Food & Drink Reviews

There's been a rise in Hong Kong style cafes, also known as cha chaan teng's in Sydney the past few years. They usually follow the same formula: a bold and bright aesthetic bordering on kitschy simulating the streets of Hong Kong and a box ticking…

Pistou wine bar and eat in deli sits snuggly on the St Peters end of King Street Newtown. With a distinctively French Provencial feel we were totally enarmour…

Cafe Freda's is the almost grown up evolution of late night underground bar Freda's. And now that it's out in the open at prominent Darlinghurst position Taylor Square, Cafe Freda's has not only brought 'too hip to be square' into…

You need a strategy to dine at Mr Stonebowl. Their Burwood restaurant is ridiculously popular, so it’s best to arrive close to when it opens at 5pm. What the people queue for are well-priced, well-presented, contemporary Chinese dishes, often em…

Thai Nesia has been part of the fabric of Oxford Street — now dubbed the Rainbow Precinct — since I was in primary school. They make no bones about being queer friendly, with a satiny rainbow flag the first thing that c…

In the long run, I haven't been much enarmoured with eating in Parramatta, particularly the ubiquitous though innocuous offerings on the Church Street strip. Luckily I've turned a corner, and discovered the stand out Kouzino Greco i…

Xi’an is a large city in Shaanxi Province in northwestern China. You might know it for its famous attraction: the terracotta soldiers. Xi’an also marks the beginning of the Silk Road, so the city’s cuisine employs the abundance of traded spi…

The Dixon Street pedestrian mall hasn’t really recovered from the global pandemic. Visiting for a Sunday lunch with friends, it’s largely devoid of outdoor tables: even the touters are gone. This is despite City of Sydney finding, late last ye…

Dubbed Thai Town for its high concentration of Thai restaurants and businesses, the stretch of Campbell Street between George Street and the railway is alive with outdoor diners on a Thursday night. Pass by the big names, like the ever-popular Cha…

With subdued signage — a simple gold plate — Cricca is a warm and welcome escape from the Windsor Mall. While folks outside lined up for burgers in hoodies to counter the icy wind, we were greeted with pumpkin crostini topped with gorgonzola a…