One of my maxims in life is "Life's too short to eat bad food or drink bad wine". The obvious corollary of this is "Never regret money spent on good food and wine".
I'm sure that all this comes from a friend of my family who had excellent taste in food and wine, and exposed my parents and my sister and me to those influences when I was growing up. Additionally, I've always been interested in cooking, and did a few cooking courses when I was younger. Also, as my mum is a pretty damn good cook too, I picked up a lot of stuff from her.
All this means that I love going to dinner at restaurants, and I love getting friends around to my place to do a nice meal for them. This shouldn't really come as a surprise to anyone who has read this website while I was over in the United States. Every chance I got, I went to San Francisco to eat, and documented the menus here.
I have a rather long wish list of places I'd love to go to eat. I'm listing some of them here (mostly they only get included if they have a website). Drool.
- Deck 23 - Dee Why, Sydney
- Moby's - Whale Beach, Sydney
- Pony - The Rocks, Sydney
- Bécause - CBD, Sydney
- Claude's - Woollarha, Sydney
- Universal - Darlinghurst, Sydney
- est. - CBD, Sydney
- Fix St James - CBD, Sydney
- Flying Fish - Pyrmont, Sydney
- Icebergs - Bondi, Sydney
- Milson's - Kirrabilli, Sydney
- Watermark - Balmoral, Sydney
- The Grange - CBD, Adelaide
- Vue de monde - CBD, Melbourne
- Cyrus - Healdsburg, California
- French Laundry - Yountville, California
- Gary Danko - San Francisco, California
- Le Bernardin - Manhatten, New York
- Tru - Chicago, Illinois
- The Gun - Coldharbour, London
- Galvin at Windows - London
- Le Gavroche - London
- The Waterside Inn - Berkshire, England
- Chez Fonfon - Marseille, France
- L'Ouseau Blu - Bordeaux, France
- Château de la Chèvre d'Or - Nice, France
- Spondi - Athens, Greece
And here are some links to restaurants I have written about on this site.
- Garfish - Manly, Sydney
- Jamil's - Manly, Sydney
- Aria - CBD, Sydney
- Alioto's - San Francisco, California
- The Waterfront - San Francisco, California
- Scoma's - San Francisco, California
- Riva - Gold River, California
- Pilu (2004), Pilu (2008) - Freshwater, Sydney
- Bailies - Folsom, California
- Indigo - San Francisco, California
- Biscuits and Blues - San Francisco, California
- Pyramid Brewing - Sacramento, California
- Scott's - Folsom, California
- CIA - St. Helena, California
- Elite Cafe - San Francisco, California
- Moose's - San Francisco, California
- Fog City Diner - San Francisco, California
- Hugo's Manly Wharf - Manly, Sydney
- Ashiana Indian - Manly, Sydney
- Limani Seafood - Narrabeen, Sydney
- Sugaroom - Pyrmont, Sydney
- Out of Africa - Manly, Sydney
- Milson's Restaurant - Kirribilli, Sydney
And a few more I've dined at over the years but not written about.
- Lucio's - Paddington, Sydney
- Le Kiosk - Manly, Sydney
- Whitewater - Manly, Sydney
- Rockpool - The Rocks, Sydney
- Bavarian Bier Cafe - Manly, Sydney
- Artichoke Cafe - Manly, Sydney
- Cottage Point Inn - Cottage Point, Sydney
- The Bather's Pavilion - Balmoral, Sydney
- Jonah's - Whale Beach, Sydney
- Sofia's - Allambie Heights, Sydney
- Wockbar - Manly, Sydney
- Forty One - CBD, Sydney
- Kable's - CBD, Sydney
- Sydney Cove Oyster Bar - CBD, Sydney
- Fin's - Calabasas, California
- Rudy's Hideaway - Rancho Cordova, California
- Tower Cafe - Sacramento, California
- The Rusty Duck - Sacramento, California
- Vallejo's - Sacramento, California
- Memphis BBQ - Sacramento, California
