I’d always liked Assaggio Ristorante, in fact it had always been one of my Adelaide favourites, serving consistently good food under chef Camillo Crugnale. I’d often recommended it to others. Recently, in its tenth year, a new chef (Nick Tadija) arrives, with Camillo leaving Read more
It’s easy for me to get carried away with trying to get to all of the new places popping up in Adelaide and forget about those places that have been around for a while. Take Georges on Waymouth for example. Despite Read more
I was on a late flight back from Sydney to Adelaide and to my delight, Bennelong (located at the Sydney Opera House) does early Pre-Theatre Dining at 5:30pm meaning Read more
Monster is the second of two Top 100 restaurants in Canberra that I went to. It’s located in the enormous lobby space of the ‘Hotel Hotel’. It’s a fab looking hotel – contemporary and edgy and I would have loved to have Read more
I hadn’t been to d’Arry’s Verandah for quite a few years. It had been on my radar to go again but it’s always booked up well in advance so it takes some planning. Last time I went I remember my great main course of wild boar so the excitement was mounting Read more
What’s that I hear you ask? Top 100 restaurants in Canberra? Yes – not only one, but TWO on the current list, meaning this little gourmet traveller had to pack a bag and head to Australia’s capital city. Aubergine in Griffith was my first stop. Chef Ben Willis and wife Andrea Read more
I’ve been to Kenji Modern Japanese four times over the years and each time I go I ask myself – why did I leave it so long between visits? Kenji Ito’s food has real WOW factor! Don’t go there for the traditional Japanese offerings (although I’m sure they’re great), go there for the extra-special Read more
“I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walkin’ through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was lookin’ for the place called Lee Ho Fooks
Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein”
Recognise those lyrics from the Warren Zevon song, ‘Werewolves of London’? Well these days Read more
Ezard opened at the Adelphi hotel in Flinders Lane in 1999. People fell in love with Teage Ezard’s Asian-influenced contemporary food. The first time I ate here was around twelve years ago and I had mixed feelings about it – I found some of the flavours in some of the dishes a little Read more
Kappo is a relative newcomer to Melbourne. It’s at 1 Flinders Lane – I’d been a couple of times before when it was Verge. Kappo is by the same team as Izakaya Den, former Melbourne Top 100. When you finally work out where the front door is, you walk down a dark hallway to a sleek, stylish Read more
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