Fork In Review

Jan Hume

Category: Chefs

Restaurant Round-Up 2011

This about a few Sydney restaurants myself and others have eaten at in late 2011: Bay 88  88 Bayswater Rd, Rushcutters Bay, NSW 2011 Prices: Entrees in the teens; mains mid twenties Approaching this restaurant the thing you first notice is the traffic noise, which put me off a bit. This is a very local […]

Restaurant Round-Up Autumn 2012

This is about a few Sydney restaurants myself and others have eaten at in early 2012: Wilbur’s Place Llankelly Place, Kings Cross 2011 Waiting on a stool outside Wilbur’s Place for my friend to arrive, Llankelly Place appears to have been brought to life a la Melbourne. It always seemed bleak and uninviting. Now there’s […]

Sydney Brasseries

This is not just about Ortolan, that small highly-prized dicky bird, which we know as a lark. It’s also about brasseries, and their metamorphosis in Sydney. Ortolan at Bayswater   (January 2012) The Bayswater Brasserie (Bayswater Rd, Kings Cross) was my alma mater, having worked there in the late 80s as a pastry cook.  So I […]