We were excited about eating out in Melbourne. For food and wine lovers, the chance to spend 12 days eating in Melbourne was thrilling. Melbourne’s food scene is considered by many to be the best in Australia and its restaurants are serving up some of the finest contemporary Australian cuisine. Being lapsed Sydneysiders, having not lived in Sydney … Read more
Melbourne is more than laneways, cafés and arcades. It’s one of the world’s great eating cities and it’s Melbourne’s restaurants, gastro-pubs and food markets that you also need to know about. Melbourne’s laneways, cafes and arcades have starred in countless tourism and advertising campaigns and travel editorial. While they’re fun to visit, Melbourne’s restaurants, gastro-pubs and food … Read more
There are many people in Thailand who believe that traditional home-cooked Thai food is becoming a thing of the past. This image of Bangkok’s junior MasterChef gave me some hope that wasn’t the case. Pre-packaged curry pastes and even entire Thai dishes that were historically the staple of a home cooked meal, now sit in … Read more
When Lara first suggested the idea of a side trip to Saigon from Bangkok, my thoughts immediately turned to food, to Vietnamese food, and specifically to pho bo (or more correctly, phở bò). Soon after arriving, I’d be salivating at the words thit bo kho (thịt bò khô). You see, when I first moved to Sydney … Read more
One of the things we love most about holiday rentals over hotels is that we’re able to cook and eat ‘at home’. Because unless you’re Keith Floyd (one of my inspirations as a wannabe cook in my 20s), you can’t just rock up to a hotel kitchen and whip something up. You can, however, do … Read more