Category Archives: Food

Sharing style dishes.

Di was just about to relaunch Be The Foodie, her food blog. We got a sneak peek on the new design too, super clean, functional, just how it should be!

Caught up with Felix and Di the other night at District Dining. I didn’t think the food wasn’t that great (but the company more than made up for it!). It didn’t help that we were denied dessert and kicked out as the table was booked for another party after us! Christina and I dined at Emmilou the night before, a Spanish Tapas restaurant which takes Tapas to a new level. I thought Emmilou was so damn good that I’m sure it kinda ruined the District Dining experience for me a little (similar shared dish style concept).

Edit: The all new Be The Foodie is now live!

Christina is sick with the flu, so is her sister, and last night we were meant to get together for a family dinner to celebrate my B’day but my sister is well preggers, and it’s not the best idea for her to be hanging out with sick people so we postponed the night.

I’ve not caught the flu off Christina, neither have her parents, so the Locks asked if I’d like to go for dinner at Excellent Chinese Seafood Restaurant, their local Chinese restaurant of choice.

Tony’s picky about what he eats, and this place makes strange and wonderful dishes that aren’t featured on the menu just for him. I assume Tony wanted to order all sorts of grand dishes for me but he asked me if there was anything I’d like to eat and I jumped at the opportunity to take charge of the order for the night.

I’d had a couple of glasses of wine, and was feeling good. I didn’t want fancy food. I’ve had it before and it’s probably all the chefs out the back ever cook, so I wanted to make it fun for the chefs as well.

I asked if it was alright if I ordered:

– Crispy skin lemon chicken
– Beef with black bean sauce
– Sweet and sour pork
– Pineapple fried rice
– Salt and pepper prawns

Rosemary and Tony thought I was joking but I wasn’t (haha!). Tony was too embarrassed to order the food (he’s got to show face right?!) so I ordered it (waiter’s reaction was gold).

The food came out and it was absolutely demolished. In fact the only dish that wasn’t finished was the one vegetable dish Rosemary ordered (I sure as hell wasn’t going to eat any veggies on my B’day).

Ultimately the flavors of these dishes are uniquely Chinese in my opinion. Nothing like Thai, Vietnamese, etc. Sure Chinese people have think this is “Australian Chinese” food, and it’s kinda like ordering a meat pie at a gourmet restaurant, but it was naughty fun and it really made my day :)

Modern Pet flyer run. I don’t mind dropping flyers into mailboxes, not sure about handing them out dressed in a dog suit at the dog park though.

Spagbol at Cosmo.

Pretty freaky day yesterday. Started out with a Modern Pet flyer run in Bellevue Hill, then we dropped in to Cosmopolitan in Double Bay for lunch. Turns out we were there this time last year. I was wearing the same jumper too!

Hooked up with Nads yesterday for a catch-up (always good). He wanted to meet up at PappaRoti in Kingsford. I’d seen the place before, wondered what it was and now I know.

EasyWay, 85 Degrees Bakery, and now this, it seems like there’s always some ‘new’ Asian concept food store opening up in Kingsford, competition seems fierce, locals seem to love and expect new food businesses, it’s almost akin to a fashion trend.

So this place serves up these warm buns with a crunchy coffee flavoured crust on the outside and a creamy buttery inside. I had one with icecream on top. Can’t say it blew me away, but I wouldn’t be surprised if I develop a craving for it in a few days from out of nowhere!

Mothers Day lunch was at the Locks. Tony was cooking up wonton noodles, which you could have had 3 different ways!

Spotted this rad drawing by Jess who’s studying Landscape Architecture at UNSW. Looks like she’s taken to drawing trees (very hard) just fine!

Later that night we had a Mothers Day dinner with my mum at Kensington Peking. She’s been kinda seeing this guy Wally, who unfortunately lives overseas. This pressie from her younger sister Helen is just hilarious!

Crispy peking duck! I don’t think I’ve ever seen Peter’s restaurant so busy, food came out fast though, not as great as a quiet night but it was still yum.

Like a G6.

Tuna tasting plate, just too good.

Tuna salad with indo style fried onions.

So much sake on the menu, tried a few, loved them all.

Kingfish.

Caroline and Kay. GF1, struggling with low light as usual.

Pork belly.

Best karage ever full stop.

Scallops.

Beef was done agadashi tofu style.

Nat made this Tiffany cake for Christina.

Her cupcakes are otherworldly, but damn she outdid herself this time!

Happy B’day girl.

The ladies.

Luckily for us Saké has a sneaky back entrance that leads directly into the Argyle which let us jump the queue.

Christina’s stockings.

We hit Saké last night for Christina’s B’day with friends. We had a private room this time and I thought the food was way more impressive this time than last time (Valentine’s Day). The Tuna tasting plate was still their best dish though, it’s just so perfect. Even the tuna and avocado sushi was amazing, it just blows the best sushi trains out there, out of the water.

After dinner we slipped into the Argyle, which was way more club than pub (I’ve only ever been there by day). We stayed until they kicked us out at 3AM. Was a super fun night, no dramas, just good times.