Tag: Asia

Hyams beach cafe

Written by Amanda on January 14th, 2009 — 2 Comments

Hyams beach – famous for it’s pure white sand on the South coast Salad of free range chicken, spiced peach, keflatori, rocket and pancetta Chilli soft shell crab, asian salad, papaya salad and red chilli nahm jim Oven baked flathead fillets, fries and tartare sauce There is also a small...

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Asia fine dining (continued!)

Written by Amanda on March 28th, 2008 — 12 Comments

Apart from local, traditional treats, there are a few excellent recommendations I would like to share during my recent trip away. Now bear with me, I’m really hungover… Robuchon a Galera at Hotel Lisboa – Joel Robuchon being one of my favorite chefs… this was one of the places...

Also posted in Eating, Visiting | Tagged Beijing, dessert, fish, Hong Kong, ice cream, italian, pool, Restaurants, salmon, soup

Ivy

Written by Amanda on December 4th, 2007 — 10 Comments

So I handed in my resignation at a few days ago… to join… THE IVY, along with 399 other staff. In December the Merivale Group CEO Justin Hemmes will open his new pleasure precinct called Ivy – $150 million worth of bars, restaurants, pools, nightclubs, retail and ultra-exclusive hotel...

Also posted in Visiting | Tagged burger, italian, ivy, merivale, pool, Restaurants, sushi, sydney

Christine Manfield Cooking Class

Written by Amanda on November 27th, 2007 — 9 Comments

One of Australia’s most celebrated chefs – most known for her amazing desserts and Asian inspired cooking, held a class at the Sydney Seafood School last week which I was very excited about. After an hour long demonstration on how to prepare each dish, we separated into groups of 5 to try...

Also posted in Cooking, Drinking, Learning | Tagged basil, Champagne, christine manfield, dessert, fish, food, pancakes, recipes, salad, sydney, tomato, universal

LA and New York Restaurant Recommendations

Written by Amanda on July 31st, 2007 — 14 Comments

There are plenty more places worth mentioning throughout my trip… Thanks to Deb, especially, for making so many bookings! Sorry for being vague and brief… I’m just feeling really hungry! Blue Marlin Japanese Bistro 2121 Sawtelle Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90025 310.445.2522 ...

Also posted in Eating, Visiting | Tagged best restaurants, book, burger, dessert, dumplings, food, French, italian, LA, New York, NYC, potato, salad, salmon, tapas, tofu, truffle, tuna

Healthy Dumplings

Written by Amanda on July 9th, 2007 — 15 Comments

Call them what you like: Dumplings, gow-gees, pot stickers, gyozas… to me, the word dumpling is a generalization of food encased in a rolled out dough or pastry sheet… and exists most popular in Italian (Ravioli), Japanese (Gyoza), Chinese (Jiao zi), or Jewish (Kreplach aka Jewish wonton) While...

Also posted in Cooking, Dieting | Tagged cabbage, chinese, dumplings, food, italian, LA, mushroom, recipe, soup

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Considering plan B was to go to caviar house, surrender the platinum Amex and say "surprise the bejeezus out of me". check it 13 hours ago
Managed to snag the only remaining seat in the dress circle for the Les Miserable matinee session. That ought to keep me out of trouble! check it 13 hours ago
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