Towards the end of a nearly 3-week trip, I’m not going to lie, I was feeling lazy about my food selection process. While I had a lengthy list of restaurants to explore in Sydney, in the end, our last night in Australia was spent literally downstairs at Kensington Street Social. Of course, I will use the excuse that it’s also difficult to find a good restaurant that’s open on a Sunday evening (according to the hostess, venues have to pay quite a bit more to their kitchen and servers to make this happen). Given I’m also familiar with Chef Atherton’s work here in Dubai, I was curious to see what the menu would look like at a similar venue in another city. Either way, we somehow ended up seated at the pass, with an insider’s view of how dishes are prepared and how the kitchen operates in general (which, on this Sunday…
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When a good friend from Doha rang up to say he would be in town and was I available to meet at YNot (at the Intercontinental Marina), I was happy to agree. After all, I’d seen lots of fun events at the venue and had been wanting to check out the property. Unfortunately, due to the post-Friday brunch crowd, the bar was a bit of a disaster and our party decided we’d much rather dine at Marina Social (even higher on my list!). For reasons unknown, we were given one of the two private dining tables (more on that in a bit), overlooking the marina in all its glory (there are better waterfronts in the world, to be sure, but this one was fairly nice — there would be a lot of wow factor for out of town guests). The private dining area is set into two tables and at…
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