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Beefsteak & Burgundy #7, ITALY, RESTAURANTS

NSW: Sydney CBD: The Restaurant Pendolino

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July 22, 2026

NSW: Sydney CBD: The Restaurant Pendolino

Date visited: 21 July 2026 House-made Breads and Pendolino Extra Virgin Olive Oils Delicious breads and EVOO Ravioli Di Magro: “Pendolino Classic Hand-Made Spinach & Artisan Cheese Ravioli, Pepe Sayo Cultured Burnt Butter, Sage“. Magro generally means light, although for this dish it means without meat. The “Artisan Cheese” comprised…

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INDIA, RESTAURANTS

NSW: Gerringong: Curries & Spirits Indian Restaurant

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July 21, 2026

NSW: Gerringong: Curries & Spirits Indian Restaurant

Date visited: 19 July 2026. The dishes we had were very good, plus you can BYO and bring your fur friends and sit outside. We ordered spicy and very hot ( but they were all mild on my scale, and certainly no-one at our table thought they had too much…

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*Favourites, Butter beans, Cannellini beans, Duck

*Luv-a-Duck confit duck legs with white beans

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July 16, 2026

*Luv-a-Duck confit duck legs with white beans

Update: Legs were further sous vide at 68C for 3 plus hours and then under the grill to crisp up. Definitely the best by far. Previous Trial Confit legs were kept in their bag and sous vide at 90C for about 30 minutes, and out of the bag and under…

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Pasta

Andy’s chilli tuna pasta bake

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July 6, 2026

from The Next Element by Andy Allen (b35) Apparently according to Andy: “This is a massive hit with my family and was also a hit with my housemates at the MasterChef house.” It wasn’t a hit for me! Why take a perfectly al-dente pasta, and then bake it for a further 5mins? Give…

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CHINA, RESTAURANTS

NSW: Chatswood: Fortune Place Chinese Restaurant

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July 5, 2026

Date visited: 4 July 2026 (Yum Cha) Pork and Duck Garlic Chive Dumpling ???? Combination Pork Mince Dim Sim Prawn Dumpling Stir Fry Vegetarian Noodles Prawn Rice Noodle Chinese Broccoli Beans Pan Fried Radish Cake Fried Prawn Wonton Spring Rolls (allegedly chicken) Mango Pancakes THE BILL (for 7) Not sure…

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Duck

Luv-a-Duck confit duck legs with “Green Goddess Salad”

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July 4, 2026

Luv-a-Duck confit duck legs with “Green Goddess Salad”

This was just a quick meal following the packet directions. Both bought from Woollies Metro. Green Goddess Salad into the warming draw. Duck went into the oven and cooked following packet directions (pre heated) 190C fan forced for max time 20m. Duck skin was still not crispy. I then finished…

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*Favourites, ITALY, Pumpkin

*Risotto di zucca (Pumpkin risotto)

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July 1, 2026

This recipe comes from Renato Piccolotto from the Hotel Cipriani in Venice and reproduced by Antonio Caluccio in at least 3 of his books: The Collection (p140) although note that there is an error in the ingredients. 30g Carmaroli rice should be 300g Vegetables (p303) and Italian Feast: Over 100…

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Drinks

Coriander cobbler

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June 29, 2026

from Gingerboy by Teage Ezard and Chris Donnellan (p21) I had some grapefruits gifted to me, and was looking for different things to do with them: coriander leaves limes Campari sweet vermouth (I used a dry Noilly Prat) DOM Bénédictine (omitted because it was all gone) ruby grapefruit juice (I substituted the yellow gifted ones)…

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Coriander, Mint, Mussels, Soups, Tomato

Curried tomato and mussel soup

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June 28, 2026

from From the Boathouse: Sharing Food by Michael Klausen (p26) Something different and very good. Grape seed oil, ginger, garlic, coriander roots chopped onion curry powder Tomatos (I substituted canned for ox heart tomatoes, as winter is not a good time for tomatoes), curry powder You need to run the mixture through a…

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RESTAURANTS

NSW: Rozelle: Le Coq Healthy Rotisserie

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June 26, 2026

Date visited: 25 June 2026 Duck Liver Parfait (Sourdough, cornichon (they substituted carrot and onion), onion jam) Onion baguette (No photo? did we have this?) Brandade Croquette (Salted cod, tarragon mayo) Crispy Cauliflower Bites (Parmesan, sour cream) Escargots (Garlic, herbs, croutons) Rotisserie: Duck al’orange (1/2) Rotisserie: Pork Belly Porchetta (1/2)…

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