Jane Levy.
The opulent and lavish design of Becasse in Westfield Sydney will leave an impression on diner’s, without having taken a mouthful of food. But once you begin, say, the nine-course degustation menu, you will embark on a culinary journey of a lifetime.
*melts*
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Deconstructed smoked nicoise salad from Bubble Food’s molecular gastronomy fine dining range
We do this at work, but with duck.
Kelly and I just made plans to go to Urbane since the head chef, Kym, is leaving.
elBulli
A March, 2012 visit to the Aviary to try their elBulli cocktails.
My favorite was probably the pina colada with spherified rum and melting cotton candy on top.
Previously:
November 2011
June 2011
August 2011
Old Fashioned
Pisco Sour is the “national cocktail” in Peru and Chile, and Peru has a National Pisco Sour Day which is celebrated on the first weekend of February. There are differing accounts of who actually invented the Pisco Sour cocktail back in the 1920’s, but in the case of Peruvian artist, Santiago Uceda, the origin is very clear … Check out more illustrations and learn the recipe for Pisco Sour.
A Literary Salon at Musso & Frank
“It’s a bull shot,” said event planner Randall Hall as he sipped a half-inch of vodka-infused beef bouillon off his hearty amber-colored cocktail. “I ordered it because that’s what Noel Coward served the Queen Mother.” On this damp Monday night, a night when Musso & Frank Grill is usually closed, its long mahogany bar and red-leather banquettes echoed with conversations that began much like this: names of esoteric cocktails, tales of flamboyant playwrights, plots of forgotten novels — all in the name of honoring the self-ascribed “Oldest Restaurant in Hollywood” and its role in local literary history.
“Blueberry Mojito” - Bacardi rum and blueberries muddled with sugar and fresh mint at St. Joe’s Bar
