Category Archives: Food

Prawns were the entrée special of the day. So tasty.

Scallops with buttered corn.

The sirloin was the main of the day. Cooking shows harp on about ‘balance of flavour’, after eating this dish I now know what it’s all about!

Slow grilled lamb.

Light and refreshing dessert suited the hot weather today.

Christina and I had a boozy Friday lunch at The Bridge Room in the city today, a new restaurant from the owners of Quay and Otto Ristorante. Service and food was amazing. We were the only people in there not wearing business suits! A real corporate atmosphere at lunch time, would definitely love to try the other things on their menu, but perhaps a dinner next time.

In the heart of Cabra.

Unfortunately Sydney’s Best Pho restaurant was shut last night, but we were in Pho Land and Mark chose this second option in a jiffy.

Pho was great, as expected!

Mark’s turbo taxi. As lazy and comfy as you like, but floor it and it’s an absolute weapon!

Last night I caught up with Mark Pakula, who picked me up in his turbo taxi and drove me out to Cabramatta in south-western Sydney for some authentic Pho. I’ve never set foot in Cabra before so it was a treat, great Pho, clean and tasty, great catch-up too.

Dropped in to Deus for some inspiration for Zen Garage warehouse space.

Love the simple steel coping + end caps they’re using for everything in the shop.

The entire change room was made with the same coping + end caps.

Rob suggested the Steak Sandwich. It was damn good.

Angelo’s Portugalia in Kensington.

Last TRuesday night Stevey and I hit Angelo’s Portugalia for some authentic Portuguese food. Tight-ass Tuesdays too so food was half the price. Service was shocking, felt so sorry for the 2 friendly floor staff who struggled to attend to everyone but the chicken literally melts in your mouth, it’s so damn good. Portuguese wine was nice too.

Excuse the lack of updates, not been lazy, been in the matrix working my ass off on the Zen Garage online store!

Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads out there. Yesterday Christina and I put together this little hamper of weird and wonderful cooking ingredients for Mr. Lock. Hope he enjoys it!

Prawn + Almond balls.

Yum Cha at Palace with the family, always a hardcore affair. More people, more dishes, more full!

Muum Maam rolls – pork, tofu, bean sprouts, shitake and cucumber.

Cripsy Egg Noodles – Northern style noodles with slow braised red beef curry.

Suga and I grabbed a quick dinner at Muum Maam tonight. Holt Street in Surry Hills is now lined with new restaurants, all sporting similar designed signs outside. Inside there was a large share table which reminded me a lot of Sailors Thai at The Rocks, but since we were early (it was pretty empty) we got our own little 2 seater table.

We only ordered 2 dishes as we were in a bit of a rush to get to a show, the rolls for entree and the crispy noodles as a main, but both were great, the noodles especially yummy (very tender beef curry was underneath the noodles and the dish also came with a plate of extra condiments. Very nice! Will definitely be back for more!