Food & Drink Reviews
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Black Bottle
Food & Drink Reviews
There are two ways to cook calamari chef Raphael Szurek explains when I praise his cooking, either very fast or slow. He’s opted for the quick method in grilled calamari ($24) where translucent white loops mingle with Brazilian kiss peppers, cho… -
Alfie's
Food & Drink Reviews
Liquid and Larder, the team behind Bistecca and The Gidley have opened up a new restaurant Alfie's, looking to upend the steakhouse market in Sydney. I wonder if it's a coincidence that if you line up the venues together, the acronym spells out BA… -
Martinez
Food & Drink Reviews
Circular Quay seems to be getting most of the newest restaurant openings in Sydney, and Martinez is its latest addition by the House Made Hospitality group. The concept is an al fresco terrace with its own menu and a dining area sitting inside Qua… -
Fabbrica Bread Shop
Food & Drink Reviews
Fabbrica have expanded into bread following the success of their COVID-19 pivot weekend bread shop at their flagship CBD pasta and wine joint. Employing the same name, Fabbrica Bread Shop, you’ll find this bricks’n’mortar bakery taking up re… -
Salma’s Canteen
Food & Drink Reviews
A red brick facade in Rosebery hides quite the treasure. Salma’s Canteen - named for co-owner Michael Rantissi’s (Kepos Street Kitchen) Mum - will make you fall in love with salad. And if, by some twist of fate you’re immune to the charms of… -
Chica Chica
Food & Drink Reviews
With rattan lamp shades and wall hangings, and a washed-out coastal colour palate, Chica Chica sits well after a day at the nearby Ettalong beach. Sun-kissed salty skin always makes me want margaritas, and this first floor restaurant obliges with … -
Nu'u By Nativo
Food & Drink Reviews
Oaxacan food in a mezcal bar in Glebe? Colour me excited! writes Sydney Scoop reviewer Jackie McMillan. -
NEW RAJA Restaurant
Food & Drink Reviews
Beautifully balanced cocktails infused with Indian-inspired flavours and ingredients paved the way for a flavoursome adventure at Raja Restaurant. Using coriander and desert lime in a pineapple and tequila-based Juhu Marg ($22) rounds it out nicel… -
Haven Beach Kiosk
Food & Drink Reviews
With a beach, a boat ramp, and a Norfolk Island pine, Haven Beach Kiosk on NSW Central Coast summons lazy summer days. -
Mangkon RD
Food & Drink Reviews
You might associate chewy fried turnip cakes more with Chinese cuisine than Thai, but borders are porous, and just like Sydney, Bangkok has its own Chinatown where locally-geared hybrid dishes are created. You can eat rice cake seafood ($24.90) at… -
Café Ronto
Food & Drink Reviews
You can see the Ottolenghi effect — the championing of vegetables — in the breakfast dishes at Cafe RONTO. True to his time in the UK working under the famous Yottam Ottolenghi, Hungarian-born owner and chef, Gary Ronto, draws from diverse inf… -
Cheng’s Xi’an Traditional Foods, Burwood
Food & Drink Reviews
Now that I no longer travel as much as I used to, one of my pleasures in life is going to a restaurant I've never been to before that caters to the local community, and very much like if I were doing this abroad, trying to work out what to order i… -
Shahi Dining
Food & Drink Reviews
In Rouse Hill, people with Indian ancestry make up 8.2 per cent of the population: well above the NSW (3.2%) and Australian (3.1%) figures. All communities need places to celebrate, and for the Indian diaspora in Rouse Hill, Shahi Dining… -
Joh-Eun-Nal
Food & Drink Reviews
Lidcombe has a bewildering array of Korean restaurants located in a relatively small, double-sided shopping strip on the south side of the station. With convenient angle parking as well as a multi-storey car park, it’s easy to s… -
Salam Café + Restaurant
Food & Drink Reviews
At Salam Cafe & Restaurant in Auburn you can experience their bilateral relationship on a plate between neighbouring Ethiopian and Somali, writes Sydney Scoop restaurant reviewer Jackie McMillan. -
Ikura Canterbury
Food & Drink Reviews
Don’t let the big burst of lobster salad catch you unawares as you bite into a crisp zucchini flower ($12/2) at Ikura Canterbury. They were my meal highlight at this tiny new Japanese fusion restaurant in Canterbury, though spurting bright orang… -
Co Ba
Food & Drink Reviews
If you've spent as much time in Marrickville as I have, you'd know the 300 metre strip on Illawarra Road between Marrickville Road and Petersham Road serves some of the most accessible Vietnamese cuisine in Sydney. In such a small… -
Self Raised Bread Shoppe
Food & Drink Reviews
The suburbs can surprise you. Carlton isn’t particularly known for its eateries, but Self Raised Bread Shoppe is attracting people from far and wide. This bakery-cafe is the brainchild of Sal Sanan and siblings, Amani and Hussein Rachid. If youâ… -
Dunes By Dish
Food & Drink Reviews
With the weather busting straight through early spring and directly into mid-summer, Dunes by Dish was the place to be last weekend. The long, white and plainly furnished dining room gives off a cafeteria vibe bar for the magnificent view. Sitting… -
Sto Lat (Polish Club - Klub Polski)
Food & Drink Reviews
Three weeks after the late completion of their whole building renovation, Sto Lat, at the Polish Club/ Klub Polski Ashfield, is cooking at the top of its game. This complete rebuild, said to have cost something in the tune of $72 million, sees the…