Yang & Co, Castlecrag
All photos by Sarahlianhan We’re back at Yang & Co, almost a year later. It is a little far, clocking in just over an hour from where I live via public transport. But on this occasion, we’ve all piled… Continue Reading
Eats
Kikubari, Malaysia
‘Ki’ (気) is defined as ‘mind’ or spirit’ while ‘Kubari’ (配り) means ‘distribution’ or ‘delivery’, the closest translation in English would be the ‘to pay attention to others’. Combined, they birth Kikubari, a heavily nuanced Japanese phrase that’s literally ‘to… Continue Reading
Gaku Robata Grill, Darlinghurst
Chef Harunobu Inukai has long been part of the dining fabric here in Sydney and in Japan. His accolades include working at Hotel Nikko, InterContinental, Bilson’s and Ampersand in Sydney, and also for Robuchon in Osaka. These days (or the… Continue Reading
Yellow, Potts Point
Like the best of us, I’ve waged my own personal war against vegetables in the past. Some, like me, predominantly during that prepubescent stage where food on the table was declined on the basis of being “weird-looking” (this was brinjal in… Continue Reading
Saké, The Rocks
The last time I set foot into Saké, I was still technically in high school. As far as hunting for Japanese food goes in Sydney, it’s not typically a name that comes to mind. But when you’re very nearly about… Continue Reading
Gogyo, Surry Hills
Sarah, Jeff and I went to Gogyo well over two months ago, so this post is extremely delayed. Our gang of three meet often over food. It’s surprising that we’re able to do this when we each have very different… Continue Reading
Bennelong (Cured and Cultured)
I’ve never been particularly drawn to iconic infrastructure. They always seemed a bit much, too much a tourist trap, too much a white elephant, too much ado about nothing. Case in point, I was the only one in our party… Continue Reading
Moxhe, Bronte
It’s pretty unfortunate that I never got around to writing about my birthday lunch at Moxhe. Not only are the delicious memories now a blur, I didn’t even take a photo of the daily menu at the time so I… Continue Reading
The Lord of Ramen (Vive Cooking School with Harunobu Inukai)
The first time I sashayed (read: hurtled) through the doors of VIVE Cooking School, I was late and on assignment for The AU Review. Their launch event was a cooking class with housewife heartthrob Manu Fieldel and Julien Vasseur, VIVE’s… Continue Reading
An Umami Disposition, (RŌNIN, Hong Kong)
A visit to RŌNIN is one where both the journey and the destination are almost equally weighted. We were on our way there, yet ended up bidding farewell to our taxi driver somewhere in the middle of Sheung Wan. It… Continue Reading