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“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” - Virginia Woolf

Such literary luminaries as Roddy Doyle and Jeanette Winterson are in Sydney this week for the annual The Sydney Writer’s Festival, which kicked off on Monday and runs until 20th May. We love a good read at Delivery Hero. In fact there’s nothing better on a weekend than nestling into the couch with some takeaway Thai food and a good book. We’ll be heading to the writers festival to find what some of Australia’s best-loved authors like Kate Grenville and David Malouf have been up to. And of course we want to know what their favourites dishes are! In the mean time, here’s the low-down on some of our fav Aussie and international authors.

Image by Moriza; Flickr

Anita Heiss – Salt and Pepper Squid   Australian Indigenous author, Dr. Anita Heiss (“I’m Not a Racist, But…”), describes herself as ‘a concrete Koori with Westfield dreaming’. She writes poetry, academic texts, books for children and chicklit novels. While Dr. Heiss admits she doesn’t cook much, when she does head into the kitchen, kangaroo is on the menu! Otherwise chocolate rates as one of her favourite things, and she says her last meal would be salt’n'pepper squid (that”s definitely one of our favourites too!) You can catch Dr. Heiss talking about her latest book with Anne Summers today at the Sydney Writer’s Festival. (more…)

To celebrate our Mum’s, Delivery Hero is giving $5 OFF all orders on Sunday using the VOUCHER CODE: SUPERMUM05

At Delivery Hero we love our Mums! And even though there’s an official Mum appreciation day once a year, cue Mother’s Day, we reckon you should show your Mum some love all year round!

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Chances are, you weren’t an instant foodie or passionate food experimenter. More likely you came into this world without sophisticated taste buds, happy to gobble up your fruit loops and milk for breakfast rather than sit over eggs benedict with tangy hollandaise sauce and a glass of freshly squeezed pomegranate juice. But as we mature so do our thousands of taste buds, giving us opportunities to enjoy our daily life through amazing flavours.

And somewhere along the line we’ve experienced ‘wow food moments’ as we’ve tried our fair share of new (and strange) ingredients and dishes, and developed a more refined palate. This wow moment is the instant when we taste something for the first time, and become forever hooked. It could be entirely new to us, or some dish we’ve tried before but really taste it for the first time again. My most memorable wow moment was the time I tasted Indonesian food, and never looked back. (more…)

If you guessed a crazy karaoke costume party then you sound awesome and we should go out some time, but you would also be wrong. The DH night out was celebrated in the only way we really know how, with a huge magnificent dinner party!

During the evening while the plates were arriving to the table and the wine was flowing freely (someone knocked a bottle over), this roving photographer thought it could be the perfect time to catch some of the team out with some sneaky embarrassing shots to show you all. You know the kind- eyes half open, awkward lean, photobombed etc. etc. (more…)

For centuries foodies and gourmands have taken great pleasure in pairing the finest wines with the most exquisite cuisines, and no wonder – a complimentary drop can add a whole new level of flavour and body to a meal. But what about beer? With boutique breweries popping up in virtually every area of the world, it’s about time that we started taking the amber fluid seriously as a way to enhance the flavours of a delicious dining experience, so Delivery Hero has done the (naturally) heroic thing and come up with a list of the best Australian beers to match with takeaway cuisine from around the world!

Beer and Edamame by adactio; Flickr

Type of Takeaway – Thai

Restaurant – @Home Thai

Cuisine – Pad Thai   A favourite Thai fried Rice Noodle with Egg, Tofu, Bean Sprouts & Peanuts

Type of Beer – Pilsner

Boutique Beer option – Hix Pilsner   Hix Pilsner is a German-style pilsener made from both local and imported malted grains. It has a subtle aroma, a light bready / cracker-like taste and a dash of bitterness and floral flavours. Add in a high-level of carbonation and this is a perfect brew for a Pad Thai.

Mainstream Beer option – Coopers 62 Pilsner   The Coopers 62 brings a golden colour and dense, rich head. Hopped using a combo of Saaz and Hersbrucker varieties, the flavour is medium-bodied and the 62 is well-fermented to produce a nicely balanced pilsner that sits next to a plate of Pad Thai like they were meant to be together. (more…)