Wine Tasting Yarra Valley, Victoria

Yarra Valley Wine Tasting

“This pinot noir rose tastes a bit like my sense of humour.
It is dry but sharp with a clean finish.”

~ Chopinand, co-author of ChopinandMysaucepan

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MoVida, Melbourne

MoVida

Last year, Sydneysiders got their long-awaited taste of Frank Camorra‘s Spanish tapas when MoVida opened in Surry Hills.

After more than a decade since it burst into the Melbourne dining scene, Camorra’s Spanish tapas restaurant has morphed into a total of four outposts.

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Top 5 Cheap Eats, Artarmon

Top 5 Cheap Eats in Artarmon

“Each bite-size cube is so tender, it melts in your mouth.
The savoury soy sauce from the braise leaves a lingering, lip-smacking taste that

makes you yearn for that next decadent chunk of fatty pork belly.”

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The Morrison Bar and Oyster Room, Sydney

The Morrison Bar & Oyster Room

 “Shucking an oyster is like pursuing a beautiful woman.
You pry away at it and when it begins to give, you know the sweet reward is imminent.”

~ Chopinand, co-author ChopinandMysaucepan

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Star Capital Seafood Restaurant, Chatswood

Star Capital Seafood Restaurant

With the new upgrade of Chatswood Chase Shopping Centre and refurbishment of The Concourse over the last few years, Chatswood has morphed into a thriving CBD and metropolis in Sydney’s lower north shore.

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Prime Steak Restaurant, Sydney

Prime Steak Restaurant

“Carving into a 300 gm piece of Black Angus is like drinking an aged bottle of red
without decanting and giving time for the wine to breath.
Good as they may be, it does no justice to either the meat or the wine.”

~ Chopinand, Co-author ChopinandMysaucepan

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La Disfida Enoteca Pizza, Haberfield

La Disfida

“But I love a hearty slice of pizza when I’m hungry” I lament.

“Well, why don’t you try asking your friends what they want for dinner instead of thinking about yourself all the time?” Mysaucepan says.

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How to cook perfect steak, Victor Churchill, Woollahra

How To Cook Perefect Steak Being a meat lover, one of the things I love about Sydney is that just about every suburb in this city has a local butcher that offers a delicious range of poultry, beef, lamb and pork.

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Reuben Hills, Surry Hills

Reuben Hills

There is no shortage of quirky cafes in Sydney and Reuben Hills is one of them.

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Buon Ricordo, Paddington

Buon Ricordo - Truffle & egg pasta

“If any Sydney restaurant can boast a breakthrough dish of international acclaim,
then it would surely enhance the city’s claim to being a serious food destination.”

~ Chopinand, Co-author of ChopinandMysaucepan

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Teochew steamed gunard

Teochew steamed gunard

“This Teochew style steamed fish with a heart-warming broth will rival
any classic French bouillabaisse in taste and flavour.”

Chopinand, Co-author of ChopinandMysaucepan

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Ormeggio at The Spit, Mosman

Ormeggio at The Spit

Update: September 2013 – Ormeggio at The Spit was awarded Two Hats at the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide Awards 2014.

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It all started with my birthday dinner in January. I posted a question on Facebook and was trying to decide where to go with Chopinand and narrowed it down to two restaurants on my hit list – Ormeggio at The Spit in Mosman or Six Penny at Stanmore.

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The Chalkboard Cafe, Waterloo

The Chalkboard Cafe

UPDATE February 2015: This restaurant is permanently closed for business.

What’s the formula for a successful cafe in cosmopolitan Sydney?

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Winner announced – FREE $300 Concert Tickets & Food Voucher Giveaway!

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

This post is to announce the winner for two (2) tickets to the Mahler Chamber Orchestra concert (valued at $110 each) 7pm on Tuesday, 11 June 2013 featuring stellar American cellist, Alisa Weilerstein and a food voucher worth $80 redeemable at any Opera Kitchen food stalls at the Sydney Opera House on the day of the performance. *

Congratulations to the winner ~ Adriene !!

Terms and conditions apply to the tickets and food voucher based on Sydney Opera House policies and those of the respective F & B outlets.

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Tatsuya, Artarmon

Tatsuya Japanese Sushi Bar

If there is a suburb in Sydney that can pass as a haunt for good, honest Japanese food, then Artarmon in the lower north shore would be it.

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Billu’s, Harris Park

Billu's

“Squeeze a bit of lemon juice onto the steaming hot chicken pieces and let the tandoori spices do its work. When I think of Indian at home, this is one dish I would replicate.”

~ Chopinand, co-author of ChopinandMysaucepan

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El Jannah, Granville

El Jannah

It’s a family-run business that has been around since 1998 and El Jannah has become one of the most popular charcoal chicken restaurants in Sydney.

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Sushia Izakaya & Bar, Sydney

Sushia Izakaya & Bar

“A Japanese sushi train is enticing to me because every passing plate is like a              beautiful supermodel strutting down the catwalk in a fashion parade.”

~ Chopinand, co-author of ChopinandMysaucepan 

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Sydney Opera House presents Alisa Weilerstein FREE $300 Concert Tickets & Food Voucher Giveaway!

(Photo credit: Jamie Jung)

(Photo credit: Jamie Jung)

 “Her technical abilities serve a taste for sweet and intensity. She performs with soulful expresssion and physical abandon”

                                                                                          ~ New York Times 

In Sydney for its maiden tour, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra is performing a rare one concert only at 7pm on Tuesday, 11 June 2013 featuring stellar American cellist, Alisa Weilerstein.

ChopinandMysaucepan is giving away 2 free tickets worth $220 and a $80 food voucher valid at any of the Opera Kitchen food stalls at the Sydney Opera House* – Total Value $300 !!

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Pacific Seafood BBQ House, Richmond

Pacific Seafood BBQ House

 “The roast duck at Pacific House in Melbourne is definitely comparable
to some of the best that Sydney has to offer.”

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Everytime I make a trip to Melbourne, I know in the back of my mind that good and honest food abound in this elegant city.

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Basilica, Perth

Basilica Perth

Living at opposite ends of Australia, it’s not often that my sister and I get to have a meal together so during my brief visit to Perth, she suggests a bite of lunch down in the city.

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Mount Claremont Farmers Market, Perth

Mount Claremont Farmers Market

The weather has been great since I got to Perth to visit my sister and her family and today is no exception. The two-hour time difference between Perth and Sydney means I am awake by about 6am in the morning.

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Mountain biking around City Beach, Western Australia

City Beach

Located 10km directly west of Perth CBD, I am here in City Beach this week to visit my sister and her family.

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Chen’s Kitchen, Wembley, Perth

Chen's Kitchen, Perth

“I can easily eat this delicious chicken as a leftover cold meat the next day
and the coagulated gravy gel melting in my mouth would be bonus too.”

~ Chopinand, co-author of ChopinandMysaucepan 

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An autumn wedding in Sydney

An autumn wedding in Sydney

 I, Benjamin Blain Naftzger, call upon the persons here present to witness
that I take you, Corinne Ann Walker to be my lawfully wedded wife.

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