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JENIUS is the food & photography blog of Jennifer Lam. I'm an ABC (Australian-born Chinese), living in Sydney, Australia. I work in the advertising industry as a Creative Services Manager at Eyeblaster, Producer at RMG:Connect, Digital Producer at Soap.

I hold a Bachelor of Design Computing from the University of Sydney, and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce (Marketing) from the University of New South Wales.

All photography within this site is taken by me, myself and I.

I use Canon IXUS 500 or Canon EOS 350D with Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Lens, Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 Lens, Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM Lens & Canon 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Lens.

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July 04, 2008

What does being a Vegetarian mean?

This is a true story. I was at Hey Hey Kebabs (they do the best hot chips with loads of chicken salt), Parramatta Road in Auburn last night, when a man walks in and places his order.

"Can I get a doner kebab with extra mushrooms, lettuce, tomatoes, onion, hommus... oh, and just a little bit of the meat, because I am a vegetarian."

I stared at him in shock.

As the meat was getting sliced he was pedantic in ensuring there was only a few thin slices of the beef. But surely that is not what pure vegetarians stand for?

Dictionary.com defines vegetarian as -
A person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.

But after extensive research, I found that according to the Vegetarian Network in Victoria, he is a 'Semi' or 'Demi' Vegetarian or Flexitarian. A person who occasionally eats meat!

June 29, 2008

ChocolateSuze & Nood's engagement party

I was really excited this weekend because of former uni classmate, Noods and fellow-foodie, ChocolateSuze's engagement party. And thankfully, my sinuses had given me a morning free of headaches to enjoy this lovely warm day.

There was a feast of fried wontons, spring rolls, scrumptious satay chicken skewers, a massive subway and a glossy, crispy-skinned sucking pig.

ChocolateSuze and Nood's engagement party - fried wonton, spring rolls, satay chicken, suckling pig, subway


ChocolateSuze and Nood's engagement party - Suze command and conquers the suckling pig

Here is Suze, ready to command and conquer...haha, (pun intended -I'd learnt it was a game she played on weekends!)


ChocolateSuze and Nood's engagement party - Noods butchers the suckling pig

And here is Noods, slicing it up like a pro :-)


ChocolateSuze and Nood's engagement party - Zen Huang, Jennifer Lam, Connie Wu and Rennae Mui

This is Zen, me, Connie & Rennae mid-way eating.


ChocolateSuze and Nood's engagement party - girls love fairy floss

There was also this massive fairy floss machine... so us girls were happy!


A special touch by Suze... she made us these lush cupcakes. Pink lips for the girls and blue bears for the boys.

ChocolateSuze and Nood's engagement party - pink lipped cupcake


ChocolateSuze and Nood's engagement party - blue bear cupcake


ChocolateSuze and Nood's engagement party - Zen and Jen on the way home

A quick pic of Zen & me on the way home... hehe...


Congrats on your engagement, Noods & Suze. And thanks for a yummy afternoon!

May 30, 2008

MOO

My MOO Cards arrived yesterday, neatly in a little white collectible box only 7 days after the order was processed. I am so impressed. These mini cards (there are 100 of them with only one of its kind) will be my personal business card... so if you want one, introduce yourself.

JENIUS MOO business mini cards


Or if there’s something yummy involved, I’ll come to you!


May 07, 2008

Now on Facebook!

JENIUS.COM.AU is now on Facebook! Check out the ‘Best of JENIUS | food & photography’ compilation and become a fan.

Don’t forget to visit back here regularly for the latest drool-worthy eye candy as the Facebook page will only feature highlights of past entries.

April 16, 2008

On the red carpet with Keanu Reeves!

Last night, I was at the Sydney premiere of Street Kings... here are some of my paparazzi shots:

Street Kings movie premiere, Sydney (red carpet event) - Keanu Reeves
Check out my Photoshop lighting render skills... haha


Street Kings movie premiere, Sydney (red carpet event) - Keanu Reeves side profile shot

Side profile of Keanu


Street Kings movie premiere, Sydney (red carpet event) - Keanu Reeves has a mole on his right thumb!

Oh my, he's got a mole on his right thumb!


