142 Addison Rd Marrickville, Sundays… Another blissful Sunday morning at the Marrickville organic markets. Coffee first, to aid important decision making. The best coffee I’ve tried at the markets so far is from the building on your right as you enter the market from Addison Rd. Note the installation art on the side wall of… Continue reading Marrickville Markets
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
This is not a comprehensive list, just the start of a list of the best places to get a good coffee in Darwin. The criteria? The coffee should be full of flavour, the milk silky and not burnt. That screeching sound? It sounds bad for a reason. If you can scoop your milk into a… Continue reading Where to get great coffee in Darwin
As soon as the balmy sea air at Mindil Beach hit my face, I relaxed. Sustained by treats from the stalls at the Mindil Markets, there was too much to choose from; Indonesian, Thai, Malaysian, and Roadkill stalls all competed for my attention. Do try the Ice Kachang dessert if you can find it. Enthralled… Continue reading Darwin Dreaming
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
I have an apology to make. I have been very tardy with keeping this blog up to date. “What have I been so preoccupied with?” you may rightly demand. Well, ever since Easter I have been eating chocolate, on my couch, in pyjamas. Green & Black’s organic, once deemed too expensive, now just politically correct… Continue reading Chocolate Confession
The Eveleigh Market Saturday 13th December 8am-1pm 243 Wilson St, Eveleigh Next market is in February 2009. This was a wonderful market held yesterday, in an open-sided but undercover hanger on a true Sydney summer day-humid, hot and windy. The restrooms inside the old carraige works just opposite provided a moment of coolness before the… Continue reading Sydney Christmas Markets 2008