I've eaten how much?

I've just worked out that since I started GrabYourFork in April 2004, I've posted:142 reviews on 121 restaurants across Sydney.That means that during 20 months based in Sydney (subtract two months for gallivanting across Japan, Hong Kong and New York), I've been posting an average of:7 Sydney restaurant reviews per month.That doesn't factor in the huge backlog of posts sitting on my hard drive,

Zilver Seafood Restaurant, Haymarket

The beauty of yum cha is its reliable welcome of harried chaos. The room will be a-clatter with chopsticks and conversation, the waitstaff will be rushed off their feet re-filling teapots and dispensing chilli sauce, and the trolley ladies will harangue you incessantly with the last of the cabbage-filled spring rolls.Zilver is nothing like that.Zilver used to be Silver, as in Silver Spring, but

Paddy Maguires, Haymarket

Fillet steak with chips and salad $22.00I love pub grub.The best pub grub is usually found in nondescript watering holes with a sighing barman and a dour-faced cook sneaking a ciggie out the back. Some of my favourite meals have been in pubs, especially in England and Ireland, where stodgy comfort food is the one redeeming joy for invariably inclement weather.In Sydney, as in all cities around

Five Food Challenges

Sue tagged me for the Five Food Challenges meme a couple of weeks back. I know, I've taken a while to respond. Don't you love procrastination too?Helen's Five Food Challenges for 2006Bake breadEvery celebrity chef / foodblogger / toddler I know waxes lyrical about how satisfying it is to bake your own bread. I love baking cakes but for some reason I have this trepidation when it comes to yeast.

Rendezvous Cafe, Burwood

Eating breakfast out always poses a menu dilemma for me: do I follow my head and choose savoury, or do I go with my heart and wallow in sweet?The easy, of course, is to do both, and that's where a little covert activity in tactical menu negotiation always comes in handy!Our rendezvous took place at, funnily enough, Rendezvous, at Burwood Westfield Shoppingtown, in Sydney's inner west. It's your

What's On In Sydney

For those who keep forgetting to check the side panel =)Every Fri til 30 June 2006: Chinatown Night MarketThis weekendSat 18 Feb: Northside Produce MarketSat 18 Feb: Ashfield Gourmet MarketSat 18 Feb: Farmers Market, Entertainment QuarterSat 18 Feb: Orange Grove MarketsSun 19 Feb: Scandinavian Sunday, Maritime MuseumSun 19 Feb: South American Festival, Bondi BeachNext weekendSat 25 Feb: Kings

Oscillate Wildly, Newtown

The November 2005 edition of Australian Gourmet Traveller ran a reviewer competition open to all readers--the winning entrant would join the reviewing team for the Australian Restaurant Guide 2007 (cue Homer-Simpson-like daydream coupled with hopeful hyperventilation). Alas I didn't win (obviously... otherwise I'd be writing this in giant font, not tiny) but I thought I'd share my entry anyway.