Category Archives: Casual dining
Town Hall Hotel – Balmain
IF I was served the cheeseburger and fries I just had at Balmain’s Town Hall Hotel for lunch back in the USA I would need to affirm my 2nd Amendment rights. The fries were so salty that they left that god-damn … Continue reading
Mad Mex Big Burrito Challenge
HERACLES reckons that the Greeks invented the burrito. His logic is simple: the burrito is a copycat of the gyros (yeeros or yiros depending where you are from). I tried to reason with him explaining that Cortes was Spanish and it … Continue reading
Mullens Street Burgers/Café
I HAVE been agonising as to whether I publish this post. In mid December 2014 I was about to hit the button to introduce Mullens Street Burgers/Cafe to the world. The cafe is just a short walk from where I live … Continue reading
Hot Star Chicken (Sydney)
HBV was pretty excited to learn recently that the iconic Taiwanese chicken joint, Hot Star, had landed in Sydney. Hot Star is possibly one of the most flocked to fast food joints in Taipei. It started in Taipei’s famous Shilin … Continue reading
Lomandra’s
THEY’RE a pretty laid back mob in Queensland and that is some of the charm (and sometimes the frustration) of the place. The Baroness of Balmain, the Baronets (Miss Gob and DJ Hoot), and I spent our Christmas and New Year … Continue reading
I Wok
I NEED to make this confession: I get my morning pre-work caffeine fix from an Asian takeaway outlet called I Wok made by a bloke named Johnny and it’s excellent. Now Johnny may not have a drop of Italian blood … Continue reading