It’s a down-east family tradition. Chow Chow. Sweet relish made from green tomatoes and onions. When we were first introduced to it in New Glascow, Nova Scotia, we couldn’t believe we were allowed to eat this sweet good stuff right along side our meat and potatoes. Shouldn’t this be a desert? This year, with the [...]

  Up at the ‘Paris’ end of town, Bourke Streets vibrant pre-theatre strip used to be bookended at number 1 by The Hard Rock Cafe, replete with (mostly, if not completely) tacky Americana including a sign out front advising all nuclear weapons to be left outside.  Inside it served typical American mass-consumer fare : over-sized, under-seasoned and [...]

As is common knowledge, Gordon Ramsay is looking at opening up a new restaurant in Melbourne – reputedly in Crown.  As cool, hip and trendy as Crown is(!), we though it’d be fun to suggest some other alternative spots for Gordon to base in.  Our criteria was clear – good, attractive and available locations that don’t [...]

La Parra De Burriana 17/06/2008 Well this week we find Gordon on the Costa del Sol in sunny Spain, what an amazingly beautiful place, sun, sand and bountiful seas to provide the best food and experience for any foodie. Well that was before we had been introduced to the local fresh prawns with chocolate sauce???? [...]

Restaurant info: Glass House – Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares: 13/05/2008 This week Gordon finds himself in Ambleside Cumbria in a quant place “Glass House” this time he has an owner who does’nt have a clue andd ahead chef who is being payed far more than he is worth.

If the day ever comes when I set up a small café / bistro I’ll make it based on rural Meditteranean food, mainly French and Italian. More importantly, the menu would strictly rotate every 3 months to predominantly have only what is season at the time, which is what I’d also call the place – [...]