Food & Drink Reviews
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Hearthe
Food & Drink Reviews
By now you probably know that Black Star founder and creator of their famous strawberry watermelon cake, Christopher Thé, has opened a cake shop and bakery in Stanmore. However Hearthe is more than just somewhere to eat cakes infused with a range… -
The Reverie Cat
Food & Drink Reviews
The oddly named Reverie Cat eats like half-remembered Vietnamese crafted with white people at the centre. Pâté, for example, has been judged too weird and consigned to daytime banh mi, in favour of skewers, spring rolls and fishcakes at night. … -
Lil Franky
Food & Drink Reviews
Lil Franky oozes hospitality, with brothers Franky and Mattia a big part of the attraction at this new Tempe pizzeria. The first thing I noticed while driving down the Princes Highway was the sign’s clever font work. Intrigued enough to look the… -
St Alma
Food & Drink Reviews
St Alma in Freshwater is one restaurant where you should not offer to be the designated driver. The booze list, kicking off with a good range of margaritas, is well chosen, well communicated and well-serviced across wine, beer, cocktails, and spir… -
Lago Cucina
Food & Drink Reviews
We dined upstairs with locals when we visited the recently rebadged Budgewoi Hotel. The light-filled, airy, neutral-toned Lago Cucina fills a gap in the local market for good quality, accessible Italian cuisine. With long tables, and more intimate… -
Ryde Wharf Markets
Food & Drink Reviews
If you’re after an eating market, Ryde Wharf Markets certainly fits the bill. Not only are the seventy or so stalls dominated by ones selling food and sweets designed to be eaten in situ, it also boasts plenty of places to sit and eat them. Low … -
Restaurant Ka
Food & Drink Reviews
Coasting over the line of dishes you can’t cook at home, Restaurant Ka, serves up paradise prawns pounded into paste and shaped into textural noodles. The eye-catching ribbons of orange and white—complemented by shiitake mushrooms, broccoli, a… -
Jbeil
Food & Drink Reviews
Striking white neon signage piqued my interest in Jbeil. The glass-fronted space, set at the base of a residential tower just off the busy intersection of the Hume Highway and Coronation Parade at Enfield, doesn’t give much away. However those w… -
Fich @ Petersham
Food & Drink Reviews
While a return visit to Fich didn’t quite live up to my memories of the first time, it does remain a suburban fish’n’chips shop you’d probably be happy to call your local. With their attention split between takeaway and dine-in, staff can … -
Kaiza Izakaya
Food & Drink Reviews
Chef Jason Nguyen is a young chef going places. For diners in the know, he’s putting out a special omakase menu at his Enmore-based Japanese diner, Kaiza Izakaya. Booked directly through him on … -
Ain't Nonna's
Food & Drink Reviews
With a succinct one-page menu offering snacks, three pastas, two mains, sides and desserts, Ain’t Nonna’s, delivers a contemporary Italian experience. The indoor-outdoor restaurant at the base of a medium density residential block in Wollongon… -
Gowings Bar
Food & Drink Reviews
Gowings Bar is up the elevator and through the QT hotel lobby - for cool smooth libations. -
Alchemy Polish Restaurant
Food & Drink Reviews
Here's the kind of feed you're craving as the weather gets cooler. Jackie McMillan knows how to pick 'em. -
ZhangJi “Fish Barrel” Eastwood
Food & Drink Reviews
The glass front of ZhangJi Eastwood is dominated by large white light-up sign saying “Fish Barrel”. And so it has come to be that the restaurant has lost its franchise moniker—ZhangJi—in favour of their specialty dish—wooden fish barrel… -
Tenacious Bakehouse
Food & Drink Reviews
Loaded croissants Tenacious Bakeries Darlinghurst, Jackie McMillan reports. -
Noi
Food & Drink Reviews
It's fascinating returning to restaurants where we've visited before. This boomerang is Noi Petersham reviewed by Jackie McMillan. -
Enjoy Mie
Food & Drink Reviews
Jackie McMillan goes in search of Indonesian satay at Enjoy Mie in Sussex Street. -
Filipino Food Movement at Paddy’s Night Markets
Food & Drink Reviews
Next up In the Sydney food adventures of Jackie McMillan she takes you to the Paddy's Filipino Food Movement night market, and predicts big things coming for trending Filipino food. -
Ocean Restaurant
Food & Drink Reviews
As beach days wind to a close for the season there’s still time to squeeze in a short break at another motel-meets-destination-restaurant couplet. Ocean Restaurant takes up prime position at the water’s edge of the Ocean Front Motel. Along wit… -
Filter Cafe Mortdale
Food & Drink Reviews
Unassumingly standing apart from the stock standard cafes, Filter Cafe Mortdale has its own unique personality.