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Category: eats

  • Marukame, Hakuba, Nagano, Japan

    Richard and I finally joined the rest of the guys out for dinner in town tonight, the last night of our ski trip. It’s yakiniku time! The hotel was kind enough to take the six of us to our restaurant of choice tonight: Marukame (まるかめ) — a sumibi yakiniku place about a 5-minute drive away…

  • Fruit Platter on Qantas Flight QF21 (Jan 2015)

    Fruiting up before I hit the Japanese winter for the third ski trip of my life! If any of this looks familiar, well… I didn’t have the soy milk and orange juice as usual. And the normal flight menu for you non-precious snowflakes:

  • He Cooks: Lamb Skewers

    The highlight of the dish was actually the pumpkin, roasted to perfection. I joked that the veggies were so good, the lamb skewers felt like the side to me.

  • Wedding Event at the Tea Room Gunners Barracks, Mosman

    The season of overeating was enhanced by a gorgeous wedding event in between! The venue was the Tea Room at Gunners Barracks, Mosman, with an absolutely stunning view. After the brief ceremony and group photos, various canapes were served at the balcony. Everyone remarked how good they were even after the second and third rounds…

  • Sette Cafe, Eveleigh

    The season of overeating is still going strong. As farewell for yet another contractor staff and an opportune end-of-year get-together, the boss took us to Sette Cafe located beneath the Channel 7 building for lunch. (I have a feeling I was very responsible for the venue change instead of our usual Club Redfern visit.) The…

  • Set Lunch at Papi Chulo, Manly

    The season of overeating continues! Following our

  • Criniti’s Italian, Darling Harbour

    The season of overeating begins! First up is our dinner tonight with the boys at Criniti’s Italian Darling Harbour before we break for the holidays — just in time before it becomes impossible to book a table anywhere! I had a peek at the online menu beforehand and I’m glad I did, because it’s epic…