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In the recently released S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants, there was a single entry from Australia – Peter Gilmore’s Quay Restaurant – which came in at 27th. Quay was already widely recognised as offering one of Australia’s finest dining experiences.  It has been recognized with a clutch of culinary awards – three chefs hats for nine consecutive years, Sydney Morning ...

I was very sad to wake up to the news that Macho Man Randy Savage passed away last night.  Savage had left the wrestling business years ago, gotten his life together and had remarried.  He had a heart attack while driving and his jeep crashed into a tree.  He was 58. Savage is practically the embodiment of Rock N Roll ...

I’ve had a very hectic week!  I spent a couple of days in Sydney for work and I am currently running on very little sleep.  I am so glad its the weekend.  I look forward to catching up on some much needed rest. And maybe catch up on some blogging too. Anyway, your Youtube clip for the weekend is the ...

Jen was giving me a hard time recently about the single malt collection as it took up all the bench space in the dining area. So this weekend we went out to IKEA and picked up a cabinet.  Four hours of construction later….voila! Jen was telling her mum about it last night.  She suggested I install a lock before my ...

We’re only a month away from Def Leppard’s new album Mirrorball which is their first ever live album.  It has mostly old stuff but there’s also a few new tracks on there too. It’s pretty incredible that their career has now spanned four decades.  To think that my own band The Salt Monkeys spanned just a measley two decades. Anyway ...

DISTILLERY Cragganmore AGE Twelve Year Old ALCOHOL 40% REGION Speyside COLOR Light gold NOSE Faint smell of honey PALATE Quite crisp, hint of vanilla, bit of smoke and spicyness to it FINISH A light finish that doesn’t linger for long given the subtlety of the taste SCORE 83 out of 100 NOTES This one surprised me a little.  The only ...

Somewhat overshadowed by the news that Osama Bin Laden was killed earlier this week was the fact that Obama used Hulk Hogan’s Real American theme as his entrance music at the White House Correspondents Dinner. He also cut a sick burn on Matt Damon. Have a good weekend everyone.

DISTILLERY Talisker AGE Ten Year Old ALCOHOL 45% REGION Isle of Skye COLOR Sweet, sweet amber NOSE Totally awesome, potent and peaty as fuck PALATE Like being punched in the face by someone who has lathered their fist in pepper, also smokey like you’re inhaling a campfire FINISH Loooong, sharp note that leaves your tongue tingling SCORE 90 out of ...

During the Easter Break I had a chance to check out a bunch of a new tv shows.  I’m normally pretty conservative with my viewing habits and stick with what I know.  I don’t really try out new shows all that often.  I have a laundry list of classic shows that I know I should watch one day that I ...