Famous Turkish apple tea $3
Six food bloggers in a restaurant can never be missed.
I often wonder what we must look like to the casual passerby, a table of diners intent on photographing each dish with such seriousness, their faces obscured by a camera lens.
Tonight I’m dining with fellow food bloggers Lex, Minh, Richard, Simon and Suze. It takes some time for six people to get the shot they’re finally happy with, but when the photos are done, it’s onto the food and plenty of conversation.

Mezze dips platter $14.90
Selection of …

SYDNEY—Parramatta spectacularly ended premier Manly’s season and remain in the hunt for the NRL premiership after slaying St George Illawarra 25-12 at WIN Jubilee Oval on Sunday.
The dynamic Eels reversed a 37-0 flogging at the hands of the Dragons just nine days ago, to become the second eighth-placed team under the McIntyre finals system to run down the minor premiers in as many years.
A Luke Burt field goal in the dying minutes put the game beyond a converted try (19-12) and then Dally M medallist Jarryd Hayne scored superb a …

A MAN carrying an estimated $3,000 of heroin around Sydney’s Kings Cross in water bombs has been arrested by police after months of surveillance.

A five-month operation led to the arrest of the 37-year-old man yesterday.
Police say he was walking along Liverpool Street allegedly carrying 58 individual packs of the drug in coloured water balloons, with an estimated street value of $3,000.
Cash and mobile phones were also seized by police, while a Suzuki motorbike worth $12,000, said to be bought with the proceeds of crime, was taken by officers searching a …

Are you an obsessive collector or perhaps have an object that is treasured by you and has a significant connection to Parramatta? Then the Parramatta Heritage and Information Centre would like to hear from you.
Expected to go on exhibition early next year, the Heritage and Information Centre is turning to the public to help bring the Treasured exhibition to life.
“Whether family heirlooms or wonderful examples of a collecting obsession, Treasured will share the varied nature and identity Parramatta’s regional collections,” said exhibition Curator Gay Hendriksen.
“The objects we are looking for …

The Dairy Cottage in Parramatta is one of Sydney’s earliest buildings. It was built around 1796 on land granted to George Salter, a convict, when his sentence expired. In 1813, Governor Macquarie purchased Salter’s grant and added it to his domain; he extended the cottage and used it to accommodate his dairy workers. Later the Governor’s Domain became the people’s park of Parramatta. The cottage was then made into a residence for Rangers and their families and an additional cottage was built covering the sunken milk room of the old …