When I go out for dinner I like a glass of wine. Or a glass and a half to be precise. Yet in Brisbane it is very hard to find restaurants happy to serve a half glass of wine. For me, the advantages are clear why the half glass should feature on all good wine lists. For […]
Month: July 2012
Tom Harvie – 10 Food Questions
Food for you is what? Meditation What was your favourite food or meal as a child? Crumbed steak and mashed potato What did you have for dinner last night? Fillet steak with steamed corn and broccoli Favourite restaurant? Sakura in Highgate Hill Do you grow food and if so what? No A local hidden gem? Pennissi’s at […]
Double Shot, Double Happiness
Two things make me happy – carefully prepared food and high quality ingredients. Double Shot owners Michael DeLaurence and Ross Skinner bring this ethos and more to their new cafe in Oxlade Drive, New Farm. Opened in March 2012, Michael and Ross transformed a small coffee stop into a 35 seat cafe serving breakfast and […]
Food Innovation – the Demi Degustation
My friend Bronwyn is a woman of a thousand ideas. Here is one of them. The Demi Degustation Degustation menus are increasingly popular with more and more restaurants. They allow the restaurant to showcase their best dishes, and for the diner, it is an opportunity to increase their food and wine knowledge through the matching […]
10 Food Questions – Bronwyn Fadden
Food for you is what? Comfort. What was your favourite food or meal as a child? Chicken. What did you have for dinner last night? Fresh snapper and roast vegetables. Your favourite restaurant? Sakura at Highgate Hill. Do you grow food, if so, what? Cherry tomatoes, citrus, pomegranates, herbs and passionfruit. A local hidden […]
10 Food Questions – Gordon Bain
Food for you is what? Comfort, friends and family. What was your favorite food or meal as a child? Crumbed lamb chops, peas and mashed potatoes. What did you have for dinner last night? Organic free range pork sausages with fennel and mushrooms, wilted baby spinach and lentils on a tomato and onion sauce. Your favourite […]
Eating Locally – Stradbroke Island
Stradbroke Island, across Moreton Bay from Brisbane, sits in the middle of a fish highway. From June to September the whales pass by, and all year dolphins’ surf off Frenchman’s beach and sharks stalk schools of fish off the Point. What the sharks don’t get, the trawlers do, with the Island supporting a fishing […]
