Overlooking the jade lagoon we sat peacefully listening to the canopy of bamboo leaves gently rustling in the breeze. Hypnotic gamelan music was softly pealing throughout the pavilion and there was an exotic scent of burning incense hanging in the air. Buddhist effigies were … [Read more...]
Drink: Pass the Dom please!
"Bourbon’s the only drink. You can take all that champagne stuff and pour it down the English Channel. Well, why wait 80 years before you can drink the stuff? Grape vineyards, huge barrels ageing forever, poor little old monks running around testing it just so some woman in Tulsa … [Read more...]
Four Days on the Amalfi Coast, Italy
As a teenager I lived in a 1980s former display home in Brisbane. We were middle class. Most nights we ate meat and three veg. We watched Channel Nine a lot. I went to a state school. I played netball on Saturdays. Our annual family holidays were lengthy road trips during the … [Read more...]
Seoul Food: Six Korean Foods You Must Try
A few months ago, while planning a trip to Seoul, I put out a Facebook call to my Get Forked and Fly followers asking for recommendations about Korean foods to eat while I was there. As a foodie, I humbly admitted that Kimchi was as far as my Korean culinary knowledge extended. … [Read more...]
A foodie weekend in Hobart, Tasmania
FRIDAY PM Follow the Friday night crowd heading towards Constitution Dock for a fish and chip fix. There are several outdoor stands selling super, freshly caught and cooked fish including local Trevalla, Flake, Salmon, Flathead and Scallops. Did you know there are no prawns in … [Read more...]
