Vanessa Levis — Three to One Magazine

Mat the owner tells me the idea for Wilbur's Place was inspired by the road side Porchetta vans that you see in Italy where you can get hot delicious Porchetta served on rolls. (Something really sweet and really simple!)

The menu at Wilbur's Place changes frequently. Right now, stop by for the Suckling Pig, a dish inspired by the owner's recent trip to Bubi Guling, in Ubud, Bali. The suckling pig, is served with Chestnuts, Sprouts and Butternut Pumpkin.

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VISIT WILBUR'S PLACE AT 6 Llankelly Pl, Kings Cross, (02) 9332 2999, wilbursplace.com.

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY VANESSA LEVIS

VANESSA LEVIS is a Bondi based photographer originally from Castle Hill. Her favorite childhood food obsession was with peaches, and her favorite pastime, (up until she had kids!) was surfing. Vanessa's favorite restaurant is Sushi Suma, where she loves to order the Agadashi Tofu. Her client's include Gourmet Traveller, Sunday Life Magazine, various Cookbooks and Martha Stewart Living. If there is one thing that she would love to do but cannot, is fly!

CHECK OUT HER WORK HERE.

IF IT'S SYDNEY IN FEBRUARY, IT MUST BE SUMMER! While we're enjoying fluctuating temps on the east coast, that mirror a slightly colder Summer, in Sydney, it actually is Summer. Photographer Vanessa Levis was telling me how addictive the cool and intensely fruity Pure Pops are purchased from the Bondi farmers market. They're all natural, hand-crafted, with no artificial flavors or preservatives and they don't really melt! (as a mother, I know what a lure this is, how many times do you succumb to the popsicle and end up with your child covered from head to tail in sticky liquid?) They use the best seasonal fruit (Vanessa's daughter Sophia, says the Watermelon and Lime literally tastes like your eating a watermelon) and they keep their sugar content really low. Some of their flavors include: Watermelon and Lime, Strawberry Rhubarb, Vanilla Ripple, Blood Orange and Pine-Lime with Young Coconut Splice. They also do a shaved ice with home made cordial. Honestly I would fly to Sydney in a second if I knew that someone had replicated a more organic form of my beloved Pine-Lime Splice from childhood. (That's Pineapple/Lime Ice with a strip of pure Coconut Milk ice-cream). It's nice to think that someone thought to bring back the 70's version of Summer on a stick.

Pure Pops For info on Pure Pops click here.

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All photographs by Vanessa Levis. (Other than top photograph, which was shot for Pure Pops by William Meppem.)

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