Last year, like countless others around the country, Tasmanian resident Kirsten Singleton took a risk and bought a small business. It was a fast food shop in the working class suburb of Moonah. But this wasn’t going to be another hamburger and hot chips joint. This takeaway shop was going to serve up a future to […]
Category: Food Adventures
Durian
We are waiting for his father to finish work. It’s a Friday night and we’re treating ourselves to a cheap meal out. We’re both in the car outside his workplace, but his father is taking ages to leave the building. I’m bored. He’s bored. I turn to to our son and ask him the first […]
Hakiki Turkish Ice Cream
It’s early Sunday evening. We just spent the morning at church and the afternoon with friends enjoying lunch together. The child is playing hide and seek outside with our next door neighbours and the husband is taking a nap. It’s just me in the living room with the computer and the internet. The sun had […]
Hotpot
Kimchi. You cannot claim to be Korean if you don’t know what it is. It’s a side dish that is in every Korean home and restaurant. Its history dates back thousands of years to the time of the Three Kingdoms. Although, they say it found its spiciness relatively recently in the 17th century. Portuguese traders […]
Ooh, shiny!
Look! It’s ice cream! With fairy floss and popping candy! Yay! I am a bit of a sweet tooth. I get easily distracted by gorgeous cakes and ice creams. And I love looking at colourful gelato displays as much as tasting the flavours. The image was taken on my phone and edited using Hipstamatic. via […]
Li Qun Roast Duck Restaurant
My family had a four day stop over in Beijing on our way to my brother’s wedding some years ago. Like typical tourists, we decided to try a roast duck restaurant for dinner. We read the reviews for Li Qun restaurant and thought it would be interesting. The restaurant was located in the heart of […]
Pho in St Leonards
There is an unassuming cafe in the lobby of a Sydney office building. It’s at 33 Herbert street, St Leonards, if you are ever in the neighbourhood. The place is called Phoodle. Almost every lunch hour the little place is packed with people. It’s because their pho is the best in the business. Topped with […]
Honey Badger Dessert Cafe
Down in Hobart, Tasmania, behind the row of sandstone buildings at Salamanca Place, in front of a big bronze fountain, is Honey Badger Dessert Cafe. It looks like any other cafe with big glass windows. It’s cheerful and bright inside. Tables are arranged along the walls and in the middle of the space. I ducked […]
Not so little anymore
We shared a brownie this afternoon. Both of us trying to commit to an uneasy truce after frustrations boiled over. There was an appointment we had to keep. He insisted we could go home and come back in time. I knew we couldn’t. He was stubborn. I got cross. Gone are the days of tantrums […]
