasmine tea when they order at a [...]
To coincide with the anticipated opening of the blockbuster exhibition, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, at the Melbourne Museum in April, Sofitel Melbourne On Collins wants Melburnians to truly get a taste of the ‘Golden Age’ with some specially themed high teas. What better way to spend a Saturday or Sunday afternoon than to enjoy a High [...]
New Shanghai is celebrating the opening of its newest venue in Bondi Junction with a half price Dumpling Happy Hour special! Available every Monday – Friday from 6.00 – 7.00pm from March 21st at New Shanghai Bondi Junction, diners are offered an unbelievable half price on all of New Shanghai’s dumplings. Steamed or pan fried, with a decadent array of [...]
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 [...]
Mexico City’s El Pendulo bookshop chain’s newest inner-city branch at 126 Ave Hamburgo in Zona Rosa, has a vast range of English titles and a new cafebreria, Bukowski’s Piano Bar. It’s named after ”Skid Row” poet and novelist Charles Bukowski and also dedicated to ”All writers inspired by alcohol”. Bukowski’s 45 books are translated into many languages with addicted readers [...]
Buenos Aires citizens (Portenos) start the day in their local marble-tabled cafe with a large cafe con leche and a medialuna (croissant) – then chain-drink heavily sugared short blacks until late afternoon. Argentina’s capital is a literate, highly caffeinated city with copious bookshop cafes – the most spectacular of which is El Ateneo, in the transformed 1919 vintage Grand Splendid [...]
London is unrenowned for good value, good service or even good breakfasts but Foyles bookshop’s Ray’s Jazz Cafe has all three, with an ambience and prices for young backpackers on a budget. Foyles, a landmark at Charing Cross Road since 1906, was once renowned for its ”literary luncheons” and until the 1980s even Bernard Black would have found it a [...]
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