Café Restaurant Bar Find: Kansas City Shuffle Sydney

Kansas City Shuffle - meltingbutter.com Cafe Hotspot

With a name inspired by the meta-con of being tricked while being tricked, Kansas City Shuffle surely ought to have some funny business going on. Instead, the refurbished industrial space ”“ a collaboration between owner Ben Sweeten and owner/executive chef Kayne Mordini ”“ has razzle-dazzle of all the right kinds. The space ”“ with past […]

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Canberra Café Find: Mocan & Green Grout

Canberra Café Find: Mocan & Green Grout | meltingbutter.com

It’s true, the name Mocan (pronounced “mo-chan”) & Green Grout is quite the mouthful but perhaps it’s a telling name since it’s a safe bet that yours will be willingly so when you visit this Canberra café. Mocan & Green Grout is part café, restaurant and designer bike maker serving up seasonal food with a […]

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The Wolvesmouth Dining Experience – Where Food Meets Art

THE WOLVESMOUTH DINING EXPERIENCE – WHERE FOOD MEETS ART | meltingbutter.com

The phrase “dining experience” is one that you see thrown around in restaurant reviews all the time and we all think we know that it means until we get to have a real dining experience – like the one I was lucky enough to have last night with Wolvesmouth X NYC. Wolvesmouth is an underground […]

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Athens & Greek Islands city guide: A Greek local’s perspective

ATHENS & GREEK ISLANDS CITY GUIDE: A GREEK LOCAL’S PERSPECTIVE | meltingbutter.com

We were pretty excited when we found out our good friends Tim & Bri were getting married and I must admit I was even more excited when we found out it was going to be in Athens, Greece with an open invitation to crash part of their honeymoon in the Greek Islands ”“ Hello Grecian […]

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Los Angeles city guide: Embrace your inner LA (with an egg-white omelette)

LOS ANGELES CITY GUIDE: EMBRACE YOUR INNER LA (WITH AN EGG-WHITE OMELETTE) | meltingbutter.com

I was certain I’d hate LA with its sprawling suburbs, endless driving and plastic people. And maybe I’d still hate to live there but as a New Yorker for the last almost-year without a proper holiday, a long weekend in LA was the perfect way to de-stress and re-energise. Sure, there are those LA cliché’s […]

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New York City restaurant guide: Fifteen Favourites

NEW YORK CITY RESTAURANT GUIDE: FIFTEEN FAVOURITES | meltingbutter.com

1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) It’s probably impossible to distil all NYC restaurants down to the best 15, but I’m ambitious so I’m going to go ahead and do it anyway.  Besides, it’s my blog so I can take it back if I change my mind. These restaurants are the top-15 that really […]

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Amsterdam city guide: Why I love Amsterdam, the greatest little city in world

Amsterdam City Guide | meltingbutter.com

1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) We finally did it. We moved to New York City! I’ve been so caught up in the excitement of the big move in the past months that it wasn’t till our last week in Amsterdam that I got to really reflect on what an amazing little city it […]

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Mid-week clean and lean catch-ups: Lemony leeks with kidney beans and feta

My latest obsession is with maintaining a clean and lean lifestyle. Thankfully all of the ladies in my life are on the same post-holiday health kick so it’s been a real group effort to start the year on a health high (we’ll forget the few momentary lapses we’ve had on a couple of the weekends […]

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Paris city guide: What puts the “gay” in Gay-Paree

Paris City Guide | meltingbutter.com

A couple weeks ago I was lucky enough to indulge in a girls-and-gay-best-friends weekend in Paris. The plan was to see and do as much as possible since one of the girls (Hoa) was a Paris virgin, but somehow we ended up spending most of our time at GBF’s place stuffing ourselves with foie gras […]

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Berlin city guide: How to blend in with the cool people (or try to)

Berlin City Guide | meltingbutter.com

I jumped at the chance to spend this last weekend in Berlin with Mikee, who had been there all week schmoozing with industry folk at Bread & Butter. I was really in the mood for a dose of Berlin’s attitude; you know, cool, laid-back, edgy yet stylishly hedonistic ”“ the kind of attitude that cool […]

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