Author: Graeme Kemlo

Mobile Roaming Tips

How do you save money when you use your mobile phone overseas?  That’s easy you can save a fortune on your next overseas trip by using a pre-paid Global SIM Card in your phone? Do you know...

Take Away Slow Food

Philippe Mouchel may just be the new take-away king of the Melbourne CBD, but it is far from fast food. The Frenchman who was once head chef for the legend Paul Bocuse in Lyon...

A Great Day to Fly

Arriving at London’s Heathrow Airport, after 24 plus hours travelling from Oz; produces all sorts of emotions and those emotions affect almost everything that happens over the next few days.  Most of us arrive...

Travel TechTip#1 – iPad

As a road warrior, travel writer/photographer and long-time tech reporter, I am a gadget magnet. According to Encarta dictionary, a gadget is either (1) ingenious – a small device that performs or aids a...

Playing Safe

Imagine being taken ill in a foreign country; imagine being rushed off to a local hospital, to be a looked after in a medical system you know nothing about and then being told that...

Chef Renato's risotto secrets

Renato’s Risotto Riservato

A little slice of Venice came to Melbourne last week, bringing with it the riservato (secret) to perfect risotto al dente. Renowned as the risotto king at home, Renato Piccolotto, executive chef at the...

condiments

Nouvelle salt and pepper

It was hard to miss at the media luncheon hosted by Swissôtel last week in Melbourne – the traditional condiments had been usurped, replaced by a triple play of seasonings in dark green, pale...

Welcome back

Welcome back

Due to public demand we have reinvigorated this blog, which was first published in 2012 as FoodWineTravelTips featuring fresh tips, trips and news you can use from our team of professional writers on Food, Wine,...