Secret Dinners: My Experience, Crave Sydney 2011

The last couple of weeks has been one of the most amazingly intense experiences that I have ever experienced. Thanks to Fouad, I was fortunate enough to be involved in a couple of Secret Dinners ...

SIFF 2010, Malaysian Food Festival, Grace Hotel, Sydney CBD

The return of Malaysia Mondays!

As part of the Crave Sydney International Food Festival celebrations this year, the Grace Hotel is putting on a Malaysian Food Festival, a buffet style feast.

SIFF 2010, Janice Wong at Sepia, Sydney CBD

Tonight’s degustation is a joint venture between Janice Wong and the Sepia chefs, Martin Benn and Daniel Puskas, the dinner is 9 courses long and much to my pleasure is actually split into an even mix of 50% savory and 50% sweet.

SIFF Sugar Hit 2010: InterContinental Sydney, Sydney

One of the other Sugar Hits that caught our attention was from The Cortile at the InterContinental.

SIFF Sugar Hit 2010: Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney

Our first Sugar Hit saw us at Shangri-La Hotel. Forgetting what was on the menu for the evening, we were promptly seated and served the matching wine for the evening.

2009 SIFF Hats Off Dinner – Restaurant Balzac

This year, Restaurant Balzac was once again awarded TWO hats for the 2010 Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide Awards. Tonight, I was back for the ever-so-long awaited Hats off dinner for the Sydney International Food Festival.

SIFF Hats Off Dinner 2009: Becasse, Sydney

I thought I’d surprise F with an early birthday dinner and what better way than to do it with a SIFF Hats Off Dinner – a Hats Off Dinner at Becasse to be precise! I was intrigued and drawn by their theme: an acknowledgement to the Heroes and Masters of French cuisine and I thought he might find it as interesting as I did (and enjoy it).