Classico Moderno is an Italian pop-up restaurant currently located in Darlinghurst, set up by Italian chef Bryan Gerlini. You may know that name in connection with Darlinghurst’s most loved pop-up restaurant to date – Cafe Paci. Apparently he did a stint there! However, don’t expect […]

I normally write about new places I go to on this blog, but in this post I’m sharing a much-loved restaurant that my family and I go to over and over again – because it’s amazing! Fratelli Paradiso in Potts Point (not to be confused […]

Sorry, did I say I’d write about some German food next? Whoops – here’s a cute little Swedish cafe we went to in Hamburg called Hejpapa!

Our second full day in Melbourne was even more food-filled than the night before. Let me preface this by saying that all the food we ate was excellent, but we ate so much that it was sometimes difficult to enjoy every mouthful, especially when it […]

Want a restaurant where the chef personally greets you by opening the door for you? You got it. Want a restaurant where you can see the chef in the kitchen, carefully and laboriously preparing and checking over every dish before it’s sent out? Tick! Want a […]

The first time I encountered Sansibar was in fact not through food, but through a pair of slippers. Turns out Sansibar is a whole brand of stuff – including condiments, apparel and a restaurant. Several years ago I spied a pair of slippers perfect for […]

You know a dish is good when 4 out of your party of 5 order it  – and this is always the case with any form of pasta served with chanterelle mushrooms here in Sylt (an island in the North Sea of Germany). Chanterelle mushrooms […]

  On DS’s last night in London we decided to go all out at a nice Italian restaurant called Orso, recommended by a kind friend. The friendly, almost homely (how cute are the colourful plates!) atmosphere was most welcoming – quite different to some of […]

There is one reason that Gallo Nero is my dad’s favourite restaurant and I go there every single time I’m in Hamburg – the home-made pasta with parmesan and fresh truffles. No words can describe the wonder of this dish, and I have never tried […]