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Sydney Morning Herald
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
This old-school Chinese restaurant is one of our critic's favourite places to eat spring rolls
Inside, it's a soft-lit capsule of longevity symbols, floral wallpaper and red lanterns, an all-are-welcome time-warp of scalloped tablecloths, CorningWare plates and two stunning artworks in lightboxes. This is the oldest surviving Chinese restaurant in Bowral, opened in the mid-1970s and now run by Teresa Wong, a calm presence on the floor. Her husband, Michael, has ruled the kitchen since the last owners figured it was time to retire about 12 months ago. After two visits over a weekend in May, it has become one of my favourite places to eat spring rolls. At lunch, the only sounds come from an air-conditioner, the clang-clang of ladle on wok, and the quiet chat of two boys in suits – fresh from Holy Communion – sharing sizzling lamb with their mother and nan. The prawn toast tastes like prawn toast. The fried rice tastes like fried rice. The black vinegar pork ribs taste like a cinnamon doughnut. Dinner is a more animated affair, largely thanks to a waitress who likes to sing along to You Can Call Me Al. A group of local Rodd & Gunn enthusiasts are on their second bottle of Rockford Basket Press; an old bloke in tracksuit pants inhales some form of curry. Meanwhile, our table is into the xiao long bao dumplings – brothy little belters – and juicy, yielding pot-stickers. At the end of a long carte ranging from '$45 Banquet A' to 'Banana Fritter', there's a small collection of dishes handwritten in Mandarin – a handy go-to, Teresa says, for any Chinese tourists or expats less inclined to split a mixed entree and combination satay. We roll the dice on beef hor fun from this section and the wide noodles come out smoky, savoury and sweet, textured with the crunch of bean sprouts and spring onion. Good one.
The Age
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
This old-school Chinese restaurant is one of our critic's favourite places to eat spring rolls
Inside, it's a soft-lit capsule of longevity symbols, floral wallpaper and red lanterns, an all-are-welcome time-warp of scalloped tablecloths, CorningWare plates and two stunning artworks in lightboxes. This is the oldest surviving Chinese restaurant in Bowral, opened in the mid-1970s and now run by Teresa Wong, a calm presence on the floor. Her husband, Michael, has ruled the kitchen since the last owners figured it was time to retire about 12 months ago. After two visits over a weekend in May, it has become one of my favourite places to eat spring rolls. At lunch, the only sounds come from an air-conditioner, the clang-clang of ladle on wok, and the quiet chat of two boys in suits – fresh from Holy Communion – sharing sizzling lamb with their mother and nan. The prawn toast tastes like prawn toast. The fried rice tastes like fried rice. The black vinegar pork ribs taste like a cinnamon doughnut. Dinner is a more animated affair, largely thanks to a waitress who likes to sing along to You Can Call Me Al. A group of local Rodd & Gunn enthusiasts are on their second bottle of Rockford Basket Press; an old bloke in tracksuit pants inhales some form of curry. Meanwhile, our table is into the xiao long bao dumplings – brothy little belters – and juicy, yielding pot-stickers. At the end of a long carte ranging from '$45 Banquet A' to 'Banana Fritter', there's a small collection of dishes handwritten in Mandarin – a handy go-to, Teresa says, for any Chinese tourists or expats less inclined to split a mixed entree and combination satay. We roll the dice on beef hor fun from this section and the wide noodles come out smoky, savoury and sweet, textured with the crunch of bean sprouts and spring onion. Good one.
USA Today
11-06-2025
- Lifestyle
- USA Today
Vintage casserole dishes are selling for thousands. Here's why.
