Grab Your Fork




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   Current Rank: 276 (Food & Drink)
URL: grabyourfork.blogspot.com
Site Description: Helen's gastronomic journey around Sydney and abroad. Food, cooking, travel, and a feast of photos along the way.
Date Joined: Dec 8, 2008


Tags: reviews, restaurants, sydney, recipes, photos


Latest Blog Posts for Grab Your Fork

Freebie Friday Double: Win a Scanpan Classic Roaster and movie tickets to see The Boys Are Back
on Nov 5, 2009Thank God It's Friday!Did you back a winner in the Melbourne Cup? If not, never fear, because Freebie Friday is here!Today we have TWO competitions to enter, and there are SEVEN chances to win! You can enter both competitions and submit entries each...



A nose-to-tail dinner party
on Nov 4, 2009Do you ever have out-of-body experiences during an amazing meal?I have.Tonight, this is one of them.Fergus Henderon's nose-to-tail barbecue at the Sydney International Food Festival was the catalyst. Nose-to-tail eating is about eating the entire ani...



Macaron Day at Adriano Zumbo Patisserie, Balmain
on Nov 4, 2009Photo credit: Image courtesy of adrianozumbo.com and imagineationBREAKING NEWS: Do you know whose birthday it is tomorrow?It’s Adriano Zumbo’s!How is he celebrating?Adriano Zumbo is having a macaron party.AND YOU’RE INVITED.We’re not talking...



A Taste of Peru, a plateful of alpaca
on Nov 3, 2009I can't wait to try the alpaca!It's this carnivorous curiosity that has me most excited about A Taste of Peru, a degustation dinner recently staged by Illapu Peru at The Sheraton on the Park for the Sydney International Food Festival.I've yet to visi...



Sweet corn ice cream, Tiong Bahru Market, crab and oatmeal prawns
on Nov 2, 2009Iced coffee SG$1.20 (in a Ribena cup!)Playing the tourist is thirsty work.Our Singapore day tour, hosted by Nuffnang, boasted a jam-packed itinerary. By 1.30pm, we'd already visited the MINT toy museum and the Chinatown Heritage Museum, whilst squeez...



Kaya toast, the MINT toy museum and Maxwell Food Centre joy
on Nov 1, 2009Coffee with condensed milk SG$0.80 and kaya toast SG$0.60Mmm... why can't all takeaway breakfasts look so good.Suze and I had promised each other we'd have kaya toast for breakfast and so, despite the bleary eyes and early start, we traipsed our way...



Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards 2009
on Oct 31, 2009Congee simpang (mixed) SG$3.00Welcome to Singapore.We step off our Singapore Airlines jumbo from Sydney to Singapore only to be hit by a wall of tropical 30C heat and 75% humidity.Suze and I waste no time in looking for food once we check into our ho...



Sugar Hits at The Grace Hotel, Glass and Azuma Kushiyaki
on Oct 29, 2009I'm baaaack.Singapore was an absolute blast - a blast of heat and humidity but much fun nonetheless. Food? Photos? Of course there was plenty of both, but because time is of the essence, I'm uploading a backlog of SIFF posts whilst it's still October...



Ten Questions with Luke Nguyen (and another Freebie Friday!)
on Oct 22, 2009Luke NguyenThe night before Luke Nguyen's Cabramatta Tour, I read Secrets of the Red Lantern, written by Luke's sister, Pauline.As Pauline unravelled the threads of her family story, there was one anecdote that immediately leapt off the pages, making...



Canh Chua tamarind broth with silver perch and elephant ear stem
on Oct 21, 2009Elephant ear stems must be up there as one of the most exotic-sounding and evocative vegetable names in English.The Fairfield City Council guide to South-East Asian Greens explains that Elephant Ear Stem (Khoai So)"...gets its name from its wide...



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