My mum thinks
Melbourne men are better. This comment concluded three days ‘down there’ in which we were ‘looked after’ by eighteen men. Offcourse, she’s assuming that the attentiveness of a city’s waiters is proportionate to the calibre of its lovers…..It’s Thursday night and we descend into a basement at the Paris end of Collins Street [...]
Archive for July, 2006
just a mo mo
Posted in 2006, restaurant reviews on July 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
101 ways to eat a sheep
Posted in 2006, Open Brief on July 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I grew up on a sheep and wheat farm in the southern Riverina district of NSW. We were a family of six. My parents had four children in five years in the late 1960s and were driven out of economic necessity as much as ideological leaning towards self sufficiency in food production.
Milk was milked from [...]
A sticky situation
Posted in 2006, Open Brief on July 26, 2006 | 2 Comments »
What I miss most about Laos is sticky rice.
It’s served in small woven baskets – one basket per person. You prise off the lid. After the initial rush of fragrant steam, you separate a handful of the rice from the glutinous mass, and use it to scoop or soak up other dishes. Sticky rice has [...]
Tastings
Posted in 2006, tastings on July 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
John wants us to taste three different olive oils at 6.30pm on a Tuesday evening in a classroom in the UTS Tower. The carpet in the room has tea stains on it. Should we not be in a romantic setting to do this? Under a tree in the Riverina on a sunny summer afternoon with [...]
Coffee
Posted in 2006, restaurant reviews on July 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The first time I walked into this coffee shop I felt at home. I had found my ‘hidy hole’ away from the panic of
Pitt Street
. Fresh from uni and beginning my first ‘real’ job I roamed the streets each morning during the first months in search for a coffee shop deserving my patronage. Surprisingly enough [...]
Seeing Beyond the Tip of ones own Fork
Posted in 2006, Open Brief on July 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
If you think that the most exciting part of your meal is when your food arrives at your table, you are missing out. Take a look around you. The chef is yelling out dockets at horse-racing commentry pace, the bar boy is practising his moves – on the ladies as well as with empty Galliano [...]
