I’ve got a bit of a split personality when it comes to fast food. Most times, I hate the stuff. It’s processed, homogenised, downright bad for you, and I blame it (and I’m not alone) for causing my dual home countries – America and Australia – to be the two fattest countries in the world. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘New York’
26 Jun
Lunching above the Fairway
After weeks of back-and-forth emails and texts, I’d finally lined up lunch with Julia Baird, a deputy editor at Newsweek and an expat Aussie who made her mark as an op-ed editor for the Sydney Morning Herald. Despite being a native New Yorker, I’m in the strange position of being more comfortable networking with Australians [...]
25 Jun
New York to Paris in less than an hour
I love being in New York, but like every city resident, there comes a time when you need to ditch the asphalt jungle for a bit of leafy serenity. So Sarah and I borrowed my aunt’s red Toyota convertible (wouldn’t you?) and we hightailed it with the top down from Hoboken up the Hudson River, [...]
22 Jun
To Di Fara, With Love – NYC’s must-make pizza pilgrimage
How do I love thee, Dom DeMarco.? Let me count the ways. I love it how you tenderly shred your whole pieces of fresh buffalo mozzarella and scatter them with care around the pizza base. I love the way you unselfishly take out a whole, large bunch of fresh basil and scissor large leaf-cuts over [...]
20 Jun
A walking tour of Chinatown’s best dumpling houses
Despite being away from New York for nine years, I still know the city like the back of my hand, even if it’s sometimes behind my back. I always know where I’m going – until I don’t. Anyway, I’ve got to admit that I’ve never had a strong handle on Chinatown, which has expanded most [...]
5 Jun
Grand Central’s Yer Oyster
I had a business pow-wow on 42nd Street today, so I took advantage of being a block away from New York’s Grand Central Station and went for a recon mission. The station, aside from being one of the most photogenic in the US, is one of those rare places where transit and gastronomy co-exist and [...]
26 May
Escape to New York – Momofuku Ssam
It’s been a whirlwind month-and-a-half, travelling from Melbourne to Sydney to Los Angeles, the California Coast (Ventura, St Ynez wine valley, Big Sur, Carmel, Monterey), San Francisco, New Orleans and finally to New York. Yes, it’s been a big quiet on the Gosstronomy front, but expect that to pick up now that I’m going to [...]
3 Nov
Do Chefs Hate Food Blogs?
Here’s an interesting story from ABC News about the impact food blogs are having on top restaurants and restaurateurs in the US. American celeb chef Mario Batali talks about how he despises them, while restaurateur Mauro Maccioni from Manhattan’s famed, and infamous, Le Cirque goes as far as flying a disgruntled blogger back to the [...]
5 Oct
Ninja dining in Manhattan
I never realised that we are so deprived in the Australian dining scene until I discovered that New York has taken the culinary world to a new level with the first Ninja Restaurant in the US. (What kind of ‘level’ is up to you.) Can Samurai sushi trains be far behind? Yes, once again reality [...]
