anywhere, anytime - Sydney Restaurants and Bars - Eat Drink
From morning to midnight and back again, EAT/DRINK is TwoThousand's guide to cafes, bars and restaurants in Sydney. We know the best coffee because we drink 20 a day (each), we know the good restaurants because we can't cook, and we'll tell you where to find hidden bars and other places that still let you smoke so that we can ask you for a cigarette when you get there. EAT/DRINK is as voracious as our appetites and a much better filter than our livers, which stopped working a long time ago. Email your EAT/DRINK suggestions to: talk@twothousand.com.au
Celebrity-Non-Chef #2, Peggy Wang
Peggy Wang plays keyboards and sings in Brooklyn pop quartet The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - a band which Lauren from FREEWilliamsburg describes as having "a fuzzy, pop sensibility that recalls My Bloody Valentine but puts me in a much nicer mood." Peggy is also the editor of BuzzFeed‚ which, if you know anything at all, is where we get all our COOL links, except the ones Max finds.
Celebrity-Non-Chef #1, Beci Orpin
Beci Orpin is a national treasure. Her folk-art inspired artwork adorns clothing, stationery and accessories aplenty through her Beci Orpin and Tiny Mammoth labels, as well as gallery walls. She is the proud mum of Tyke and Ari, loves good food, is a mean op-shopper - and now she's TwoThousand's first ever Celebrity-Non-Chef.
The Lemon Detox Diet
The thought of going without food for an extended period of time is nothing short of terrifying for the likes of me, let alone the twin gods of caffeine and alcohol. So imagine my surprise when my glamorous, fellow food-loving sidekick (let's call her Beyonce) announced she was embarking on a week-long lemon detox diet, consisting of nothing but lemon juice, tree syrup, cayenne pepper and herbal tea.
Aunty Marg's Rum Balls
I grew up in a dry house. It wasn't that my parents were recovering alcoholics, just God-fearing squares. The closest thing we got to alcohol at Chistmas was a bottle of rose Maison (that shit isn't alcoholic by the way, Mum) or when the black sheep of the family, my vivacious Aunty Marg, would bring a plate of loaded rum balls to share.
Cherry Cake
Christmas Pudding definitely does not cut it on a hot summer's day. It's too dreary and wintery. Plus, too many dried fruits remind me of the apocalypse. Who wants that when you're trying to think of new beginnings? Alcohol infused Cherry Cake - now, that's a different story. This cake is the edible embodiment of Miranda July - sweet, cute looking, a little sinister.
Miracle Berries
Do you ever look down at your beer and wish it tasted like a chocolate milkshake or lament the fact that Tabasco sauce doesn't taste like donut glaze? No, me neither, but luckily for you and I, someone did.
Native to West Africa, the berries of the aptly named miracle fruit contain a protein called miraculin which scrambles your taste buds for an experience of Willy Wonka-esque proportions.
Cheese-injected Sausages
In my country we have two brands of cheese-injected sausage product. One is called Better Cheddar. The other is - get this - 'Cheddarwurst'. See what I'm saying here? Better, wurst! Eh? Pretty exciting! If you happen to be one of the few people who finds this word meat synchronicity as thrilling as I do, you may also be one of the few people who finds these products edible.
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