chinatown – James O'Brien

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Memorable Meals

You know how sometimes you have a life-changing meal? I don’t necessarily mean those meals at posh restaurants. I’ve had a few of those, and I’ve blogged about them here. I mean those meals which stay in your memory forever.

On the downside, I thought I was going to die from food poisoning, after eating some tiramisu at a cafe in Melbourne. I mean, seriously, I thought I was dying. But on the positive, I once had lamb with cumin at a restaurant in China, and I’ve been trying to find something nearly as good ever since.… Read the rest “Memorable Meals”

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Peking Duck at East Ocean

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I had THE best Peking Duck last night at Sydney’s East Ocean restaurant. Highly recommended. Peking Duck. San Choy Bau. Bottle of wine. $98. Two people. Great conversation. Bargain.

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Worth the wait: Chinatown Noodle Restaurant on Quay Street

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For many years I’ve been a fan of the two dumpling/noodle restaurants in the Burlington Centre in Sydney’s Chinatown. There’s the “popular one” (the one on the left) which always has a queue, and there’s the “less popular one” (on the right) where you can usually get a table fairly quickly. Both sell reasonably cheap, good quality dumplings and noodles. There are countless other restaurants and cafes in Chinatown where you can purchase steamed or pan-fried dumplings, in both Northern and Southern Chinese styles, but these two seem to be the most popular in the part of Chinatown close to where I work.… Read the rest “Worth the wait: Chinatown Noodle Restaurant on Quay Street”