Sake is a popular new restaurant serving contemporary Japanese cuisine that first opened in Sydney to rave reviews and a Chef’s Hat rating.  It’s success saw it expand to Brisbane with a second restaurant that opened on Eagle Street Pier in October last year, located near other well established eateries such as Aria, Cha Cha Char and Jellyfish. On Sunday, ...

After enduring a tough sequence of games against the competition’s best teams such as the Blues, Crusaders and the Stormers, it was a bit of welcome relief to have a home fixture against the out of form Brumbies.  The once mighty Brumbies, the only Australian team to actually win a Super Rugby competition, have been out of form this season ...

Since I didn’t do a Youtube clip last Friday, I may as well do two this week. I quite like this cover of Nicki Minaj’s Superbass song.

This song more or less sums up my plans for the weekend. I plan on relaxing, watching the Reds game, trying out a new Japanese restaurant and catching up with a friend before she leaves for the States. Have a good weekend everyone.

Teenage Mutant

DISTILLERY Mackmyra AGE Ten Year Old ALCOHOL 51.6% REGION Stockholm, Sweden COLOR Light gold NOSE Sweet, marzipan, faint whiff of peaches, popcorn PALATE Spicy, earthy taste with a lash of peat.  Quite a full bodied flavour. FINISH Perhaps showing its relative immaturity, it trails off quickly with a lingering wood fire finish. SCORE 84 out of 100 NOTES Now this ...

Strange text message I received this morning from one of my staff:

Its been nearly a year since we had the disappointing FIFA World Cup 2010 and six months since Qatar won a corruption-riddled World Cup bidding process to host the 2022 World Cup, of which 14 out of the 24 judges on the panel have now been accused of taking bribes.  Although FIFA President Sepp Blatter has always had the stink ...

Last season, when the Reds unexpectedly beat the Crusaders 41-20 at Suncorp, it marked the turning point for the side in their transition from being the competition whipping boys to genuine title contenders.  Last season’s efforts eventually petered out towards the end of the competition with the club finishing fifth, one position away from qualification for Finals Football in the ...

Jakes On A Train