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Wine tasting: sauvtastic.

Posted in Drinking, Lessons in food and drink, tagged , on 27 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I mentioned in an earlier post that I was given an ‘Introductory Wine Course’ at the Prince Wine Store for my birthday. This was, indeed, a very exciting gift.
I have spent the past three Tuesday nights learning about wine – something which, although I drink a lot of, I know incredibly little about.
The main thing [...]

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Izakaya Den

Posted in Drinking, Review: bars, tagged , , , , , , on 6 November, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Looking for a post-work tipple and eat, we settled upon the recently opened Izakaya Den, a new outpost from Simon Denton & Co. from Spring St’s Verge. Izakaya Den is modelled on a traditional Izakaya, being a casual pub-type eatery found in Japan.
Izakaya Den lurks beneath the Postal Hall at the corner of Russell St and Little [...]

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Cocktail night at Cafe Vue

Posted in Drinking, Review: cafes, tagged , , , , , on 4 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Cafe Vue offers Friday night cocktail nights – $75 for 5 cocktails with a matched course, with the menu changing monthly. I have a weakness for cocktails (which was honed on my recent honeymoon) and a love of Shannon Bennett’s food so cocktail night became a must do.

The theme for the October night was “Soirée au [...]

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