Cheese Okonomiyaki With Chicken, $8

MAEDAYA serves these savoury "pancakes" exclusively at lunchtime. Hugely popular in Japan, they're perfect for izakaya-style dining - that is, a snacky but filling morsel to enjoy between sips of beer and shots of sake. The thick base is made from batter and cabbage and after being fried it's topped with a teriyaki-style sauce, sweet mayonnaise, spring onion, pickled ginger and chicken (or, if you choose, meat, seafood or vegetables). Cheese is optional, and while it might sound a little odd, ...

Bash The Plastic And Collect The Cash

Cash-back on credit cards can pay off, writes Debra Cleveland.

Passport To Success

The Suit Quality Test is a good guide for an overcall. Add the number of honours in the suit you want to bid to the number of cards in that suit. If

'why, Oh Why, Are They Showing Such Exaggerated Respect To A Young Bloke Like Me?'

TOMORROW morning I'll wake up and discover I've turned 50. Not that I haven't been warned. For the past few days I've received a slow stream of birthday cards, all of them tipping me off to the forthcoming event. "You're 50!" they say in various fonts, the letters often raised or even frosted with silver just to make sure the message gets through. Maybe the exclamation mark is a measure of their surprise that I've made it this far. Presumably, when I finally drop dead, my friends will all send ...

Sight Sight Sound Sound And And

Speech software is helping the vision-impaired navigate documents in much the same way a sighted person would, writes Cynthia Karena.

Cutting Debt Will Reduce Your Stress

TARGETING non-deductible debt is a sound and effective technique in the fight against financial stress.

Writing Letters A Dying Skill

YOU'VE got mail! It doesn't sound that exciting, really, but last week I got the kind of mail I am not used to getting.

Vegie Curry With Tofu, $8.80

Place: Zoom, Shop 10/50 Lonsdale Street, city, 9662 3217 Open: Mon-Fri,8am-4pm Cards: BC MC V Eftpos

No Excuses For Not Putting All The Cards On The Table

The contradictions raised by the gaming licences inquiry only proves the lack of proper supervision.

Player Report Cards Australia

RICKY PONTING (c) (576 runs at 82.28).

Blowing His Own Trumpet To Attract The Best

HE MIGHT have signed on with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, but jazz musician James Morrison is not cashing in his cool cards yet.

Gold Rush As Oz Rock Comes Out Of A Hard Place

OZ ROCK is in the middle of a new gold rush. It's not as if Melbourne three-piece Something for Kate has altered its sound radically since it signed with Sony in 1995. Rather, the musical landscape has changed over the past decade.

Prove Your Age

Philip Ruddock is onto something - compulsory ID cards would make it easier to get into bars, writes Dominic Knight.

Just A Sound Idea To Keep An Aircraft Up

There have been singing birthday cards, singing cowboys and even a singing detective.

Chill-out Class

Lured by the wallpaperish sounds of chill-out oozing from the sound system, the funky East-meets-West interior design, or maybe just the smell of good food, two members of The Target Audience have slipped across the threshold.

Sales Buoyant As City Rings To The Sound Of Tills

NOT all Melbourne men were soaking up the sun at the MCG yesterday. Some were at the sales.

Christmas Album Is On The Cards For Isaak

CHRIS ISAAK, October 16: WIN Entertainment Centre Chris Isaak is sitting in his San Francisco home, dripping wet.

Listen To The Bug

This odd-looking contraption is a radio. A digital radio, to be precise, which allows you to pause, rewind and record live radio broadcasts. It's called the Bug and is on display at the Domayne store in Alexandria as part of a digital radio centre showcase put together by Commercial Radio Australia. "The leap in sound quality and features from AM/FM analog radio to digital radio is comparable to the change when TV went from black and white to colour," said Joan Warner, chief executive of ...

Time For Some Plain Talking

WHY is it our federal leaders can't see the value in disclosing sound policy well in advance of elections?

Right, Said Fred, And A Unique Jazz Sound Was Born

A multi-talented musician has brought off a stunning collaboration, writes John Shand.