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A Look Inside Dubai’s Burj Al Arab Hotel

Gourmantic — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:35:36 +0000

We arrive by taxi, a good half an hour prior to our booking for the Indulgent Afternoon Tea at Burj Al Arab’s Skybar lounge in Dubai. The small crowd gathered outside the security gate wears a look of disappointment. Unless one is a hotel guest or has a written confirmation for afternoon tea or a [...]

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Food and Fanfare at The Spot Food and Film Festival in Randwick

Gourmantic — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:07:29 +0000

Under a fickle Sydney sky, The Spot Food and Film Festival took place on March 7, 2010. St Pauls Street and Perouse Road in Randwick were closed to traffic allowing pedestrians to roam freely around market stalls selling anything from jewellery to cakes, food and fresh produce. An initiative of the Randwick City Council and now [...]

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Mike’s Seafood Grill and Bar, Kingsford

Gourmantic — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:28:14 +0000

When you pass through the glass door frontage of South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club and take the escalator up one level, you become acquainted with a daytime world which revolves around the turns and tunes of poker machines; a domain with its own rhythm that is unfamiliar to the working crowd. Towards the far [...]

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Paradise Getaway

Gourmantic — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:59:45 +0000

You take a languid stroll and claim a favourite patch of powdery sand. You lay your towel down and observe the tri-band of cobalt blue meld into jade and turquoise. Gentle waves lap the shoreline playing one of nature’s seaside symphonies. You immerse yourself in the tepid waters and emerge renewed. The water’s clarity takes you [...]

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A Gourmantic Affair with Twitter – Part 3: Compromise – 5 Lessons I Learnt from Twitter

Gourmantic — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:15:47 +0000

This is the third and final part of the series. You can catch up with A Gourmantic Affair with Twitter – Part 1: Seduction and A Gourmantic Affair with Twitter – Part 2: Relations. Separated by the safety of an LCD screen, Twitter and I sat across from one another. Over a piping hot coffee, I [...]

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