Street Kings movie premiere, Sydney (red carpet event) - random celebrities

Random celebrities... who are they?
[Edit 16/04/2008] Just found out that she's Jamie Wright aka Ms Bondi Blonde... and the guy is Nathan Sapsford (whoever that is!) [/Edit]


Street Kings movie premiere, Sydney (red carpet event) - Jennifer Lam and Shamini Moganadhass

Me & Sham


Street Kings movie premiere, Sydney (red carpet event) - Ashley Ringrose and David Weir

Ash & Dave


Street Kings movie premiere, Sydney (red carpet event) - Keanu Reeves on the big movie screen

This is a photo of the streaming video which was played on the big movie screen :-)


Street Kings movie premiere, Sydney (red carpet event) - Keanu Reeves comments on size of screen

Keanu on stage... commenting about the size of the screen


Street Kings movie premiere, Sydney (red carpet event) - Keanu Reeves in the spotlight

In the spotlight...


Street Kings movie premiere, Sydney (red carpet event) - Jennifer Lam and Zen Huang on the night train home

And finally... Zen & I on the train going home. What a long night!


April 09, 2008

Skip to the Weekend Skirt

This might be new to some of you, but occasionally, apart from eating, thinking and photographing food... i like to sew. With bits of fabric from The Remnant Warehouse, Spotlight and the ribbed elastic from K-Mart, I made this over a few hours last Saturday.

I'm calling it the 'Skip to the Weekend Skirt'. I love the flowery checked pattern on the cotton... this was an impulse buy from The Remnant Warehouse. The silk slip was a luxury thing which hiked up the raw costs of the skirt.

Anyway... so, I wore the skirt on Monday and loved it :-)

Skip to the Weekend skirt, something I made, designed, sewed

Skip to the Weekend skirt, ribbed elastic, black satin, white silk, cotton checked pattern

Skip to the Weekend skirt, silk underlay slip

40 days until Sydney Writers' Festival

Check out some foodie things you could be doing next month at the Sydney Writers' Festival.

I'm Helvetica... what are you?

Typecast Yourself!
*note: that's no a true photo of me... it's just the Helvetica avatar

March 24, 2008

almost a cricket fan...

Its hard turning down a freebie, let alone the cricket finals (Australia vs India, One Day International Final Game 1)... so I didn't. I couldn't resist the stadium food of chips, hot dogs and meat pies. MmMm...

JENIUS, food and photography blog - cricket Australia vs India (one day international final game 1): Warnie bogans

Warnie bogans


JENIUS, food and photography blog - cricket Australia vs India (one day international final game 1): tangy tomato sauce on a hearty meat pie

tangy tomato sauce on a hearty meat pie


JENIUS, food and photography blog - cricket Australia vs India (one day international final game 1): Brett Lee

Brett Lee


JENIUS, food and photography blog - cricket Australia vs India (one day international final game 1): cricket fans, Zen & Jen

Zen & me :-)


JENIUS, food and photography blog - cricket Australia vs India (one day international final game 1): Sydney Cricket Ground at night (SCG)

SCG at night

February 14, 2008

my Blurb book has arrived

Some of you will probably know that I've been working on a memoir of my trip to Singapore and Vietnam since my return. Well, I am proud to say that my first Blurb book was published a few weeks ago...

I was thrilled to see it arrive today! There are 240 pages of full glossy colour, happy snaps and drool-worthy food. I'm keeping this one private for now... but a public version is in the works. So watch this space for the release date! I'm hoping it will be ready by mid-year.

Here are some sneak peeks at my lovely Blurb book, "i ate my way through Singapore and Vietnam":

JENIUS - my published Blurb book - I ate my way through Singapore and Vietnam, cover


JENIUS - my published Blurb book - I ate my way through Singapore and Vietnam, random page


JENIUS - my published Blurb book - I ate my way through Singapore and Vietnam, random page


JENIUS - my published Blurb book - I ate my way through Singapore and Vietnam, random page


By the way, Happy Valentines Day :-)


Blurb
www.blurb.com

December 12, 2007

Please wait...

