One of the few flavours which enhances rather than overwhelms the very subtle, fishy-chicken flavour of crocodile is wattle. This is one occasion that wattle is used dry as a seasoning rather than more commonly being boiled first to soften ...

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200g prepared refried bunya nut pastry 50g munthari 1 medium onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped 2 large mushrooms, sliced 2 shiitake or Chinese mushrooms, sliced 1 medium carrot, grated 1 small kumara, thinly sliced and paperbark baked ½ teaspoon ...

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8 large Balmain bugs (shovel-nosed sand lobsters)4 whiting fillets or ocean perch or equivalent200g kumara (orange sweet potato)1 piece of paperbark5g Mountain pepperleek and capsicum julienne or other garnishingIf the bugs are alive, place them into the freezer for 30 ...

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It is amazing what a single travel writer’s opinion from one, unqualified trip can do for a city’s reputation (a bit like a food critic’s opinion on his one night stand at a restaurant). Lucky we don’t measure the efficacy ...

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