“Boats pottering about the harbour, skirting its curves from Camp Cove to Rose Bay, meeting at Circular Quay where the iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House dominate and command attention.”

Surry Hills is probably the beating heart of Sydney’s culinary body. On this jaunt home to my motherland I was pleased to find one of the finest additions to the district is smack in the centre of it all.

Jackie falls in love. But this is no ordinary love. It’s a love that only a true gastronome can experience. A love that is deep-seated, all-encompassing and awe-inspiring. A love that comes in the form of a pastry cigar…

Globetrotting gastronome, Jackie Lee, has a soft spot for noodle soup. But not just any old noodle soup. Specifically, one that can be found 40 minutes outside of Sydney in what could be described as Australia’s Little Vietnam.

I’m standing on Bondi Beach, it’s a balmy 73 degrees and I’m freezing. It may have been overcast but this was a late summer Sunday. Then it dawned on me. I was experiencing fear. Fear of a kind I’ve not had shudder through me since Mr Backhouse’s maths lessons. I [...]

Laura’s Wine of the Week: This is not like the over-oaked Chardonnay’s that have put us off Australian whites recently. This has terrific balance and a surprising elegance. It is crisp with melons and grapefruits, minerality and a hint of white flowers. Delicious. [pro-player]http://cloud.redwhiteorpink.com/resources/1/023-stella-bella-chardonnayv2-p7K9jQ.mp4[/pro-player] Stella Bella 2007 Chardonnay, Margaret River, [...]

With the sheer size, scale and volume of activities, events, parties and performances that go on in London you need the equivalent of a year of your life to get round as much as goes on in the capital in one week. More than that, it’s just as much of [...]