... while I eat my way through Singapore & Vietnam, the next 3.5 weeks :-)

November 12, 2007

Eugenia's Hens Night

[!] This post isn't really about food

Eugenia is the first of B.DesComp's 2004 grads to get married... woohoo! So here we were on Saturday night, to congratulate the bride-to-be.

For $55 plus drinks, we were fed and entertained...

Eugenia's Hens Night at Mykonos on Crown - bread


Starters were bread, fried eggplant, dolmades (aka stuffed vine leaves), celery & carrot sticks with dips. The tzatziki was deliciously refreshing and the fried eggplant was light and crispy.

Eugenia's Hens Night at Mykonos on Crown - fried eggplant, dolmades, celery and carrot sticks with dip

starters


The Greek salad was traditionally tossed with plentiful olives, onion, feta cheese, tomatoes and cucumber.

Eugenia's Hens Night at Mykonos on Crown - traditional greek salad

traditional greek salad


I really loved the fried halloumi cheese. It was pan-fried to a golden brown and was flavoured with oregano, olive oil, salt and lemon. The texture was hard... quite similar to chicken... and very addictive!

Eugenia's Hens Night at Mykonos on Crown - saganaki, fried halloumi cheese

saganaki - fried halloumi cheese


Eugenia's Hens Night at Mykonos on Crown - spinach, feta cheese with filo pastry

spinach, feta cheese with filo pastry


We were then served more filo pastry with spinach and feta cheese... as well as a seafood and meat platter. All you need to know is that Mykonos is very generous with the serving portions. We were stuffed... but luckily burnt it out on the dance floor :-D

Eugenia's Hens Night at Mykonos on Crown - battered fish, calamari and chargrilled octopus

battered fish, calamari and chargrilled octopus


Eugenia's Hens Night at Mykonos on Crown - greek meat platter

meat platter


The theme was 'devilicious'... like our horns?

Eugenia's Hens Night at Mykonos on Crown - devilicious group photo


Eugenia's Hens Night at Mykonos on Crown - Design Computing girls


Eugenia's Hens Night at Mykonos on Crown - [L - R] Jodie Nguyen, Jennifer Lam


Eugenia's Hens Night at Mykonos on Crown - belly dancer


For more photos of the night (including a few R-rated ones), visit my Flickr set flickr.com/photos/foodiejenius/sets/72157603100981425.

Mykonos on Crown
248 Pitt Street Sydney (Basement of Zodiac Hotel)
Web: www.mykonosoncrown.com.au/php/welcome.php

September 10, 2007

i like to bake

Earth Day was Lidcombe Public School's theme for the 2007 fair. The weeks leading up to this, Bryan (my baby bro) was singing "3 is a magic number, yes it is, it's a magic number... reduce, reuse, recycle...". To continue his excitement, I agreed to bake a batch of cupcakes and brownies for the food stall.

Thanks to the power of online, I hunted down these 2 fab recipes --

Lidcombe Public School's Earth Day 2007 - hummingbird cupcakes

Hummingbird cupcakes

Hummingbird Cupcakes by Su-Yin

Cupcake
3/4 cups self raising flour
1 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup dessicated coconut
1 tsp bicarb of soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 (440g) canned pineapple (crushed)
2 large sweet+ripe bananas (mashed)
3/4 olive oil (light preferably)
2 large eggs

Icing
1 block philly cheese
1 1/2 cup icing sugar
2 drops vanilla essence

Method


  1. Sift flour & combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl

  2. Make a well in the center; drop in all other ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon till well combined

  3. Spoon into cupcake cases till 3/4 full and bake in preheated 180 degree oven for 35-40 minutes or until skewer comes out clean wen poked thru the center

  4. Cool completely before frosting

Lidcombe Public School's Earth Day 2007 - hip hip hooray, today is earth day


Lidcombe Public School's Earth Day 2007 - brownies


Brownies from Taste.com.au

Ingredients
Melted butter, for greasing
150g walnut halves
200g good-quality dark cooking
chocolate (like Plaistowe Cooking Chocolate), chopped
200g (1 cup, firmly packed)
brown sugar
125mls (1/2 cup) vegetable oil
3 eggs, at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla essence
75g (1/2 cup) plain flour
30g (1/4 cup) cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder

Method


  1. Preheat oven to 170°C. Brush a shallow 23cm square cake pan with the melted butter to lightly grease. Line the base with non-stick baking paper.

