jungsik seoul

Jungsik, Seoul

For some, Christmas is the time of year you spend with family and friends unwrapping presents, eating prawns and having conversations about who gained the most weight over the calendar year. For me, Christmas is the time of year I usually spend by myself, not worrying about presents, eating prawn flavoured cup noodles and having […]

Milk Tea Soft Serve with pearls at Heet Tea Sydney

Milk Tea Soft Serve, Heet Tea Burwood

Milk tea, the trend that went away and came back with a force. I’ll never forget walking past 3 different branches of East Way within a 100m stroll back at the height of the initial Sydney tea bubble in Sydney. It was the Asian equivalent of having a McDonald’s at every entrance/exit of a highway. […]

x23 brunch

x23 , Chippendale

People ask me if my favourite number is 23 because of Michael Jordan. Actually he wore 23 because of me. I’m lying, I worship MJ to the point where I wear his number and copy that weird tongue thing he did on the court. I worship MJ and love the number to the point where […]

yipin handpulled noodle burwood

Yipin Handpulled Noodle, Burwood

With a name that harkens back to my pubescent days behind a locked bedroom door, Yipin Handpulled Noodle is definitely making its mark in the new Burwood Chinatown precinct (it’s the Inner West’s best kept secret). Yipin specialises in handpulled Chinese noodles and allow you to pick whichever noodle you’re fancying whether you want thin, […]

grannys noodle burwood beef noodles

Granny’s Noodle, Burwood

You know how you always give your partner a complete brief before dragging them to meet the extended family? “Hey, don’t tell my second cousin Karen about the fact that you love Dubstep. She dated Skrillex briefly and it did NOT end well.” “Hey, don’t tell my Dad that you’re a PE teacher. I may […]

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Spice World, Chinatown

Spice World is a 1997 British musical comedy featuring one of the most famous pop groups of all time: the Spice Girls. This girl group straight outta the United Kingdom has been hailed as the spiritual successors to The Beatles and were responsible for hits like Wannabe, 2 Become 1 and… Hold up, wait a […]

A Week of iFat Recipes

Back when I was living at home, my mother had sophisticated force field technology that prevented me from using the stove; I believe the shield was called something along the lines of “you’re inferior to me in every way possible when it comes to the culinary arts, the toaster is that way.” So, welcome to […]

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Phomo, Barangaroo

New year resolutions suck. Why do you have to wait for the calendar year to change before you achieve something? I’ve always been about doing what I can as early as possible so future Isaac doesn’t have to worry. I can deal with stuff now so poor future iFat doesn’t have to fret about it […]

Dinner by Heston, Melbourne

What’s the earliest you’ve ever had Dinner? Me? It was at about 11 am and in Melbourne because I wanted to see what Heston Blumenthal was made of and also what he could make out of high quality Australian ingredients. Hence a pre-midday dinner at Dinner by Heston. After The Fat Duck’s short stint in […]

red salt breakfast

Hunter Valley

Full disclosure: I don’t drink. I’ve been a “I’m driving later” guy since before I even had my license. So the Hunter Valley was one of those places I never thought I’d visit just because the wine culture was so ingrained, I mean it’s KNOWN as Wine Country. Then I realised the Hunter Valley Gardens […]

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White Mojo, Melbourne

My mother and aunt (also known as my main readership) asked me why I didn’t write as much in 2017. I told them I didn’t want to force it when I wasn’t feeling in particularly good writing form as I much rather write well in short bursts than fart out subpar posts over a sustained […]

Happy Ending, Concord

God, I love a good fairytale. I have been waiting for this day since the beginning of my passionate obsession with Mister Gee Burger Truck. And now I’ve finally got my Happy Ending in the form of the aptly named Happy Ending. The Gee-niuses behind Sydney’s favourite burger truck have finally set up a brick […]