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To celebrate ‘Speed Racers’ birthday, a celebratory dinner was on the cards. ‘In Asia’ has been one of those places I would pass on a daily basis in my local suburb. Watching its development over the last year to finally see the finished product. A spiffy upmarket Asian restaurant offering a variety of fusion dishes. What sets In Asia apart from the local Chinese or Thai is its chic sophisticated fit out. Arriving at 5:30pm on a Thursday night, us eager beavers were warmly greeted by the wait staff and were allowed ‘lay of the land’ as we were the first customers of the night. With lots of warm brown hue’s In Asia is a very welcoming space and the staff definitely make the effort to make the experience a good one. To share we ordered a serving of ‘Herbal Fresh Roll’ – with house made pork patty and mung bean dipping sauce $12. Two pieces. These fresh rolls had an odd flavour the first few bites but as I continued eating they grew on …

Sydney has been captivated by the Gelato scene for quite some time now, most notably for places like Gelato Messina, Cow and the moon, RivaReno, and Gelatomassi but the trends seem to remain quite similar. Stix Deserts in Surry Hills has completely recreated and turned on its head how we eat Gelato in an innovative and clever way that is sure to captivate many. We had been talking about making a visit to Stix since they opened but after Janelle Monae and Kimbra cancelled on us! (how dare they) we finally had the chance to go after a beautiful dinner at Rockpool Bar & Grill. We were warmly greeted by the owner of Stix as it was dinner time on a quiet Monday night we were the only one’s in the shop. Since this was our first time, she helped us pick what we wanted and let us try a few of the flavours on display. I got the Panna Cotta Gelato dunked in milk chocolate with Hundreds + thousands and peanuts. Firstly, let me …