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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
We stayed at Lilianfels at Echo Point Katoomba this weekend. Dinner was at their famous Darley's restaurant and again there for brunch the next day. I was very impressed with the whole experience and that doesn't happen often. I've been spoiled in my travels. It's the ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
We went fishing yesterday, and overdid it a bit. 8:30am till 7pm. The hat, shirt and sunscreen weren't enough, I still got a bit cooked.
The upside was that we caught a variety of fish, sadly none very big. We got lots of Yellowtail, two Tailor, and one ...
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
We decided a while ago that we really should try Tetsuya's before he got tired of cooking and closed the restaurant. We booked earlier this year to go on our wedding anniversary (they're booked out at least 3 months in advance). It is an expensive meal, but its not ...
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
We decided to see how good the food is in Melbourne.
Hanabishi
Formal restaurant, not cheap. Very good food but not the best value for money. The Tonkatsu was the highlight, they use "kurobuta" Black Berkshire pork. The best I've ever had. I must seek out a good Tonkatsu restaurant the next ...
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Friday, August 10th, 2007
We bought an Ascasso Dream a few weeks ago. It was a bit of an impulse buy, although we've been pondering getting an espresso machine for some time. It's just so sexy we couldn't resist. I knew making espresso wouldn't be easy, we've been practicing over the last ...
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Sunday, July 29th, 2007
Chika usually cooks. She's much better at it than me and enjoys it. She's still recovering from the flu so today I tried making one of my favourite dishes, Japanese style simmered fish. Redfish (金目鯛) is in season at the moment and suits this dish. ...
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
I've been lucky enough to be introduced to seriously good eating places in Japan; Kaiseki, Sushi, Yakitori, Tonkatsu, Tempura, Izakayas etc. Restaurants in Japan tend to specialize in just one kind of food and concentrate on doing that as well as they can.
Back in Sydney, its a bit of ...
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