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Olio Kensington Street, Chippendale

One movie meme that refuses to die is how Titanic (the James Cameron classic that came out TWENTY YEARS AGO) ended. Let me refresh your memory: the Titanic has hit an iceberg and people are frantically evacuating the not-so-small boating accident. Our main characters played by Leo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet are whispering sweet nothings to each […]

Otto Ristorante, Woolloomooloo

Confession: I once thought that Transformers was the greatest movie ever made. I emerged from the Megan Fox/explosion fest thinking I had just witnessed cinematic history. I was young, but I wasn’t THAT young. My only defense is this, there were robots duking it out, and Megan Fox is a god damned fox and my […]

Acme macaroni

ACME, Rushcutters Bay

Once upon a time, I sucked with girls (let’s pretend I don’t currently suck with girls right now for this story’s sake). I had no idea what I was doing and there were many factors outside of my control that weren’t helping either. Factors like walking around with less confidence in myself than a baby […]

Napoli in Bocca, Haberfield

Napoli in Bocca, Haberfield

I bit into a slice of tomato and bocconcini cheese and was immediately surprised. I had expected the cheese to be incredibly salty as that was the common denominator in my past experience with white cheese. Instead, the bocconcini served as more of a texture mix-up for the juicy tomato slice that had been dowsed in olive oil. The addition of basil leaves to the dance led to quite the rousing ball hosted in my mouth as well.