Mr Romance 
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched – they can only be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller said that. Pretty profound, isn’t it? It’s hard to imagine life without the ability to sense it as fully as most of us can. It’s showing my age a bit, … Read more
When I first visited Brisbane almost 15 years ago, there weren’t really any good places to go for a drink. But now, with the small bar culture sinking its claws into the flanks of Brissie’s hospitality industry, things are a-changing. A few weeks ago Mrs Romance and I went to visit the effervescently awesome Nikki … Read more
Spending just 48 hours on Fraser Island, Australia, doesn’t seem like enough time – and of course you could spend much longer there – but a 2-day trip is still enough to get a feeling of what the world’s largest sand island has to offer and go home very happy. It’s great to be back … Read more
We consider ourselves pretty well-versed in yum cha Chinese food here in Sydney. We’re confident we could tell you the best places to go for dumplings… but something has happened that’s knocked us completely for six – actually there were ten of them. On our trip out to Mudgee recently, we had a tip-off to go to … Read more
Welcome back for another week’s round-up on our Instagram Diary. This week is looking a little less fraught than last week – though that probably wouldn’t be hard. I worked out the other day that, as of Thursday last week I’d slept in my own bed only 4 nights out of the last 21. It … Read more
Manhattan: apart from being one of the greatest, most ridiculously awesome cities on the planet – it also happens to be one of my favourite cocktails. I never thought I could improve the original recipe… until now! Ordinarily, I prefer to have my Manhattan cocktail made with rye whiskey than bourbon for some reason. But … Read more
Every now and again you find a place that’s way better than you thought it would be. Mudgee is definitely one of those places. In fact it’s so nice, you should go there right now, and I’ll tell you why… Mudgee is a quiet little town about 3 ½ hours north-west of Sydney. It’s not … Read more
Here in Australia we’re really spoiled for choice in terms of Japanese restaurants. We’ve got sushi bars, saki lounges, ramen shops, Japanese barbecue houses. But the latest thing to hit our streets is the long awaited izakaya craze. Unfortunately this venue no longer exists. Please check out our other Sydney restaurant reviews here. An izakaya … Read more
Happy birthday to Jeanette – Mrs Romance’s mum! This cake is one of the delicacies being devoured as part of the birthday celebrations at Burnt Orange in Mosman. How tasty does this look? We’ve got a busy week planned. I’ve got an extraordinary trip to Perth happening while Mrs R is working hard back here, … Read more
Me and my mate Jarrod from Aussie craft spirit distributors Nip of Courage are about to witness something rare and beautiful: the grand opening of a distillery. Whipper Snapper in Perth, WA, is about to start turning out top grade Australian moonshine: it’s crystal clear, potent yet smooth and tasty. Get ready Australia! Moonshine. Even the … Read more