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The Other Brunch List

Beneath our love of all things new, we are creatures of habit. It’s too easy to go back to places we love; places that have the vibe we love, reflecting a lifestyle we aspire to. In the spirit of sharing, we pay homage to some of our most popular brunch places, giving you an alternative...
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Christine Manfield is one of Australia’s most celebrated chefs; an author, presenter and gastronomic traveller who recently moved home from Sydney to the Tweed Coast. One of the few women chefs who made a major impact on fine dining in the 1990s, Christine Manfield’s life as a restaurateur culminated in three ground-breaking, award-winning restaurants: Paramount...
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Great seafood restaurants will never go out of vogue. In fact, people will travel out of their way to visit, even crossing borders to dine on the best the ocean has to offer. My first trip across the border post-lockdown was well spent with a visit to Gallura Italian. We had heard so much about...
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When we say that Liesl Addicoat’s food is ‘hot’, it’s a compliment of the highest order. The founder of The Chilli Chick Shop, Liesl, a chef by trade, shares her passion for flavoursome food through the products she makes in her kitchen, her range available through her business, The Chilli Chick Shop. Hearing Liesl tell...
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One of the most evident themes in hospitality today is the growing interest in the provenance of our food – where it comes from and how far it has travelled to reach us. We may not live ‘on the land’ but, as Australians, we still feel connected to it. Given the sense of solidarity with...
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It seems that bakeries are moving in one of two directions: rustic homebaked goods or fine patisserie. Baked at Ancora gives us the best of both worlds: an artisan bakery producing rustic sourdough, fine patisserie and a select menu of brunch dishes with casual dining inside or out. All bases covered. Opened by the PLB...
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With cafés pushing culinary change at the moment, the question always is: where should we dine? We travel south to check out some cafés on the border. Which one is your favourite? Rockleigh 112 Griffith Street, Coolangatta Ph: 07 5599 1745 A street away from gleaming white sand you’ll come across the white-washed wooden shopfront...
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It’s the perfect winter escape away from the Gold Coast and into the forest; a weekend away in the Tweed Valley. The Tweed holds many attractions to explore: the magnificent Tweed Art Gallery, Mavis’s Kitchen with its own kitchen garden, Carool’s coffee plantations, winery and Potager, as well as craft galleries and farms set in...
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As we reach the shortest day of the year, winter chills creep in as the sun sinks behind the hills. We linger in tracky dacks, loathe to venture out, content to reach for comfort food in the shelter of warm homes. The winter solstice or ‘Yuletide’ marks a turning point from which days get longer,...
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Many storms are followed by a rainbow. When we gather on a bright winter’s day in June for a long table lunch beside the lake at Mavis’s Kitchen, we are thinking celebration. But the sobering trip along the Tweed reminds us of the devastation caused by the flood just two months before. Grass, beaten into...