  2. Spread walnuts on a baking tray and toast in preheated oven for 5-7 minutes or until lightly browned (see microwave tip 1). Cool and chop coarsely.

  3. Meanwhile: place the chocolate in a medium heat-resistant bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and stir until melted and smooth (see microwave tip 2). Remove the bowl from the heat and set aside.

  4. Combine the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla in a medium mixing bowl. Use electric beaters to beat until well combined and paler in colour. Add the melted chocolate and beat until well combined.

  5. Sift together flour, cocoa powder and baking powder over chocolate mixture and use a large metal spoon to fold in until combined. Fold in the walnuts.

  6. Spoon mixture into prepared pan and smooth the surface. Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes or until moist crumbs cling to a skewer inserted into the centre. Remove from oven and cool completely in pan. Turn onto a board, remove paper and cut into pieces.

Notes & tips


  1. Store for up to 1 week in an airtight container at room temperature.

  2. microwave tip 1: place walnuts in oven bag and twist the opening to seal. Cook, gently shaking bag every minute, for 3-4 minutes on High/ 850watts/100% or until lightly toasted.

  3. microwave tip 2: place chocolate in a clean, dry small heat-resistant, microwave-safe bowl. Heat, uncovered, stirring every minute with a metal spoon, for 3-4 minutes on Medium/ 500watts/50% or until melted.


Lidcombe Public School's Earth Day 2007 - kindergarten's happy feet penguin dance performance

Check out the Kindergarten's happy feet performance... how adorable to they look in the penguin costume?


Lidcombe Public School's Earth Day 2007 - other kids dressed up

Here are other kids dressed up in the environmental theme


Lidcombe Public School's Earth Day 2007 - more hummingbird cupcakes with hearts and cherry on top

And here are more cupcakes with hearts and cherries


Lidcombe Public School's Earth Day 2007 - stop air pollution


Lidcombe Public School's Earth Day 2007 - kindergarten class of 2007


August 26, 2007

black truffle salsa butter at home

I took a trip to David Jones' Food Hall this weekend... and to my surprise, there was 20% off all Tetsuya's packaged products! Hooray!

Tetsuya's Black Truffle Salsa from David Jones Food Hall

I picked up this gorgeous jar of Black Truffle Salsa for butter which was marked down to $18 :-)


And here's my home made black truffle salsa butter with parmesan... Tetsuya's style.

Black Truffle Salsa Butter, Tetsuya's style

Simple combine 40g salsa with 160g butter and 25g of finely grated parmesan cheese. Serve with warm bread rolls.

I'm on a high just smelling the delectable scent.

Check out Tetsuya's other products, or why not visit David Jones Food Hall this weekend?

You can also read about my recent visit to Tetsuya's here.

August 08, 2007

Roses Only

So, still feeling the after-effects of my recent birthday, I thought I'd post up a few more pics:

Roses Only box

Zen surprised me by sending this massive box to my workplace!


Roses Only - boxed stargazer lillies, rabbit, Lindt chocolates (60g), a small bottle of rose oil and a bag of pot pourri

In the box were a big bunch of stargazer lillies, a rabbit, Lindt chocs, rose oil and pot pourri...


Roses Only - stargazer lillies

So, they started to bloom...


Roses Only - stargazer lillies a few days later

and here they are a few days later... sweet smelling & so gorgeous!


Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape concert, July 30 2007

The day before, Sunny (sister's boy) bought me tixs to see Gwen Stefani! What an awesome present that was :-D

Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape concert, July 30 2007

There would be more pics up... but I've decided to pause on posting personal photos. You know, with all the scams going on with Facebook and MySpace users...

