Ajisen Ramen & The Century Bar - and ten years of blogging

In 2010 we wondered if writing a food blog would be a good idea. Flash forward ten years later.

Hong Kong Kitchen ~ Wolli Creek

Broken hearted from the closure of the glorious Ching Yip Coffee Lounge, we try Hong Kong Kitchen in Wolli Creek for our dose of Hong Kong cafe food.

Valentine's Day Romance at Woolies Town Hall Cafe

This year for Valentines Day we venture outside our inner west bubble, head up the escalators and into the Met2 Cafe at Woolworths Town Hall. It's all gravy, jelly and romance.

Kushboo Sweets and Restaurant ~ Bangladeshi - Lakemba

Lakemba closes off streets and slings on its finest threads for Bengali New Year in April. We tagged along by accident and ended up eating a traditional new year meal at Kushboo Sweets and Restaurant.

Thai sweets stall - Chinatown

Chinatown now has a small stall selling Thai snacks for a dollar a pop. Giddy up.

El Manara Lebanese Restaurant ~ Lakemba

Racking up two decades of service in Haldon Street, El Manara Lebanese Restaurant is a quiet, but tasty, achiever. You can bet a pink pickle on it.

Check In Street Food Bar ~ Thai, Eating World Food Court, Chinatown

There's something special about the stall in Eating World Foodcourt where Check In Streetfood Bar resides. Maybe it's the eye-catching corner location. Or maybe it's a bit of foodcourt magic.

Moka ~ Japanese, Beaconsfield

We were sniffing around Green Square Station and bumped into Moka, which specialises in omurice, a Japanese hunger buster of omellette covered rice, plus sauce.

In 1980s Skewer BBQ ~ Chinese, Chinatown

While much of Sydney Chinatown is going modern, In 1980s Skewer BBQ is taking a trip back to the eighties.

Chinatown Noodle Restaurant ~ Chinese - Town Hall, CBD

We make so many visits to Chinatown Noodle Restaurant it starts to feel like Groundhog Day. Queue repeats of "I Got B-KYOU Babe."

Gone but not forgotten 2019 - a sad goodbye to some old favourites

Our annual goodbye to places closed and some we will truly madly and deeply miss.

Farewell Ching Yip Coffee Lounge ~ Hong Kong Chinese - Chinatown

The marvelous 1980's Hong Kong timewarp that is Ching Yip Coffee closes on 31st on December 2019. Go there now.

Dixon House Food Court - Still Standing!

Folks have been calling the end of our beloved Dixon House Foodcourt for as long as we remember, but the end is in sight now as we are told the building is going to be redeveloped, there's only a few short months to enjoy the splendour.

Tamaleria & Mexican Deli ~ Dulwich Hill

Tamaleria & Mexican Deli in Dulwich Hill is a sombrero free zone with dishes that move beyond the Mexican fast food stereotypes.

CBD Vietnamese Pork Rolls - 2019 round up of new additions and closures

Updates on new city pork roll openings and closures that have happened in 2019. They come and go, but there's no shortage of places to get a banh mi in the city.

Enjoy Cafe ~ Indonesian\Strayan - Sussex Street, City

Another great slashy Indonesian/Strayan cafe, we love any place where we can get a flat white with our ayam bakar.

Lai's Family French Hot Bread and Lai's Banh Mi - Glebe

Lai's Family French Hot Bread has been dishing out banh mi at the top of Glebe Point Rd for some time. They've taken a punt with a new store at the bottom of the street, topping and tailing Glebe with pork roll goodness.

Golden Crown Yummy Express, Chinese-Malaysian, Campsie

Campsie's Beamish Street is getting busier and busier over the years. It's much more Chinese than Korean these days, like a battler's Chatswood. The usual chain restaurants haven't taken over Campsie yet, it's a great spot for mum'n'pop Chinese restos, such as today's lucky dip, Golden Crown Yummy Express.

Kusuka on Sussex ~ Indonesian/Strayan - City

Kusuka is one of those places we keep going back to long after doing the blog thing there way back in 2017. Since then Kusuka  moved to a little-bit-bigger venue, a fine excuse to do it all again.

Tea Square Cafe ~ Hong Kong style - Glebe

Spam alert: A little bit of Honkers cafe style at the end of Glebe Point Rd.

Slurp Slurp ~ Chinese, Rosebery

October's obession has been the wonderful soups, noodles and dumplings of Slurp Slurp in Rosebery.

Chongqing Street Noodle ~ Chinese - Chinatown\City

The fire and spice of Chongqing noodle soup is something we get a craving for at least once a month. Fortunately there's a whole bunch of options for it in Sydney these days, and it's usually pretty much as good as you get in Chonqing, China. For this month's craving we hit Chonqing Street Noodle in the city, which is just a schooner throw from the Sir John Young Tavern, for those of us who pubnav.

A Bowl of Noodles, Chinese, Chinatown

We have a bit on the side Shanghai-style at Bowl of Noodles on George Street.

Valencia Sandwich Bar - Wynyard, CBD

Is this the last true sandwich bar in the CBD?

Warung Ita ~ Indonesian, Lakemba

Holy moly we love us some Padang food, to the point where we made a food pilgrimage to Padang not so long ago. And holy moly we love Warung Ita Padang Restaurant, there's a freshness to the food at Warung Ita that grabs us by the booboos.

Cafe Porco ~ Japanese, Neutral Bay

More top shelf Japanese in Neutral Bay, Sydney's Japantown.

Port Vila Market ~ Vanuatu

The one where we find ourselves in Port Vila, Vanuatu, just a handful of hours away from Sydney.

Banh Cuon Ba Oanh ~ Vietnamese, Marrickville

Banh Cuon Ba Oanh does something a bit different to the other zillion Vietnamese joints around Sydney - fresh thick rice rolls, congee and sticky rice. And they do it well.

Mirasa ~ Indonesian, Mascot

Kingsford is now Mascot...

Shine Food ~ Chinese, Mascot

More great Sichuan kinda Chinese in the new bits of Mascot...