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 shop in the cafe which sells gourmet produce and modern beach house interior decorations and gifts.

78 Cyrus St
Hyams Beach 2540 NSW
Phone: (02) 4443 3874

And the best thing – an after lunch dip in the ocean!

Robuchon a Galera at Hotel Lisboa – Joel Robuchon being one of my favorite chefs… this was one of the places I couldn’t wait to try! A lot of friends have commented that this restaurant is much better than its Hong Kong counterpart (which is probably over-trendy with less focus on the food).

Warm egg cocotte with spinach, truffle and parsley toast, Chicken soup jelly with Fois Gras, Onion tartin with Sliced black truffle

Papilotte of silver cod with black truffle and baby artichoke and leek - cooked to perfection in a paper bag, cream sauce dressed at the table, and the flesh of the fish just falls to the touch of the fork. mmmm

The mille feuille (my favorite dessert of all time) with very fresh pastry and vanilla cream, the floating island with chestnut ice cream

The Peninsula Spa

“Exclusive poolside lunch featuring Naturally Peninsula light and healthy cuisine” – Poached salmon in vegetable broth

H One @ IFC

Steamed White Asparagus, Italian “Sunny Side Up” Egg, Shaved Parmesan, White Truffle Oil

Agnes b – Le pain grille

High tea set – very cute, relaxing environment perfect for a girly chat over a hot cup. I went with my grandmother!

Da Domenico -10 Hysan Ave, 10-12, G/F Sunning Plaza, Causeway Bay

Their famous Lobster linguini – to die for. A cute trattoria styled Italian restaurant I visited with my boss. I snapped this photo during his smoke break!

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 suites covering three city office blocks in the Sydney CBD.

The Ivy will have a pool surrounded by outdoor bars, a couple of nightclubs, a day spa, ballroom for 1000, teppanyaki grill, sushi train, burger bar, wine bar and deli, Italian restaurant and more bars. The entire ground floor will be retail outlets and two laneways will divide two buildings.

Two purpose-built party penthouses will occupy the top and penultimate floors of the five-storey building at 320 George Street. Each will be 350sq m, with staffed cocktail bars, a pool, spa, lounge room, dining area, bathrooms and bedroom – all for a cool $4000 to $5000 a night.

Being Asian I have been typecasted to work in the Japanese restaurant wearing a [slutty] kimono styled dress of some sort. Perhaps I can pretend to be Japanese at the same time, since most customers think I’m from Japan anyway!

I was serving Tara Reid and didn’t even know it – I mentioned to someone that the ‘old woman’ I was serving looked strangely like a very old version of Tara, only to find out that it WAS Tara. Check out this photo of her arriving at Sydney Airport! Makes you think twice before you party til dawn.

Other Celebrity Sightings of the week:

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 and recreate everything she had taught us. She created 4 dishes which are designed to be paired with champagne. Perfect for summertime and the holiday season.

The Menu included:

And finishing everything off with a bottle of Heidsieck Champagne – Gold.

The whole process took well over 4 hours. I really miss my giant kitchen back in Darlinghurst! I have all the recipes, but I won’t type them out here. Click here if you want to download a PDF of my recipe sheet! (it even has notes on it)