Reuben Hills // Dine // Sydney
The last thing Surry Hills needed was another café serving premium coffee and internationally inspired food from this-place-or-that the owners have managed to crawl out of somewhere along the road, right? Wrong! It never fails to amaze me how many quality places can be packed so tightly into an area, and yet when it comes to choosing something...
Ottolenghi’s Lentil Salad with Tomatoes and Gorgonzola // Cook
Another adaptation from the brilliant Plenty by Ottolenghi (I got addicted after the Burnt Eggplant with Tahini and Pomegranate Molasses). I have made a few adjustments for both time time and shopping convenience. INGREDIENTS Oven-dried tomatoes 1 punnet cherry tomatoes (I believe these were of the Sweet Olive variety) Handful of thyme sprigs Olive...
Chinese Noodle House Edward Street // Dine // Sydney
Everybody loves the beginning of the new year. It’s a fresh start, a chance to do over, to do better. 2012 was already destined to be a big year in many ways, I can feel it in my bones, but it’s even better when you get to do it twice! I was a little sceptical...
Taste Baguette
Scrap sourdough, Taste is where it’s all at. As I may have already told you, I was born in Paris. Yes, the land of the baguette, croissant and café au lait is my birth-town, and as yet I have been unable to find my way back. In the meantime, I have made it my mission to...
Bau Truong // Dine // Sydney
Ok so the duck tongues, crocodile, eel and crispy pork intestines may make Bau Truong a somewhat unusual inclusion for The Screaming Artichoke, seeing as it’s a vegetarian food blog. But the more I write, the more I realise that the whole point of it is to show that, as a vegetarian, I can (and...
The Winery // Dine // Sydney
When you are greeted at the door by a woman with a headset and a clipboard on a Saturday afternoon, you know you’re not in Kansas anymore. The Winery, sister bar/restaurant to the original Gazebo Wine Garden in Elizabeth Bay, came into the world kicking and screaming for attention despite its semi-secluded location behind Thomas...
Ottolenghi’s Burnt Eggplant with Tahini & Pomegranate Molasses
This recipe was adapted from one of my favourite cookbooks, Yottam Ottolenghi’s Plenty. Israeli born with distinct Middle-Eastern influences, Ottolenghi won over vegetarians and meat-eaters alike with his long-running column, The New Vegetarian in The Guardian. He found himself in hot water towards the beginning, often suggesting the recipes would go perfectly as the accompaniment...
Osteria Balla Manfredi at The Star // Dine // Sydney
With a $20 free bet collected from somebody in Martin Place, Pyrmont suddenly catapulted to the top of the list of my places to visit before the end of 2011. I’ll admit, having heard so much about it, I had been desperate to dine at David Chang’s Momofuku after the multi-million dollar redevelopment of Sydney’s only casino, newly...
