41 King Street, Warwick, Queensland 07-46671907 0409054939 It was like digging for coal and finding gold completely by chance. It’s not quite a restaurant or a café, or a club, nor an art gallery; it’s more like a dinner club or a jazz club, or all of these things rolled into one. And as far as I know, Joie de Vivredoesn'tadvertise, it’s all word of mouth, and that’s how I first heard about it, from one of my Warwickcontacts who told me that the hottest local buzz was that this is somewhere really sp...
P O Pacific Dawn 7 Day IslandHopper Cruise If you’re researching the many different cruise lines that operate around the world for your big ocean adventure, you’ll see that food seems to be, among many other things, the biggest draw card and indeed the greatest attraction to passengers. For a quick example the Radiance of the Sea of Royal Caribbean Cruises boasts twelve restaurants. That’s what we have our eyes on at the moment for our next cruise. And although the high end fine dining venues all re...
Warwick Queensland.Hello dear readers, I just needed to update you on our latest visit to the Gunyah, because many of you have dined there on my recommendation and enjoyed yourselves. Well it looks like one of our favourite local places to eat is going through a transition, to put it lightly.To begin with, the young rising star of the kitchen Chef Grant Calvert has left the building, and rumour has it that Grant has bought his own cafe / restaurant. We'll try to catch up with Grant soon. Just the other n...
Pacific Dawn7 days Pacific Island Hopper Cruise Port Vila Ifyou'vebeen on an ocean liner before you’ll understand the excitement we experienced going on one for the first time. And ifyou'venever been on a cruise before I strongly suggest that you give it a try at least once in your life. I think you’ll be hooked. We were looking for an amazing Food Trek Adventure, and we sure found more than we bargained for when we decided to try ocean cruising. Kelly and I have never been on a cruise before and so...
PO Pacific Dawn7 days Pacific Island Hopper Cruise Port Vila Ifyou'vebeen on an ocean liner before you’ll understand the excitement we experienced going on one for the first time. And ifyou'venever been on a cruise before I strongly suggest that you give it a try at least once in your life. I think you’ll be hooked. We were looking for an amazing Food Trek Adventure, and we sure found more than we bargained for when we decided to try ocean cruising. Kelly and I have never been on a cruise before and...
Donna Hay Fresh and Light It’s always a delight to come home from work and find that Kelly has been ploughing through her cook books looking for something new and delicious. The other night she had plates laid out on the servery with spicy chicken mince, pickled cucumber and washed lettuce leaves. The smell was fabulous and Icouldn'twait to taste it. Kelly had decided to make Spicy Chicken Larb with Pickled Cucumber from her new Donna Hay cook book. Larb originated in Laos and is made with just abou...
371 Marine Parade, Labrador QLD 4215 (07) 5527 1100 The Queensland Gold Coast has many great seafood restaurants but there is nothing like Charis Seafood when it comes to freshness. Charis is the biggest suppler of seafood straight off the trawlers on the coast and can cook to order anything your heart desires on the spot . It's busy, it's huge and it smells like the ocean. Fish mongers are busily working away while cooks do their thing in the large kitchen for all to see. On display is an amazing ...
2/40 Albion Street, Warwick, Queensland.07-4661 8000 Just about every town in Australia with over three or four thousand people has a Chinese restaurant, but it's only the lucky ones that get their very ownIndianrestaurant and take out. Warwick on the Darling Downs in southern Queensland, with a population of over ten thousand, has had one for a couple of years. It was justbarelyOK and frankly over priced and the food was a bitstodgy. About a year ago, thankfully, it changed hands, and now it's somethi...
If you go to my previous review of the Fish Depot Toowoomba you'll see that I said some good things about the place, although I really gave the calamari a bagging. I couldn't help myself. My disappointment of discovering the best calamari in town had bedefiledand abused was almost too much for me. Well it's nearly the end of the year and a friend convinced me to give it another try. And I did. Twice. The first time I couldn't believe that the calamari was so good. It must have been a fluke, so I waited...
164 Margaret Street, Toowoomba, Queensland. Ph. 07 - 4638 0066 We get a lot of recommendations from friends to review restaurants and it’s always difficult to get to them all. Recently a friend did a wonderful job of convincing me to book a table at Sofra. She explained that one of her favourite places on earth to eat was Istanbul Turkey. She has a family connection with Turkey and has spent a lot of time there enjoying the food. My friend guaranteed me that the food at Sofra was absolutely authentic a...
