I started eatshowandtell in 2008, it was meant to be just a journal of where we ate. The first thing I usually do when I'm looking for a restaurant is check out eatability and the restaurant website. But what is usually missing is pictures of the food, how do I know I'm getting my money's worth ? This blog hopefully plugs that gap. As with most things, one thing leads to another and we are still going after 12 months. This blog will always be a hobby and thanks to Linda, Minh, Qing and Teresa we have managed to slowly improve it over time. Outside of this blog, I am totally obsessed with sport (especially Soccer). I support West Ham United and the Socceroos and play for a Club in the Winter season. Currently I am recovering from a total knee reconstruction, I tore my anterior cruciate ligament in April 2009. My camera gear is nothing special, it's just a Canon 450D with a Sigma 30mm 1.4 lens!

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Japan trip 2010, Tokyo and Sapporo
By Howard
Posted in Japan, Tokyo, Overseas on 12 February 2010
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I’ve been to Japan three times and I always seem to find something new to enjoy each time. The first time was in 2004, when we didn’t eat sushi or sashimi at all. I then went again in February 2009 for the Socceroos vs Japan match and I ate raw chicken and cod sperm. During [...]

Hong Kong 2010 trip
By Howard
Posted in Around the World on 10 February 2010
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Hong Kong, the land of dumplings, good shopping and acid attacks. Fortunately for us, we didn’t experience the latter. However when I picked up the paper from the bottom of my hotel room door, the first thing I saw was a front page article about acid attacks in the area we were staying in. I figured there was a higher chance of me getting hit by a car, so I soldiered on and got on with the rest of my week in Hong Kong.

Edible immigration tales in Sydney
By Howard
Posted in Events, Featured on 30 January 2010
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Frankie Unsworth and Rachel Khoo are hosting ‘edible immigration tales’, a one off dinner event over 3 days in a secret eastern suburbs location in Sydney. Interested ? Click on to read more.

Hai Au, Canley Vale
By Howard
Posted in Dinner, Sydney, West, Vietnamese on 25 January 2010
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Hai Au, it’s one of my favourite Vietnamese restaurants for more authentic Vietnamese food. You won’t find pho or crispy skin chicken here, you’ll find crabs stir fried in tamarind sauce, caramalised fish in claypots and charcoal grilled meat and seafood. It’s worth the treck to the South West if you can’t see yourself in Vietnam anytime soon.