Everest Kitchen, Marrickville

It's easy to dismiss Nepali food as being 'kinda like Indian' but there are just as many differences as similarities. Although both cuisines feature plenty of curries, Nepalese dishes tend to be less spicy, and based around tomatoes, not yoghurt or coconut milk or cream.

Keen to find out more, I headed to Everest Kitchen in Marrickville for this month's Eat This column in Time Out Sydney.

BLACK by ezard at The Star, Pyrmont, Sydney

To marrow. To marrow. I love you. Oh marrow.

If Annie had discovered the divine pleasures of bone marrow, surely she would have sung a different tune.

Marrow is the only thing on our minds when we head to BLACK by ezard, the latest venture by Melbourne chef Teage Ezard, opening at The Star casino. Ezard is the creative force behind two hat restaurant ezard and Asian street food diner

Project 8 Cafe, Ultimo

In a city that feels increasingly over-run with food and drink franchises, Project 8 is a breath of fresh [caffeinated] air. It's a hip but slouchy kind of cafe - a mix of good coffee, cool music and an affordable snacks menu making it a popular hangout for local university students.

Free range eggs with avocado and tomato on toasted sourdough, for example, will only set you back $7.50. It

Izakaya Fujiyama, Surry Hills

If there's one dish you must order at Izakaya Fujiyama, it's the tuna jaw. This behemoth of bones, fin, gills and cartilage is one of life's pleasures - a testament that good eating can be found in the most unlikeliest of places, and that foraging for your own food provides endless fun.


Sushi bar counter at Izakaya Fujiyama

I'm dining with thefoodpornographer and Juji Chews tonight, both

Caysorn, Haymarket

Sydney may be over-run with Thai restaurants (hello Newtown) but newcomer Caysorn comes with a difference - serving up dishes from the country's south. Typically these dishes are heavier, more robust with spices, and have a chilli factor that is off-the-charts hot.


Decor inside Caysorn
You'll find Caysorn on level one of the Prince Centre in Chinatown, above Menya and the Chinese dumpling

Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards 2011: Food Blog Finalist

Today I'm pleased to announce that Grab Your Fork is a shortlisted finalist for the Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards 2011 in the category Best Food Blog. It seems like only yesterday that I wrote my first blog post. That was over 7 1/2 years ago. Way back in 2004, the idea of food blogging was a relatively new concept. Who took photos of their food before eating it? Now all the cool kids are

Quay, Sydney

It was the perfect plan. Splurging on a dinner at Quay can always be difficult to justify in your budget, but if you have a fellow food lovin' friend who also happens to be a Scorpio, you can very easily take each other for a birthday treat! Everybody wins!


The whiskey trolley

We arrive early for our 6pm booking, allowing us plenty of time to appreciate the harbour views. The decor is

No Name Italian Restaurant, Darlinghurst

Who needs fancy? You won't find it at No Name Italian Restaurant, a local eating house in the back streets of Darlinghurst that's been feeding the cash-strapped and hungry for decades. The back alley entrance is rather ominous - just a steep set of stairs at the end of a brightly lit corridor. The dining room is just as bare - more like a cafeteria with laminex tables and a service counter

Gastro Park, Potts Point

It's the name that gets everyone at first. Gastro Park? Head chef Grant King (ex-Pier) has a sense of humour and a quest for adventure, as diners slowly realise they've been let loose in a fun park of a menu. The critics can't seem to get enough of it, and after only six months of trade, Gastro Park was awarded two hats in the SMH Good Food Guide 2012.

The restaurant itself doesn't give much

Sonido!, Fitzroy, Melbourne

It was the lure of hot chocolate and cheese that brought us to Sonido. Hot chocolate and cheese? Say it isn't so!

We'd stumbled along Gertrude Street in Fitzroy, Melbourne, early on a Sunday morning, taking in the eclectic mix of boutique clothing shops, vintage stores, art galleries and quirky cafes. Sonido was tucked away at the far end, barely noticeable but for an assortment of pint-sized

Cyprus Community Club, Stanmore - Aphrodite Restaurant

I've always thought that community clubs are some of the best hidden gems you'll ever find. This is food made by the people, for the people, where decor is secondary to what's served on the plate.


For my Eat This column in the October edition of Time Out Sydney I headed to the Cyprus Community Club in Stanmore.


Eat This...
Kleftiko

WHAT IS KLEFTIKO?
If you’ve never tried goat before,