Food & Drink Reviews

  • Tutto Vero

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Legend has it that Pizza Margherita was invented in June 1889 when Raffaele Esposito, the premier pizza maker in Naples at the time created a pizza to honour the visiting Queen Margherita of Savoy. While pizza was known in Naples, it was not a pop…
  • The Spice Route

    Food & Drink Reviews
    The Spice Route is a weekend pop-up at The Stable cafe at Dulwich Hill. Branching out from their daytime offering - that runs from smashed avo. to burgers - on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings they invite guests to journey wit…
  • The Bennelong Bar

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Shocked it had been six years between drinks, Jackie McMillan starts her holiday season 2023 at one of the best spots in town to enjoy a beverage: the Sydney Opera House.
  • Salty's

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Movement in Marrickville has seen Salty’s drop into the former Gong Cha. Before you worry about where you’ll get your interesting beverages from now, Salty’s drink list is pretty impressive. Their salty coffee ($7) - cà phê muối - is a r…
  • Kame House

    Food & Drink Reviews
    You can certainly feel the weight of restaurant reviews at Kame House: Gordon locals are flocking in to try the suburb’s newly hatted spot. They are weighing up options from the succinct 6 item menu based upon what Callan Boys ate. I know this b…
  • Kosta's Takeaway

    Food & Drink Reviews
    To understand the expansion juggernaut of Kosta's Takeaway - which recently opened two stores in Circular Quay and Rosebery less than six mon…
  • Gou Sushi ~ BYO wine only

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Maybe Jackie McMillan should have kept this sushi omikase a secret, yet here it is - her Sydney Scoop best restaurants review.
  • Sonora

    Food & Drink Reviews
    The next Sydney Mexican restaurant adventure by Jackie McMillan is Sonora Kings Cross (Potts Point).
  • La Bottega

    Food & Drink Reviews
    La Bottega offers all-day breakfast and lunch in an attractive indoor-outdoor setting in Leichhardt. Their footprint includes some coveted and well-spaced tables in a raised courtyard set back from busy Norton Street. Relaxing on …
  • Maggie's

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Jackie McMillan revisits a Kings Cross institution, for Austrian German fare at Maggie's restaurant.
  • Nguyen Garden

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Nguyen Garden offers a nice room for a mid-priced, midweek meal on one of those nights when it’s too hot or you’re too tired to contemplate cooking. Concrete minimalism is softened by plenty of foliage. The green carries through to the dishes,…
  • Easy Tiger

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Little pops of fluorescent colour from plastic water glasses inject some beachside fun into the burnt sienna colour palette of Easy Tiger Bondi Beach. They set the tone for this not-too-serious Southeast Asian eating house where you can choose you…
  • Fratelli Fresh ~ Entertainment Quarter

    Food & Drink Reviews
    With Sydney Spiegeltent in residence at the Entertainment Quarter for a year, you might be looking for a fast pre-theatre eat in the area. I gave Fratelli Fresh a whirl before Mansion, and they certainly can deliver a meal in fewer than forty-five…
  • Kopi Dates

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Fusion food can be a fickle thing. Sometimes you get social media fads like Big Mac tacos or ramen burgers that are a blip in the grand scheme of things, and sometimes you get things with staying power like banh mi, Filipino spaghetti, Japanese cu…
  • The Alley đường hẻm

    Food & Drink Reviews
    My dining companion is usually put off by staff memorising an order but he was strangely silent when it happened at The Alley đường hẻm. He was probably affording the older owner some latitude after he saved us from a parking fine in the rea…
  • Authentic KL Flavors

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Authentic KL Flavors moved their Western Sydney operation to Marrickville in late 2022. Beloved by the Malay community, it’s usually the plac…
  • Nativo Mexican Taqueria

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Dining at Nu'u by Nativo made me curious about owner-chef Manuel Diaz’s origin story. So I tracked down his initial taqueria, Nativo Mexican Taqueria in Pyrmont. It’s set in a little outdoor plaza over the John Street light rail stop, making i…
  • Peacock Gardens

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Peacock Gardens is the place to go for a perfect crab omelette ($37.80). Laden with fresh crab meat, this silky mound of delicately cooked egg is best acc…
  • Garam Merica

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Garam Merica originally started in Melbourne as a way for Corina Tan to offer Indonesian food for expats who missed the taste of home. As an expat myself, I can totally empathise with that when it comes to regional American specia…
  • St Blaise

    Food & Drink Reviews
    “Everybody knows,” Leonard Cohen croons mournfully from the speakers. I suspect, given the peculiar location of this tiny bistro, everybody may not know about it. We’re dining at St Blaise in Gizella Mall in Matraville. From Bunnerong road, …