Vintage casserole dishes are selling for thousands. Here's why. Show Caption Hide Caption Fried food recipes to celebrate any holiday No matter the holiday, fried food brings the party. Get 7 crave-worthy recipes and smart frying tips to make it all golden. The Pyrex dishes that became staples in mothers' and grandmothers' kitchens decades ago is making a comeback. The iconic yet durable crockery has become something of a collectible in recent years, akin to baseball cards or coins, appearing on third-party resell websites like the ghost of a holiday past. "In our house, Pyrex was more than cookware; it was practically part of the family," Bella Bucchiotti, a food and lifestyle blogger and vlogger, told the Associated Press. "My mom's thrifted treasures, especially her prized Snowflake Blue casserole dish, always showed up at birthdays and holidays, each with its own backstory, and those colorful dishes still remind me of the laughter around the table." While it is not surprising that the beloved product would once again surge in popularity, given its quality and retro look, the price tag for the intricate casserole dishes sure is. One "La Marjolaine" dish, a pattern from CorningWare's 1970 "The Spice of Life" collection, is listed for over $88,000 on eBay as of Wednesday, June 11. The item was in four shoppers' carts, and over 200 have shown interest in the vintage Pyrex dish, according to the listing reviewed by USA TODAY. The "Spice of Life" designs, which include the "La Marjolaine," like the "L'Echalote," may have been the second most-produced CorningWare Pattern; they are also one of the rarest and most valuable today, according to Valuable Antique Detector. "The 'Spice of Life' casseroles are among the few CorningWare patterns that'll fetch you four figures today," Valuable Antique Detector reports. Vintage Pyrex prices vary; many sell for less than $100 While it's unlikely that a consumer would buy a casserole dish or a set of casserole dishes from CorningWare's "Spice of Life" collection for over $1,000, other listings are priced similarly. For example, a casserole dish with a "L'Echalote La Marjolaine," another CorningWare "Spice of Life" design and inscription, complete with a glass lid, which as of June 11 is listed for $25,000. Or the $9,000 CorningWare "Blue Cornflower" dish from 1958. The price range for CorningWare's Pyrex dishes, at least on eBay, is anywhere from $10 to over $80,000. Though consumers likely keep the nostalgia and rarity of the crockery in mind when browsing, very few purchase vintage Pyrex plates, sets, cups or lids for more than a couple of hundred bucks or less.
USA Today
08-03-2025
- Automotive
- USA Today
Corning's pioneering glass technologies are leading the automotive industry
Corning's pioneering glass technologies are leading the automotive industry The subject of today's episode, Corning, isn't exactly a company that you'd normally associate with cars. If fact, when most of us think of Corning, cooking is likely the first thing that springs to mind, specifically brands such as CorningWare and Pyrex cookware. But Corning sold off that part of the business way back in 1998. When it comes to Corning these days, it's more about its products like Gorilla Glass. Do you own an iPhone? The glass is from Corning. Odds are high your Samsung Galaxy phone uses it, too. As for the tie-in with automotive, in recent years Gorilla Glass has also been famously used for both the windshield of the Jeep Wrangler and the rear window of the Porsche 911 GT3 RS. And as you'll hear, Corning has also been thinking long and glass hard about the future of the machines that will move us from place to place, with one of the key people driving that future being the VP and GM of Corning Automotive Glass Solutions, Mike Kunigonis. So, why are we speaking to Mike? Two reasons. The recent CES introduction of Fusion5 Glass and Corning's plan to get optical fiber into passenger vehicles. More automotive technology: With Honda out, who saves Nissan? Possibly a company that makes iPhones Fusion5 Glass is Corning's latest automotive glass product that's designed to better resist impacts, weigh less, and make it easier for ADAS systems to function. If you've ever had to replace a windshield, you know the cost involved, and that cost is rising. Corning claims Fusion5 can handle sharp impacts twice as well as conventional automotive glass. For a variety of reasons, not the least of which is electrification, cars are getting heavier. Saving weight any and everywhere is key, and lighter glass helps. And as cars and drivers become more and more reliant on varying levels of autonomy, any lens or sensor looking out from the inside needs to be able to see through the glass as clearly as possible. In case you missed it: Fast wireless EV charging? It's coming. But just as if not more exciting — at least from our admittedly geeky perspective — is Corning's push to get optical fiber into passenger vehicles. Better known as fiber optic cable (think Fios), optical fiber offers several advantages for carmakers and the resulting products. For one, weight. A single fiber optic cable could essentially replace most of the copper wiring inside a vehicle; in extreme cases like the Mercedes-Benz G-Class SUV we're talking some 2-miles worth. Aside from weight, optical cables can also move much larger packets of data. This is crucial given that the amount of data the cars of the near future will produce, use, and transmit up to and down from the cloud is expected to grow tenfold, with 100 gigabyte data packets potentially becoming the norm. Not only will optical fiber allow this (and more), but it also has the potential to future proof cars and car design. There's an environmental angle as well — with a dramatic reduction in copper use the mining of it also lessens. Interested in hearing what Corning Automotive Glass Solutions is up to? Then you love this listening to this episode. Or better yet, watch it! Why not both? You can watch the vodcast right here or on our YouTube channel. If audio is your thing, download the podcast here or wherever you listen to your podcasts. If you like it, please tell your friends, share us on social media, like the video, and don't forget to give us a five-star review. Better yet, ask us a question, and if we use if on an episode, we'll send you some MotorTrend/The InEVitable swag. We hope you enjoyed this episode about the future of glass and the car. Remember, we'll be back next soon with another fresh episode of The InEVitable! Photos by MotorTrend
