An easy travel rule of thumb is that wine regions are always great places to travel to. There’s good wine (of course) but generally good food as well along with stunning scenery. So on my work trip last month to San Francisco I decided I absolutely had to fit in a quick visit to the
Hello fellow food fanatics. There are so many new openings this month that it’s hard to know where to begin. Big names including Guy Grossi and Andrew McConnell have new places and there is also a bit of a charcoal chicken revival going on. All good news for this time of year where we need
My four year old daughter is absolutely obsessed with Frozen and so for her birthday last week she requested an Elsa cake. For some reason all the little Frozen fans out there seem to prefer Elsa to the other star of the movie Anna. I decided to adapt one of the ‘Dolly Varden’ cakes from
One of the major pleasures of a trip to Bali is the fabulous food. For your eating pleasure I’ve pulled together my hot list of Seminyak’s best new restaurants. I couldn’t resist eating at a few old favourites on this trip but I also managed to fit in some serious eating at a host of
There are hundreds of different resorts in Bali and I’ve been lucky enough to stay at some amazing places there but it took A LOT of research* to settle on the Sofitel Nusa Dua as the base for our trip last month. The criteria was somewhere luxurious where I could laze around and drink cocktails
Friends are always asking me what the best new restaurants and cafes are to go to. I generally have my own personal list of new places I’ve heard have opened and eateries I’ve checked out myself so I thought it might be helpful to collate them here as a useful guide to what’s hot and
The biggest new restaurant opening in Bali this year is actually a pool club. Mrs Sippy has been built around a huge 800 square metre swimming pool complete with 5 metre diving tower. The water is aquamarine blue and surrounded by day beds and loungers to fit in up to 2,000 people for swimming, sun
I’ll admit to happily indulging in a fried chicken sandwich at Bedford Street. But I’ll also admit I only went there twice because I try to limit my fried chicken consumption. I mustn’t have been the only person with one eye on my likelihood of a future heart attack so the owners of Bedford Street
Kalimera Souvlaki Art takes its souvlaki seriously. As the name says, it’s not just a souvlaki, it’s art. Located slap bang in the middle of Melbourne’s Greek heartland Kalimera is next door to a traditional Greek christening store and just down the road from Eaton mall’s famous cake stores it’s a battle to score a
Melbourne’s got a brand new hotel which has just opened in the Docklands. Four Points by Sheraton is bringing a touch of luxury to the still mainly undeveloped far end of the Docklands and I was invited to check in for an overnight stay. Once you step inside the hotel impresses with soaring ceilings