June 07, 2007

7 random food facts

ChocolateSuze has tagged me... so here are my seven random food facts:

  1. I was a white-meat vegetarian for a few years after watching an episode (Season 7, Episode 5) of The Simpsons
  2. I do not eat lamb, not because of my surname... but I can't stand the smell
  3. I hate skim milk! Pass me the full cream please
  4. I'm going to Tetsuya's to celebrate the first birthday of this blog (and my birthday) next month
  5. I absolutely adore any Carpaccio dish since having it served at its best at Yoshii
  6. Starchy foods are my weakness... as are shoes, desserts and all things pretty. But especially potatoes... wedges, hot chips with gravy, roast potatoes with sea salt and rosemary, Smith's Original Crisps or Nando's chips and their Peri-Peri sauce... *drools*
  7. I dislike washing dishes. I love to occassionally cook... but will refuse to wash up..hehe.. what a good wife i'd make! LOL

Now... due to my recent interest (not obsession) in Facebook... I will be tagging the following people in Facebook! It makes perfect sense doesn't it?
Zen, Jordan, Stacy, Erinna & David.

May 20, 2007

Sarah & David's wedding

You know you've grown older once you have attended the first wedding from your circle of friends...

Saturday afternoon was beautiful and crispy. The sky cleared up from Friday's rain and the sun was radiantly bathing us in warmth. We attended an awesome ceremony at the Baulkham Hills Hillsong Church... and later, hit the dance floor at Ambassador Lounge, Fairfield. Congratulations Sarah & David!

David & Sarah's wedding - waiting at the alter

David waits at the alter


David & Sarah's wedding - bridesmaid

Bridesmaid


David & Sarah's wedding - walking down the aisle

Walking down the aisle...


David & Sarah's wedding -  hand in hand

Hand in hand


David & Sarah's wedding - walking out as husband and wife

Walking out as husband and wife!!!


David & Sarah's wedding - happy couple

Newly weds happily pose


David & Sarah's wedding - pretty flowers

Pretty flowers


David & Sarah's wedding -  five boys -Alan Tran, Zen Huang, William Ly, Terence Vuong, William Lieu

The boys... Alan, Zen, Will Ly, Terence & Will Lieu


David & Sarah's wedding - NJ and Alan

NJ & Alan


David & Sarah's wedding - maiden of honour and her man

Maiden of honour & her man...


David & Sarah's wedding -  Jennifer Lam and Zen Huang

Me and Zen


David & Sarah's wedding - Rolls Royce

Ooh... ahh... a Rolls Royce


David & Sarah's wedding - with the bride and groom - [L-R] Zen Huang, David Tang, Sarah James, Jennifer Lam

With the bride and groom


David & Sarah's wedding - Reception at Ambassador Lounge

Reception at Ambassador Lounge


David & Sarah's wedding -  Bride and Groom cut the ribbon

Bride and groom cut the ribbon


David & Sarah's wedding - chicken caesar salad

Entree... chicken caesar salad


David & Sarah's wedding - Beef adana kebab with sweet chilli sauce, salad and rice

Starter - option one... Beef adana kebab with sweet chilli sauce, salad and rice


David & Sarah's wedding - crepe

Starter - option two... crepe


David & Sarah's wedding - fish

Mains - option one... here fishy fishy fishy...


David & Sarah's wedding - chicken, prawn, creamy sauce

Mains - option two... chicken, prawns, potatoes with a cream sauce


David & Sarah's wedding - apple and blackcurrent tart

Dessert! Apple and blackcurrent tart.


David & Sarah's wedding - the cake

The cake


David & Sarah's wedding - group shot

Group shot...

I can't believe the big day is over. Wonder who's turn it is to get hitched next?

May 12, 2007

Sarah's bridal shower

At her new unfurnished place, there were blueberry and choc-chip cupcakes, cheese, crackers and dips, lingerie and more. So while i'm recovering from this loss of appetite, my persistence to photograph everything I eat has died. Here's the only photo I ended up taking -

Sarah's bridal shower... Chanthu, Jennifer and Sarah
Chanthu, me and Sarah... There's a strange glare on my nose!

clubbing @ UN

Clubbing at UN - Jennifer Lam, Jenny Lam and Alicia Shum

Just got in, after an hour of lining up! Me, in my new coat, Jenny & Alicia


Clubbing at UN - dancers and crowd

dancers and crowd


Clubbing at UN - Jenny, Jennifer, Jodie and Alicia

All smiles on the dance floor


Clubbing at UN - Alicia, Jody and Jen

Alicia, Jodie and me


Clubbing at UN - Jennifer, Jenny and Alicia

me, Jenny & Alicia


Clubbing at UN - all of us girls

Jodie, me, Alicia and Jenny



UN
33 Oxford St, DARLINGHURST
(02) 9267 7036

April 25, 2007

Turning two at Hunter Valley

Hoorah! A mini weekend getaway to celebrate the office's second birthday.

