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Eating Out in Hong Kong pt3

Lei Garden Lei Garden is another restaurant that has been around for many years, serving classic Cantonese food. From humble beginnings they have now expanded to more than 20 restaurants across Asia, with several here in Hong Kong. Besides the delicious food, Lei Garden’s biggest claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of XO [...]

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Eating Out in Hong Kong pt2

Chong Fat Chiu Chow Restaurant After venturing out of the great Four Seasons Hong Kong, first place on my wish list was Chong Fat. Fuchsia Dunlop, who has more knowledge about Chinese cuisine than anyone else I know gave Sam and I this tip, so we had high hopes. And they weren’t let down. Chong [...]

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AGE Good Food Guide Awards in Melbourne

It was a cracker of a night in Melbourne last evening for the Rockpool Group. The AGE handed out the toques and awards and we were proud as punch to be there and to feel such a great part of this vibrant city and it’s healthy restaurant and bar scene.     Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne [...]

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The River Cafe, London

Photos from Neil’s lunch at the iconic River Cafe, London. Again, looks delicious and wish I could have been there! “River Cafe – what a great restaurant. It’s all about the quality of the ingredients and beautiful, simple cooking. We start with a shared Frito Misto   Sam is mad about broad beans in the English [...]

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San Francisco – food mecca!

My latest piece in the Qantas Magazine – please enjoy!   01 May 2011 Neil Perry Fresh meets fusion in San Francisco as Neil Perry explores the city’s standout wining and dining. San Francisco is home to some great American restaurants. It is the birthplace of Californian cuisine, a style of cooking driven by quality [...]

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New Spice Temple Sydney dishes

Ive been playing in the kicthen at Spice Temple Sydney all morning with Andy and Ben. Ben flew up from Melbourne for a few days and the three of us have been eating our way around Sydney’s fantastic Chinese restaurants for inspiration – tough gig! Stir fried duck livers with assorted mushrooms Stir fried snake beans with [...]

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An evening at Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth

   Australian Gourmet Traveller and Range Rover  invite you to Perth for an exclusive Masterclass Dinner  Let chef Dan Masters take you on a culinary journey  ROCKPOOL BAR & GRILL PERTH  6.30pm for a 7pm start on Tuesday 3 May, 2011.  Cost: $120 per person, including matched wines.  To book, contact Rockpool Bar & Grill on [...]

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Rockpool, The Rocks

  What an amazing dinner at Rockpool on Tuesday night. Thank you David Doyle for some of the world’s most wonderful wines - the length and power of the DRC Montrachet 95 was extraordinary, the complete richness and the silkiy tanin of the Petrus 61 out of magnum confirmed this to be one of the greatest wines in [...]

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Spice Temple Melbourne – new hours – new dishes!

There’s a few changes afoot at Spice Temple Melbourne. We are now open late on Friday and Saturday nights – great for after work and even better after a show!    Sit upstairs or down in our moody basement, just past the bar, being sure to grab a rabbit or a snake on your way [...]

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The Ultimate Dinner 2011

24 March 2011:  Neil Perry, Trish Richards and David Doyle are delighted to announce that The Ultimate Dinner, held last night at their Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney restaurant, raised $280,000 for the Starlight Children’s Foundation.     At the dinner, Perry was joined by three of the world’s leading chefs, Heston Blumenthal (The Fat Duck, [...]

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