Rosemary’s working the night shift
Rosemary in Kingston is now open at night and it’s well worth a visit, says dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
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Canberra restaurants reviewed by Wendy Johnson. What and where to eat in Canberra.
"It’s the food that makes Beltana Farm shine," writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON. "Farmhouse shared plates are the go, served alongside a carefully selected list of Australian and local wines."
Relatively new in the city on Bunda Street, Botswana Butchery is a steakhouse extraordinaire with an uncertain future, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON returns to an inner-south pizza place after 14 years to discover the quality of the food and the delight at sitting outdoors on a warm evening under elegant, mature trees, remains the same.
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Turning Japanese… every night at the Dockside
It’s a café by day and a Japanese-fusion restaurant by night. Dockside Kingston, by Chong Co Group, now offers dinner with picturesque views of the water, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
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Full Bloom comes up mighty fine
Campbell shops are mighty fine on the food front and one of the most recent destinations is The Bloom. So dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON went there.
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Chop, chop… and it’s time to go!
The first thing to do when entering Chop Chop in the city is look up, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON went to a pretty park at Kingston Foreshore and there, amid the ducks, swans and water birds, was a food van offering authentic French crêpes, galettes and waffles.
Med’s menu is a fabulous fusion of Greek, Lebanese and Turkish cuisine. Does life get any better than that, asks dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
"Located in the Sydney Building, Bada Bing is relatively new on the Canberra dining scene and it’s smashing it," says dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
In an exciting start to her new "food-review year", WENDY JOHNSON landed at Black Salt Dining on the Kingston Foreshore... "It was so yum, I’ve already been back several times," she says.
"IT'S always a delicious treat to look over my reviews for the year to cherry pick the best on the capital food scene," says dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON returns to the lakeside Snapper & Co and discovers things have changed... for the better.
When a restaurant turns 20, especially in these crazy economic times, it’s the perfect opportunity to pop the champagne, says dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Bella Vista in Belconnen focuses on what it has been doing exceptionally well over the decades, which is to serve "belissima" comfort food at affordable prices, says dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
There's something special about a classic French bistro and Louis is no exception, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
"We’re dumpling fans and will travel a long way to enjoy these perfect parcels of goodness," writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON. "Bite and Booze didn’t disappoint."
Dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON stops by at Bookplate and enjoys a relaxing lunch. She says its a great place for anyone who wants something smaller with a quality coffee or tea.
If you haven’t been to Mrs Wang's, put it on your bucket list – at the top – even if it’s to bask in the glory of the 1930s Art Deco fitout, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
![Teacher Vanessa Jones has been living in Higgins since 2001, and while she loves the area, she says she is “fed up” with the neglectful ACT government.
The Higgins shops have been completely abandoned, says Vanessa, preventing the opportunity for residents to have a community-centred space to socialise.
They only received bins nine months ago, she says, and requests for a water station and repairs to the bus station have gone unanswered.
“It’s very, very slow,” says Vanessa.
“I asked for the zebra crossing on Fullagar [Crescent] to be repainted, and we had to wait about six or nine months.
“That’s just such a long time… we pay a lot of rates.”
Vanessa says assistance from the government only seems to go to communities with time-rich and assertive communities, leaving places such as Higgins, where the majority of households have both adults working full-time and English may not be the first language of the family, at an automatic disadvantage.
“If you’ve got two people working, paying a mortgage, raising two or three kids, they don’t have the time,” says Vanessa.
Vanessa says the lack of attention quieter places such as Higgins is receiving is starting to look a lot like favouritism.
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