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Eat. Drink. Blog. 2011 and Introducing the Friday 4

By some lucky alignment of stars, I’m off to Eat. Drink. Blog next weekend in Sydney!  This year’s conference has been splendidly organised (so far…) by Reem (Tummy Rumble), Trina (The Gourmet Forager), Simon (The Heart of Food) and Jen (Jenius).  Having been involved in anime conventions for nearly 10 years myself, I know how [...]

General Admission – Chocolate Rush Festival 2011

Following on last week’s post on the chocolate and cognac pairing that we did at the Chocolate Rush Festival, this week I’m presenting the rest of the fun we got up to while we were there! We had a fabulous time, and while I’m not new to the idea of going to conventions [...]

Seoul Restaurant – Review

I had a Friday training course, so Celina (Fables in Fashion) and I decided to take the opportunity to widen our culinary horizons a bit and try Korean food for the first time.  Technically, I’ve had Korean barbecue a couple of times before, but those were both long before I was interested in [...]

Food Pilgrimage – Zumbo’s Pâtisserie (Balmain, Sydney)

The Doctor and I took a short trip to Sydney to escape the Melbourne Cup festivities last weekend.  In an attempt to get over my obsession with over-planning, I only allowed myself to schedule two specific activities – the first of which was to taste some of Adriano Zumbo’s creations.

The second activity was to [...]

Good Food and Wine Show 2010

I’m well beyond the age of wanting stuff for my birthday, so this year, I wanted go to the Good Food and Wine Show at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre last weekend.  And since it was my birthday, we splashed out and got tickets to a session at the Reidel Decanter Bar.  This was my [...]