http://www.zondar.com/blog You can't eat a laptop and you can't tweet on a carrot. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:50:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been mining the Cafe Run twitter coffee list and taking some tips from my old friend Grant at Sydney Coffee Tours who has his ear to the grounds (ahem) and tends to always get there first and I've come up with some must-visit Sydney cafes - for ... http://www.zondar.com/blog/?p=184 It's been a while and I thought I'd post an update on the burgeoning Sydney cafe scene from my point of view. That is, as a fussy coffee drinker. Firstly, I am not providing an exhaustive list of what's hot and what's not. If you want that and a broad range ... http://www.zondar.com/blog/?p=177 Just a few things we've been reading on planet Zondar recently. Yes we are still alive thanks for asking. The topic of restaurant websites being awful has come up a bit, with some lively discussions in the comments: Matthew Stibbe at Bad Language offers a take on this: Why are restaurant websites ... http://www.zondar.com/blog/?p=174 I can hardly contain myself. When you order a long black, there is a reason for the first word. It identifies the size of the coffee. A short black is small and a long black is large. Those are the two sizes, long and short. Well that's how it was supposed ... http://www.zondar.com/blog/?p=172 Its really hard to find a cafe site that doesn't suck. I think the best one around here is the Single Origin site, but even that wont give me a feed from their news posts. Command Shift 3 show a few cool cafe sites that have won more that 70% ... http://www.zondar.com/blog/?p=167 This incredible chef Heston Blumenthal has an awesome cooking series called Kitchen Chemistry. Well worth checking out... Heston's incredible creations shows there is still hope our food mash up dreams. That kid at school who had ice-cream and ketchup..? Genius. Heston uses science to create magnificent food. His Michelin Three Star ... http://www.zondar.com/blog/?p=161 And on the topic of polluting food, surely this wont take off, Red Bull already gives you bad enough breath... http://www.zondar.com/blog/?p=153 From one type of poo food to another. Always be nice to the waiter, they are the last person to touch your food. http://www.zondar.com/blog/?p=156 Gianni sent me this Burger, Venezualas answer to the Quad stack, El Diablo. Worth watching to the end,Fuck McDonald! http://www.zondar.com/blog/?p=142 Found Cafe Giulia which sells awesome gourmet burgers for under ten bucks eat in. Homemade style with a patty that kind of breaks apart the way old school milk bar burgers did. [caption id="attachment_139" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="burger at cafe giulia"][/caption] It was a great burger because of the: * Mixed salad * Fall apart ... http://www.zondar.com/blog/?p=138