Friday 11.30am, last week, we all hopped on a coach to Hunter Valley. Two and a bit hours later, we wined and dined at Pepper Tree Vineyards, Tamburlaine, Petersonhouse, Hunter Valley Chocolate Company, Harrigan's Irish Pub and Oishii Restaurant! Talk about an action-packed weekend.

So... at the first wine tasting, I bought a lush dessert wine... it was sweet as honey: 2005 Boytrytis Semillon. I must admit though -I'm not at all a wine expert. After a while, they all taste the same. Here's what we swirled, sniffed, gargled and sipped...

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Pepper Tree Wines

At Pepper Tree Wines:
Whites
2006 Limited Release Hunter Semillon
2004 Reserve Wrattonbully Chardonnay
Reds
2005 Limited Release Hunter Shiraz
2002 Coonawarra Classics
Fortified
2005 Limted Release Botrytis Semillon
2004 Limited Release Wrattonbully Liqueur Merlot


Next was Tamburlaine Organic Vineyards. Ooh, so do organic wines give you less of a hangover? Apparently so, if drunk in moderation... because of its low sulphur dioxide content.

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: organic cheese plate with Morphys' chutney at Tamburlaine Vineyards

Along with the wines, we had the pleasure of nibbling on some organic cheeses and chutney. Wine tastes so much better with food.


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Tamburlaine, growing organically

Tamburlaine, growing organically...


All throughout Hunter Valley were cute gardens and cosy cottages. Outside Petersonhouse were these adorable lanterns and garden chairs...

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Petersonhouse, lanterns and garden chairs


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: lovely cottages and cute gardens


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley, private tasting at Petersonhouse, sparkling wine... cheers

Cheers! [L - R] Xiaohan, May, Karen, me, Adam & Hazim


Inbetween the wine tasting, I craved something solid and starchy... so at Harrigan's Pub, we ordered 2 giant servings of wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce and another 2 giant bowls of fries with tomato sauce. The wedges weren't anything fancy... but they definately were cut the perfect size. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch.

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce at Harrigan's Pub

Wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce (Harrigan's Pub)


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Hunter Valley Chocolate Company

Chocolates at the Hunter Valley Chocolate Company


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: chocolates on display at the Hunter Valley Chocolate Company

And more chocolates on display...


A full day of vineyard hopping left me exhausted. Here's the view from our room at Harrigan's Pub. You never get to see this much of the sky in Sydney.

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: view of vineyards from our room at Harrigan's Pub


Dinner was at 8. Oishii Restaurant sits within Tempus Two's ultra-modern landscape. However, the food was average... so I didn't bother with any notes. Photos are below if you're still interested.

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: dinner at Oishii Restaurant

Oishii Japanese & Thai Restaurant


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: toast

Sally makes a toast


And then Ben, Hazim, Adam and Mat decided to see what gravity could do to their face...

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: gravity pulls you down

Pepper Tree Wines
Halls Road, Pokolbin
Phone: (02) 4998 7539
Web: www.peppertreewines.com.au

Tamburlaine Vineyard
358 McDonalds Road Pokolbin
Phone:: (02) 4998 7570
Web: www.tamburlaine.com.au

Peterson Sparkling Wine House
Corner of Broke Road & Wine Country Drive, Pokolbin
Phone: (02) 4998 7881
Web: www.petersonhouse.com.au

Hunter Valley Chocolate Company
Corner of Broke Road & Wine Country Drive, Pokolbin
Phone: (02) 4998 7221

Harrigan's Pub
Broke Road, Pokolbin
Web: www.hvg.com.au/harrigans_pub.asp

Oishii Japanese & Thai Restaurant
Tempest Two Winery, Pokolbin
Web: www.tempustwo.com.au

More pics & bits on Hunter Valley below.

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