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, 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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A long time ago, in a galaxy that much resembles our own; a group of high school boys sat around a table at a Vietnamese restaurants. The boys meant well but were having an incredibly vulgar conversation about girls. Let’s present a highly edited version that won’t get me thrown out of the community: Boy […]
Throughout my life, there have been a number of jobs and careers that I wanted. When I was 5, I wanted to be a banker. Closest I came to that was opening a bank account. When I was 7, I wanted to be an archaeologist. Closest I came to that was watching Jurassic Park. When I […]
