I Don't Eat, I Devour

Pilu at Freshwater is a beautiful two-hatted restaurant on Sydney's northern beaches, overlooking the beach. It is a very popular wedding venue - and one can understand why, just by looking at the tranquil and beautiful little garden right near the sand. What a view! There are four main options available at Pilu: a 5 course degustation menu (at $125pp + $80 for matching wine), an 8 course degustation menu (at $154pp + $105 for matching wine - $145 premium matching wine), a 2 course a la carte menu ($75pp) and a 3 course a la carte menu ($95pp). The a la carte menu offers quite a small and select number of choices for each course (as is usually the way at good restaurants), but each dish is intriguing and appetising in its own way. Sardinian flat bread, complimentary Each meal begins with some crispy, golden Sardinian flat bread. Paper thin and packed with a delicate olive oil and rosemary flavour, these flat breads are absolutely moreish, especially when paired with it

The cleverly named Ms G's is one of my favourite Asian fusion restaurants in Sydney. Apart from delicious food, they also make some killer cocktails - including alcoholic slushies. I came to Ms G's several years ago and just ordered a couple of dishes off the menu, so I figured it's time to try a degustation with them so I can have a more fulsome experience of what they have to offer. The weekend degustation is hands down one of the best value in this city of ours, which is no easy feat because we are so spoilt with many amazing restaurants and the competition is fierce. Read on, and you'll see why I think Ms G's is really up there. A word of warning, though - I just revisited Ms G's website to check a couple of ingredients when I noticed that the weekend banquet had been taken off! All is not lost - their normal degustation is still on offer at $69 per head. With the normal degustation menu, you do get more than the weekend lunch degustation menu featured bel

One of the best spots in Sydney for Mexican food, Mejico is certainly a must-book-in-advance type of place, it's so bustling. On a weekend it can play host to anything from birthday parties to bachelorette / bathelor parties. Although the decor is not exactly intimate, it certainly lends itself well to a night of boozing and eating with friends and familty. On the other hand, if you don't book but go early enough / at an opportune time, you can nab yourself a seat at the bar and watch the bartenders make all kinds of Tequila-based creations, so that can be very fun too. To celebrate my little brother's birthday, we decided to ask Mejico to "Feed Me" - a culinary trip of most of Mejico's signature dishes. The Feed Me menu is subject to change seasonally, and we are still eating from the "winter" menu, so I would expect some small changes to what this post shows in the next few weeks. Straight off the bat - I certainly wouldn't mind asking them

Those who know me know that pasta is, hands down, my favourite food. I whole-heartedly agree with La Favola's motto "life is a combination of magic & pasta" - in fact, at La Favola, pasta is magic. Although the service is surprisingly fast, the pastas, stocks and sauces are in fact hand made on site every morning - and a peek into the kitchen, with its large bags of flour, suggests this is indeed the case. As a side note, there are actually two kitchen areas - an open kitchen where diners can watch the chef toss pasta in sauces; and a back kitchen where the prep happens and other food-stuff is made. I'm ecstatic to report that both kitchens are immaculate. The name of the game at La Favola, of course, is their pasta - but let's begin with a little appetiser - carpaccio. Delicate, thin slices of raw beef is topped with kale chips, rocket, parmesan and drizzled with truffle oil. The contrast between the baby-softness of the beef and the satisfying, ligh

I have been putting off writing about Automata because I needed to expand my vocabulary beyond "amazing", "delicious" and "highly recommended" without veering into territories I refuse to enter (think "scrumptious" and "yummy") or - but I can put it off no longer. With an ever changing tasting menu, Automata waits for no food review. Flaky, light, savoury pastry and squid-ink puffs filled with cream cheese are the perfect morsels to whet the appetite - the contrast in texture prepares us for the menu to come. The main event of the evening begins with a white radish and fennel puree topped with sand crab and fermented chili sauce. The fermented chili sauce bears a distinct similarity with kimchi, and it works surprisingly well with the creamy, light sauce. The sand crab meat is delicate and sweet. This, my friends, is raw kangaroo. Though the concept may seem a little intimidating at first, any feared "raw meat"

I have heard friends talk about Queen Chow, a trendy Chinese eatery in Enmore (plus a Manly location which opened earlier this year) that offers traditional Cantonese style food, but with surroundings very different to the busy, bustling and no-nonsense Chinatown locations which normally jump to mind when we talk about Chinese food. Why has it taken me so long to try Queen Chow (in fact, I wouldn't have tried it but for my friend's birthday dinner)? Much to the astonishment of friends and acquaintances, Chinese food is my least favourite cuisine and my last choice when it comes to dining out. Having said that, I appreciate good food when I taste it, but it takes very special Chinese food for me to be impressed.  Queen chow steamed dim sum platter, $32 The dim sum platter comes with the following selection of dumplings - wagyu beef xiao long bao, vegetarian dumpling, prawn dumpling and prawn & scallop dumpling. The flavours are balanced and delicate, but with the