European
Wowcow and Just Another Restaurant, Darlinghurst and East Sydney
It’s been long overdue, but I finally managed to catch up with an old friend, Sam. He’d been asking me to come out to eat for a while, but the timing hasn’t been very good (terrible excuse, I know… sorry Sam!). Happily, we nominated a night where we were both free and had a pre-dinner dessert first, naturally.
SIFF Let’s Do Lunch : Fix St James, Sydney
Sydney International Food Festival, or inevitably abbreviated to be known as SIFF, is finally here! With my going back to work next week in Chatswood – ever so far away from some of the Let’s Do Lunches I’ve got my eye on – I scoured the SIFF website trying to narrow my choices down to just two restaurants.
Etch, Sydney
My first glimpse of Etch and its food was on Herecomesthefood. I was impressed at how pretty it looked and the food! Oh the food… I really wanted to go, but real life got in the way and other restaurants somehow managed to jostle it further down my list. Until, that is, F found out that AMP employees get a discount at Etch and asked me if I’ve heard about it and wanted to go. Heck yeah! We spontaneously decided to book a reservation in for the next day. Yay!
The Hub, Wanaka, New Zealand
A group of friends and I travelled to New Zealand’s South Island for a week of snowboarding in August. The resort that we stayed at boasted a pretty nice looking restaurant and going by our adage of “we’re overseas, we have to eat out at least once we booked in a dinner at The Hub.
Merivale Winter Feasts, Lotus, Potts Point
I hadn’t planned on going to any Merivale Winter Feasts as there’s a New Zealand trip coming up that I still need to save for. *sigh* However, when one of my high school friends wanted to have an intimate dinner with a few friends and excitedly mentioned it, I couldn’t resist raising my hand.
Sepia Restaurant & Wine Bar, Sydney
Sepia is located on the Northern end of Sussex St which does not attract a huge proportion of the CBD crowd on a Friday night, but judging by the packed house this evening it seems one of Sydney’s best kept dining secrets won’t be a secret for too much longer. There is a nice relaxed ambience when walking into Sepia despite the huge crowd as we were seated promptly by our waiter. You know your evening is off to a good start when the waiter is happy.
European, Melbourne
I’ve never had eggs benedict before and thought that I couldn’t go wrong having my first taste of it in Melbourne, being the supposed food capital of Australia and all. I found European on Breakout Melbourne and their review made it sound quite promising.