Asia food festival launches

 Food lovers gathered at the impressive Chinese restaurant China Republic on the edge of Chinatown for the launch Asia On Your Doorstep. Above Lord Mayor Clover Moore with Sydney MP Alex Greenwich presided over the opening ceremony to launch a month of wonderful Asian food events that draws tens of thousands of locals and tourists. Pictured above are also are lawyer Julie Singleton and socialites Diana Hamill and Glen Marie Frost who joined into the spirit along with many Asia media and some very impressive Consul Generals from Thailand, China and Indonesia. For more details of where events are happening go to the website Asia on Your Doorstep.

Virginnia Judge and Mel Nathan   Virginnia Greville and China Consul General Li Huaxin    Terry Potijak and the ABC's Tony Delroy

Taking Over

Judy & Michael McMahon                   Cristian & Jane King    

The popular Eastern Suburb's newspaper Latte Life continues in it's campaign to become the area's most read newspaper now distributing over 50,000 copies from Watsons Bay to Surry Hills, outstripping it's Fairfax rival. And it's only taken 3 short years.

Shari Lee Hitchcock & Dallen Nickols,Aaron Zerefos and pal

Under the stewardship of publisher Jane King, Latte Life began as a newsletter and quickly morphed into a newspaper which breaks stories- the latest issue with an exclusive tale on a security lapse during the recent visit of HRH Prince Harry and a shocking expose about foreign students being forced to clean offices for no pay. Plus a few ruffled feathers with Wentworth MP Malcolm Turnbull a bit miffed about a story from the last issue.
 All this success was a good reason to throw a birthday bash at the exclusive Hugo's Lounge in Kings Cross and naturally the Shuttle was only too happy to celebrate along with friends, staff and advertisers. Joining the throng, Watson Bay party gal Shari Lee Hitchcock, Theo Onosforou, Rose Bay restaurant owners Michael & Judy McMahon, Fiji Water honcho Aaron Zerefos and cartoonist Mike Lodge.
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Lord Mayor Clover Moore hosted and SBS presenter Lee Lin Chin officiated at a party to launch the City of Sydney's Asia On Your Doorstep, a celebration of the amazing and inviting variety of Asian restaurants on offer in the Emerald City.
In the recently decorated and very grand Lord Mayor’s Reception Room at Sydney Town Hall, Consuls and Ambassadors from a number of our Asian neighbours joined locals like Kerri Anne Kennerly , PR powerhouse Deidre O'Loghlin, Glen Marie Frost, NSW Tourism Minister George Souris MP and Masterchef winner Adam Liaw, along with top foodies Joanna Savill, Maeve O'Meara, some media types like Susie Elelman and Indira Naidoo and one of Sydney's nicest couples, Sir James & Lady Hardy.

Susie Elelman & Adam Liau           Clover Moore & George Souris MP      Sir James & Lady Hardy, Di Hamill

                                                                                 

 Lee Lin Chin must be the most elegantly dressed newsreader on Australian TV as you can see from our pic here with Indira Naidoo- and note  her superb Jimmy Choo pumps.


Go to the official Asia On Your Doorstep website to find participating venues and you could win a trip to Thailand.