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foraging in flinders lane | melbourne calling | laneway browsing

Groucho
Brainy and cheeky. Witty and inventive. Always smoking hot.

From gourmet fuel to new wardrobe staples, painted laneways to lessons from history … Melbourne’s Flinders Lane is a cultural mixed tape for the day-tripper, dedicated browser or business boffin playing hooky. These are Excess All Areas’ evergreens…. Grain Store We’ve high-tailed it down to the “wrong” end of town, where the queue for takeaway coffee…

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melbourne on a whim | from diamonds to Dinner | choirs to Cognac

Brando
Charisma and character - and just a little bit game-changing. Action!

Why Melbourne brings out the fashionista, foodie and culture vulture in all of us… The plan for Excess All Areas’ visit to Melbourne this month was simple: there was no plan. Hop on a plane and let fate dictate for 48 hours. Here’s what was especially rewarding about a guerrilla hit on Victoria’s capital… 1….

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Putting on the Ritz | taking (afternoon) tea | top-tier treats

Monroe
Sexy and glamorous. Red carpet ready. Did someone say 'rescue fantasy'?

Why afternoon tea might still be the best chill pill going The Ritz London rolled into Sydney this week, ahead of a national roadshow, with a reminder of just how perfect afternoon tea can be. Flagging the iconic hotel’s 110th birthday celebrations – and a northern summer season of packages that incorporate Ascot, Wimbledon, Highclere Castle…

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The chef and the sherry cask | Whisky wish-list | Japanese tryst

Brando
Charisma and character - and just a little bit game-changing. Action!

 A whisky with Spanish and Japanese ancestry gets the red carpet treatment in the world’s gastronomy capitals In a glamorous private room in Tetsuya Wakuda’s Sydney restaurant, 22 guests are sitting down to a food and whisky pairing rich in alchemy, artistry and Japanese savoir faire. Standing sentinal is a maple tree that seems to wrap…

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sydney under the radar | restaurants locals love | new tables

Groucho
Brainy and cheeky. Witty and inventive. Always smoking hot.

  While fine dining temples such as the reborn Bennelong and the scheduled Noma summer pop-up at Barangaroo have been getting all the press love lately, elsewhere Sydney sizzles with more under-the-radar options. Here, four hot new diners. Petrol, in Springfield Avenue, has in the past eight years become something of an institution among Potts…

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Manta makeover | sydney waterfront dining

Monroe
Sexy and glamorous. Red carpet ready. Did someone say 'rescue fantasy'?

Dining at the Woolloomooloo Wharf is one of the best ways to experience Sydney. It delivers the goods for both locals and visitors. Manta Restaurant and Bar, between Otto and China Doll, has after nine years, undergone a makeover. Over Veuve Clicquot and a degustation to introduce the new look and feel, owner Rob Rubis…

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Coffee harvest in Costa Rica | sustainable crops | the Nespresso express

Brando
Charisma and character - and just a little bit game-changing. Action!

The future of premium coffee lies as much in nurturing the farmer as the beans they produce. Editor Susan Skelly reports from the coffee plantations of Costa Rica. High in the San Ramon region of Costa Rica’s Central Highlands, a soufflé-fine mist is falling on Edgar Fernandez Araya’s coffee plants, making the already glossy leaves…

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Barcelona stopover | Trailblazing tapas | Food in the frame |

Groucho
Brainy and cheeky. Witty and inventive. Always smoking hot.

Barcelona boasts one of the world’s greatest cuisines… While locals and visitors embrace the purity of a paper cone of Manchego cheese, mandolin-fine sausage or Iberian jamon from La Boqueria, Ferran Adrià and his brother Albert have blazed a trail. Degustation menus and designer tapas abound in the city and have shaped its reputation as a…

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Catalina Catch | Sydney waterfront dining | People’s Choice

Monroe
Sexy and glamorous. Red carpet ready. Did someone say 'rescue fantasy'?

Is there anything more quintessentially Sydney than lunch at Catalina? It’s like a scene from a Richard Scarry What Do People Do All Day? picture book. The laden Louise Savage Supercat ferry slides on by; striped sailing dinghies dart about the harbour like angelfish on speed; a sea plane swoops into the drink looking like…

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