Rose of Australia Hotel, Erskineville

This was our first time to the Rose of Australia, and it was obvious it has gone a recent refurb with a trendy purple and chocolate brown colour scheme and a focus on stylish yet comfy. Even though it was a Sunday night, the place was buzzing with yuppy locals.

Upstairs the "fine dining" area was all crisp white tablecloths, mood lighting and even deer antlers on walls. The food was excellent--

Good Food & Wine Show, Sydney Convention Centre, Darling Harbour

What with everyone jumping on the foodie bandwagon these days, the Good Food & Wine Show is these days packed with people trying to eat as many samples as they can to justify their entry fee.Weeding our way through the prerequisite overpriced "gourmet" riffraff, the Danoz-inspired toaster bags (Rowena, how you've fallen since those Sons & Daughters days of glory) and pizza stone contraptions (who

Campsie Festival

The annual Campsie Festival (recently changing name from the Campsie Korean Festival to much controversy) is a celebration of the local Korean, Turkish, Lebanese, Fijian and Samoan communities. We loaded ourselves up with 2kg bags of kimchee and enjoyed the street entertainment.

The threatening rain clouds held off until about 3.30pm (the hula dancers were visibly shivering) but a good time was

Perama, Petersham

Perama has now closed. David Tsirekas has now opened a new restaurant Xanthi at Westfield Sydney. Read the GYF post.
Reviewed favourably by the Sydney Morning Herald, we were keen to try Perama--tucked away in Petersham's Little Portugal.

Perama's mission is to offer Greek food derived from both classical and contemporary Greek origins. The lamb was the hit of the night, flaking beautifully with