The slightly eccentric eating, cooking and travel adventures of a Sydney girl who loves cakes, cooking, Nigella Lawson and eating. She eats, breathes and dreams food and indeed will never get cable TV as she'd quit working and watch the Food Channel all day long.https://www.notquitenigella.com/Copyright 2007-2026 all rights reservedThe Heritage Room is the newest restaurant by Rovollo restaurant. Located right next to Rovollo at 25 Martin Place in the middle of Sydney's CBD, Heritage Room by Rovollo is a 50 seater wine bar with snacks as well as substantial dishes. Plus their signature dish, a delicious schiacciata sandwich with two types of fillings.https://www.notquitenigella.com/heritage-room-by-rovollo/ Strawberry Mochi Daifuku or ichigo daifuku, is a Japanese sweet made with a whole fresh strawberry wrapped in red bean paste and soft, chewy mochi. This easy microwave mochi recipe includes all my tips for choosing red bean paste, getting the perfect pale pink colour and wrapping the strawberries without making a sticky mess. There's also another option if red bean isn't your thing!https://www.notquitenigella.com/strawberry-mochi-daifuku/ Asparagus wrapped in bacon is one of my favourite ways to eat asparagus! Tender asparagus spears are wrapped in crispy streaky bacon, roasted and then glazed with hot honey before a quick blast under the grill. This easy side dish is sweet, salty, crispy and perfect for spring asparagus. I also share my tips for getting the bacon crisp, keeping asparagus tender and alternatives to hot honey.https://www.notquitenigella.com/asparagus-wrapped-in-bacon/ Popular Japanese brand MUJI has branches of their MUJI cafe or Café&Meal MUJI in cities all over Asia including two in Singapore. Come along as we visit the MUJI cafe at Raffles City to see what the food is like!https://www.notquitenigella.com/cafe-and-meal-muji-cafe/ How does the saying go: an apple a day keeps the doctor away? How about an apple hand pie or turnover? These 5 snack size apple treats are perfect for when you have too many apples. Try apple turnovers with cream, apple shortbread slice, korean caramel apple hotteok, a bakery style apple slice or apple flower tarts!https://www.notquitenigella.com/apple-desserts/ What do you get when a third generation chef and a former Momofuku bartender, chef and front of house collaborate? Food that's creative, funky, fermented and full of flavour. Something Something Bistro is a pop-up by Nance Liong and Gaspar Tse. Find out what is on the menu!https://www.notquitenigella.com/something-something-bistro/ These Funfetti Cookies are oversized, chewy bakery-style cookies packed with white chocolate chips and rainbow sprinkles. They have crisp edges, soft chewy centres and plenty of vanilla flavour, with tips for making perfectly round cookies every time.https://www.notquitenigella.com/funfetti-cookies/ Steersons Steakhouse is located along King Street wharf in Sydney Harbour with a view of Darling Harbour. It has reopened after a 4 month refurbishment with a new menu, chef and philosophy of Salt, Fire and water. Come and take a look at what it is like now.https://www.notquitenigella.com/steersons-king-street-wharf-sydney/ Make an authentic Chicago Style Hot Dog at home with an all-beef frankfurter, poppyseed bun and all the classic toppings. This easy recipe includes all of the classic Chicago Hot Dog trimmings of mustard, onion, tomato, pickle, relish, peppers and celery salt.https://www.notquitenigella.com/chicago-style-hot-dog/ These 2 Ingredient Brussels Sprouts are impossibly crispy, tangy and addictive! Deep fried until golden and seasoned with vinegar salt, this easy Brussels sprout recipe tastes restaurant-worthy with minimal effort.https://www.notquitenigella.com/brussel-sprout-recipe/ Meribella is the fine dining restaurant at the Crowne Plaza Terrigal Pacific hotel with sweeping views of Terrigal Beach and a fantastic new menu under the direction of the new chef Mitchell Beswick (formerly of Muse in the Hunter Valley). Find out what their signature dishes are and what is a must order!https://www.notquitenigella.com/meribella-terrigal/ Asparagus is in season and that means it's spring! I've got 5 recipes where you can use up anything from 1 bunch to 4! There's an easy asparagus and prosciutto tart, an egg and asparagus restaurant dupe salad, a whole roasted fish with asparagus, scallops with asparagus risotto and a gorgeous asparagus, broad bean and sugar snap salad with creamy ricotta!https://www.notquitenigella.com/top-5-springtime-asparagus-recipes/ Stanley Green is a plant shop and cafe by day and a bar at night. With the feel of New York's East Village, it is a popular place to stop by for a drink and a snack and you never know who you'll meet! Plus visit during their generous Golden Happy Hour for espresso martinis and glasses of wine for an absolute steal!https://www.notquitenigella.com/stanley-green-darlinghurst/ This easy Kingston Peach Bake is the ultimate lazy dessert! Just 2 main ingredients and 25 minutes turn Kingston biscuits and tinned peaches into a warm, gooey pudding with a delicious caramel sauce. Perfect with vanilla ice cream. I'll also show you some delicious variations to make including one that I think tastes even better!https://www.notquitenigella.com/kingston-peach-bake/ Hanh Phuc means happiness and this Vietnamese vegan eatery is full of it from the sweet service, astoundingly good prices, complimentary snacks and fruit and the wholesome vegan fare. Come along and find out what is on the menu and why this humble restaurant is so popular.https://www.notquitenigella.com/hanh-phuc-surry-hills/ This sushi cake is the ultimate party cake! Colourful sushi rice is layered with nori, spicy tuna, crab and avocado, then topped with sashimi salmon and tobiko. It looks spectacular but is surprisingly easy to make, and you can customise the fillings to suit your favourite sushi flavours. Perfect for birthdays, potlucks and celebrations!https://www.notquitenigella.com/sushi-cake/ This Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal is the kind of breakfast that makes getting out of bed worthwhile. Creamy cinnamon oats are topped with warm apples cooked with brown sugar and cinnamon. It takes just 10 minutes to make and you can easily adjust it to be lighter, creamier or vegan. Perfect for a cosy winter breakfast!https://www.notquitenigella.com/apple-cinnamon-oatmeal/ Lilianfels, the historic Grand Dame of the Blue Mountains has had a multi-million dollar refurbishment, rebrand and a new name. Come and see what the changes are at Ardour Lilianfels and why this has become a destination for dining and wellness.https://www.notquitenigella.com/ardour-lilianfels-blue-mountains-hotel/ It's strawberry season and right now they're plentiful and inexpensive to buy. Make the most of this with these 5 recipes that use up a lot of strawberries! From a classic strawberry jam in 10 minutes to a spectacular strawberry cake or strawberry trifle or strawberry tart or pie. You'll make the most of strawberry season with these strawberry recipes!https://www.notquitenigella.com/top-5-recipes-using-lots-of-strawberries/ Shanghai Night is one of the many Shanghai eateries on Liverpool Street in Ashfield and the OG on the strip. It has been a Sydney institution for 35 years after first opening in 1990. And while newer Shanghai restaurants have opened up around it, we still love the original for its well priced, delicious dumplings. So has it changed since the 17 years we last visited? Is it still as good as before? And is it still the place to get a phenomenally cheap, fantastic meal?https://www.notquitenigella.com/shanghai-night-ashfield/