When you leave a Japanese restaurant thinking, I can’t wait to go back again for their carbonara, you know your culinary orbit has shifted, but in a really good way. …
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Newtown’s Calle Ray brings a plant based, gluten free fiesta of Peruvian, Mexican and Japanese to Newtown. Plus a cracking Pisco bar to boot
by Karen Lawsonby Karen LawsonTrying to get your head around a restaurant which spans the globe is a bit of a mind bender. Will this be fajitas with Guinea Pig (yes Peruvians really do …
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Hotel Review – InterContinental Sydney’s $120m makeover
by Karen Lawsonby Karen LawsonLike a memory of Women’s Weekly birthday cake, everyone you talk to has a memory of this place. The grand dame of Sydney’s hotel scene is back, baby, with a $120m makeover which has sensitively embraced the old and created a whole lot of ‘new’.
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Voyages creates the greatest show on earth as Wintjiri Wiru drone show lights up Uluru
by Karen Lawsonby Karen LawsonWintjiri Wiru, meaning ‘beautiful view out to the horizon’ in the local Pitjantjatjara language, is a breathtaking cultural storytelling experience overlooking Uluru. It tells the ancestral Mala story through a $10m show of choreographed drones, lasers and projections that illuminate the night sky. A story passed on for thousands of generations.
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InterContinental Sydney launches High Tea in the historic Treasury building
by Karen Lawsonby Karen LawsonSydney loves it’s afternoon teas. Every venue has its own approach; whether it is a modern, contemporary affair or a nostalgic romp through history – much like stepping into the …
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Sofitel Darling Harbour reaches sustainable heights with a new sky high luxury spa
by Karen Lawsonby Karen LawsonHow long does it take a person to recover from a massage coma? At my local massage joint, not long, the bed isn’t comfy, my head is squeezed into an …