Waffles with Ice-cream topped with Strawberries, Maple Syrup and Icing.

Waffles with Strawberry & Ice Cream

Ever since I got my Cuisinart Waffles Maker, I couldn’t wait to test out recipes. I’ve finally found it. It’s crunchy and has a nice texture to it.

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Salmon with Curried Prawns and Coconut Sambal

If when reading a recipe, ingredients such as salmon, prawns, curry leaves, coconut, and chilli gets your taste buds going – then you must try this recipe!!

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Review : Soffritto

It is a spur of the moment decision really and, based on popularity, we are sure we are going to fail. We have wanted to try Soffritto for quite some time now, so we decide to see if we can score a table.

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Grilled Beef Ribs with Orange, Mint & Cherry Tomato Salad

Spirit House Grilled Beef Ribs with Orange, Mint and Cherry Tomato Salad

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Review : Aperitivo – An Authentic Italian Tradition

Summertime and the living is easy….not so, if you live in Sydney. It was a hot and sticky night as we headed out to Aperitivo.

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Review: Top Level Woodfire Pizza Bar

Newtown has no shortage of pizza restaurants. Some are genuinely bad, some average & some quite good, but there has never been a truly great pizzeria in Newtown….until now.

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Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Buns

Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Buns

Easter is next month! I just want to share with you these Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Buns recipe that I made last year.

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A reflection on the Japan Earthquake disaster

Unless you have been living in the bottom of a well, you would have heard news of the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami disaster that occurred on March 11, 2011.

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Iiza – Japanese Cuisine

Newtown has long resembled a province of Thailand when it comes to the many restaurants along King St, and it is refreshing to see some new styles of cuisines being represented on the strip.

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Envy Cafe and Gallery

Buggles & Squeak takes you on a Saturday journey to Summer Hill’s Envy Café and Gallery.

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Bistro Ortolan

We have wanted to dine at Bistro Ortolan since it opened back in 2006. A last minute decision has us securing a ‘rare’ Saturday night table.

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Chicken stock from scratch.

Revisiting the Basics | Making chicken stock from scratch

Before the dinosaurs roamed, the invention of pre-packaged foods and the modern supermarket, our fore-fathers made their own stock from scratch.

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