Cloudberry & Vanilla Bean Newtons
on Nov 18, 2009 in Cookies Baking Apologies for the slow down in recipes lately, November is usually a very hectic month for me and this year it's been a little crazy. I'm also trying to stick to trying out my own recipes rather than just using them straight out of cookbooks, which u...

Totoya, Neutral Bay
on Nov 15, 2009 in Sydney North Japanese Eating Out I am a huge fan of great value Japanese restaurants. Totoya was one of these, according to my brother, who had been trying to take me there for years. For some reason, I had the worst luck with this restaurant, coming once when it was closed and once...

Macaron Day @ Adriano Zumbo Patisserie, Balmain
on Nov 12, 2009 in Special Events Sweets Eating Out One of us slumps back on the seat. Another sips water slowly. I groan and clutch my stomach. We did it. We went to Adriano Zumbo's patisserie on his special Macaron Day to celebrate his birthday, and we tried one of every flavour that was available.

Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes (with popping candy!)
on Nov 11, 2009 in Cakes Sweets Baking It all started with these tiny ice cream waffle cones. I picked them up during our walking tour of Surry Hills, and immediately started thinking up all sorts of crazy things to do with them. But I've had a bit of a baking block recently and so these...

Shanghai Night, Ashfield
on Nov 8, 2009 in Sydney Inner West Chinese Eating Out I walked in the door with a certain amount of anticipation. Shanghai Night Chinese Restaurant had the best xiao long bao in Sydney according to some people, and I finally had a chance to try them. Leona had a dumpling craving, so Lili, Betty, Karen,...

Peanut Butter & Grape Pinwheels
on Nov 5, 2009 in Cookies Baking The boy wanted biscuits. I'm not usually one to indulge his every whimsy but I'll use any excuse to try something new. So I came up with another one of my crazy ideas. I wanted to try baking with this great peanut butter substitute that I came across...

Food Bloggers' Secret Dinner @ Fix St James
on Nov 2, 2009 in Special Events Sydney Eating Out Sometimes I realise I am very lucky. When I consider all the wonderful things that have come about thanks to this blog; all the amazing food and wonderful people that I have met, it makes me want to give my blog a cuddle. I felt especially lucky when...

Raspberry Cream Cheese Scones
on Oct 31, 2009 in Scones Baking It was hard to snap myself out of my macaron baking frenzy. But then I realised, there has not been anywhere near enough scones around here lately! So why not another scone recipe, before everyone forgets that I'm the scone-mad girl who eats them for...

Sugar Hits, SIFF 2009 (Perama, Macquarie Lounge, Four Seasons)
on Oct 29, 2009 in Sweets Sydney Eating Out I felt like a fraud this month. Here I am, 7 months into my food blog, and the biggest food month of the year was happening. It was nearly the end of the month and I hadn't attended a single SIFF event. I'm sorry, I've failed you! Thanks to some help...

Ice Kacang Macarons (Rose Syrup & Sweet Corn Macarons) - Daring Bakers Oct 2009
on Oct 26, 2009 in Macarons Baking The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe.I've gotta tell you my eyes nearly popped out of my head when...