Winter in Sydney can be spectacular. On a sunny Saturday, we lunched by the beachfront at North Bondi Fish, formally the home of the now defunct North Bondi Italian. This is the newest venture of the entrepreneurial Australian chef, Matt Moran. We were seated perfectly, by the floor to ceiling glass windows overlooking the beach at North Bondi with…
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The Bridge Room, Sydney
For a city crowning the most beautiful harbour in the world, it is a tough gig finding really great seafood in restaurants. Even specialised seafood restaurants fail at delivering an outstanding experience. Overcooking fish, undercooking fish, overpricing miniscule scallops and overcomplicating their creations. After a sojourn in New York, where I encountered fresh, delicious seafood,…
Veritas, Gramercy Park, New York
43 E 20th Street, between Park Avenue & Broadway Gramercy Park, New York http://www.veritas-nyc.com Gramercy Park in Manhattan is a delightfully gastronomic neighbourhood. There are a number of great restaurants to choose from and tonight we had a booking at Veritas wine bar. Dimly lit, bottles line the wall on the horizontal,…
Vintage Champagne Brunch, The Ritz-Carlton Millenia, Singapore
Humour me, if you will. I will be shamelessly drawing from pop culture references as a visual aide for this review. “Hold your breath, make a wish, count to three, come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination…” Let me start with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Remember poor, scrawny Charlie…
Icebergs Dining Room & Bar, Sydney
The occasion for our lunch was a farewell to Sydney for a lovely friend, moving to Melbourne. So we wanted to go somewhere appropriate. A place we could be Ladies who Lunch, frock up and delight in the very best that Sydney has to offer. World renowned for its beach, Bondi is a haven for…
Highlights of our Belly in 2012
So the world didn’t end this week as the Mayans predicted, so it gives us no excuse for not posting a round-up of our 5 most memorable meals of 2012… Dabbous ~ London, United Kingdom Our most anticipated meal of 2012. Dabbous has had an enormous buzz, winning several industry accolades since its opening in…
Quay Restaurant, Sydney
Upper level, Overseas Passenger Terminal West Circular Quay NSW, Australia http://www.quay.com.au Every time I book a trip home to Sydney, it’s true…I’m probably more excited about putting together the “hit list” of Sydney’s best eats than actually seeing my family and friends. Shhh… And this time, with Maid of Honour duties and family commitments over a 10-day whirlwind…
Noma, Copenhagen
Strandgade 93 1401 Copenhagen, Denmark http://www.noma.dk When the Gourmet Belly goes travelling, the priorities are normally: eat well, do some sight seeing, get amongst the nightlife, and perhaps throw in some shopping for good measure. But on this particular trip to Copenhagen, it was purely for a reservation at Noma. Having failed to win the…
Ottolenghi’s NOPI, London
21-22 Warwick St London W1B 5NE http://www.nopi-restaurant.com It’s not often that Gourmet Belly would choose to dine at 10pm on a Friday evening…but when it’s for a table at one of London’s hotly anticipated restaurant openings of 2011, the opportunity was too good to pass up. NOPI is the new venture of Yotam Ottolenghi,…
Berowra Waters Inn, Sydney
Public Wharves, Berowra Waters Sydney, NSW 2082 http://www.berowrawatersinn.com It’s exactly 8 months since one of the most memorable dining experiences of my life, so it’s only justified to take the taste buds on a nostaligic trip down gourmet belly lane… When Vanessa first mentioned that this was one of her best dining experiences in Sydney, my first reaction was,…
Zuma Sunday Brunch, Hong Kong
Levels 5 & 6, The Landmark Hotel 15 Queens Road, Central, Hong Kong http://www.zumarestaurant.com For those that know me, there’s not much that excites me more than a sushi feast and cocktails, so when a friend told me that Zuma holds Sunday Brunches with an all you can eat and all you can drink session,…
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