I’ve just finished reading Shark’s Fin & Sichuan Pepper by Fuchsia Dunlop; A sweet-sour memoir of eating in China. I have been somewhat obsessed by the tongue numbing tingly effects of the sichuan peppercorn for sometime now and am learning how best to cook with it. I have picked up a few tips from Kylie… Continue reading Shark's Fin & Sichuan Pepper
The salted peanuts whet our appetites. I’d love to know if these are cinnamon sticks or cassia bark… Lightly steamed oysters with ginger, shallots and soy Chinese pickled vegetables, sweet, salty and sour with crispy wonton skins sprinkled with schezuan pepper & salt Bugtail wontons with schezuan chilli oil Crispy prawn wontons with a sweet… Continue reading Billy Kwong
A clumsy ode to Spice Temple’s heavenly facing chilli and sichuan peppercorn dish. Since eating at Spice Temple a month ago I haven’t been able to stop thinking about those feisty little peppercorns. I was chatting to a friend of mine on the phone the other night while cooking this so it got a little… Continue reading Sichuan Peppercorn Chicken
Neil Perry’s Spice Temple is located underneath Rockpool Bar & Grill on Bligh Street in Sydney’s CBD. At first we walked past its plasma screen door, assuming it was an advertisement with its virtual shimmering silk curtains. Once we discovered that it was actually the front door we glided down the circular staircase to the… Continue reading Spice Temple
Shop 1/8 Dixon St, Sydney Something has happened at the northern end of Chinatown. There is a whole block full of new places to explore that I have somehow managed to miss. The first trip in remedying this situation was to Uighur Cuisine, the more casual downstairs version next to the upstairs Apandim Uighur Restaurant.… Continue reading Uighur Cuisine
There’s something to be said for efficient food. Not necessarily in the preparation, but in the eating and the service. Not exactly fast food, but not slow food either. There are times when on a whim the idea of watching a new film at the local cinema sounds pretty good, and after the drama of… Continue reading Phoenix Restaurants