Restaurant Find: East London Sydney

1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) Modern Chinese above a pub: not necessarily the first thing Sydneysiders might think of for dinner. But East London, the restaurant that sits atop the London Hotel in Paddington, might just change their minds. The second-storey restaurant watches out over a four-way corner in the eastern neck of […]

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Restaurant Find: Sasaki Sydney

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If you weren’t looking for it (or if you didn’t know about it), you might be hard-pressed to find Sasaki, Yu Sasaki’s namesake Sydney restaurant. Since opening in April, the dinner-only venture ”“ Sasaki’s second; he also runs the matcha mecca Cre Asion café next door ”“ has turned out a menu inspired by the […]

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Cafe Find: Devon at Barangaroo Sydney

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With the closure of Devon’s Danks location in late 2016 came the call to reincarnate the venue elsewhere. Zacharay Tan took head chef Morris Baco to Barangaroo and Devon at Barangaroo Sydney was born, pairing much-loved favourites with a constantly developing environment. Hanging orb lights, wood tones, and tables and chairs from the former site […]

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Restaurant Find: Harry’s Bondi Sydney

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Harry’s Bondi, a former convenience store-turned-cafe-turned-restaurant off the main drag in Bondi Beach, serves some of the best hotcakes in town. Chef Bryan Callaghan is all about dietary awareness, serving gluten-free, sugar-free dishes rich with nutrition and edible flowers. His plant-based dishes don’t skimp on size; they’re full-bodied in flavour and colour. Quinoa fritters (a […]

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Restaurant Find: Lucky Suzie Sydney

Zacharay Tan has a talent for synthesis. At Lucky Suzie Sydney, he combines the best of his other venues (Devon Cafe’s cosiness, the style and creativity of recently-closed Devon on Danks, and the forward-thinkingness of recently-opened Devon at Barangaroo) with a heavy dose of passion and a stellar team. The fit out, like the other […]

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Restaurant Hotspot: Bistrot Gavroche Sydney

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Let’s skip straight to dessert. It’s worth considering the art of the Paris-Brest: a crunchy, sweet ring of pastry, filled with a hazelnut cream and its centre occupied with chocolate ice cream, is perhaps the tangible exemplification of this slice of Paris in the centre of Sydney. Bistrot Gavroche Sydney, one of the newer installments […]

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Restaurant Find: Bills Bondi Sydney

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Sydney’s brunching status could have something to do with the mostly-great weather or the volume of outdoor locations. It could be because of the national demand for avocado toast or it could be because of Bill Granger. Granger, one of Australia’s most revered chefs, owns a collection of restaurants across Sydney (as well as a […]

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Restaurant Hotspot: The Boathouse Sydney

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When the sun sets over Sydney’s Blackwattle Bay, it’s a sight to behold ­”” and there is no better vantage point to take it in than a window-side table at The Boathouse on Blackwattle Bay, a seafood-focused restaurant with immense talent and great culinary concepts at the helm. Inside a former boathouse, and located opposite […]

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Cafe Find: Barista & Cook Sydney

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In one of Sydney’s most industrial suburbs sits a greenhouse of epic proportions, ushering in warm light and earthy goodness through floor-to-ceiling windows. It’s Barista & Cook, an exposed-brick and linen-pillowed textural wonderland on the corner of two of the most happening streets in Waterloo. With plants hanging from the ceiling and forming the art […]

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Boutique Patisserie Find: Petal Met Sugar Sydney

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There’s a certain eloquence to the creativity-meets-craftsmanship combination of best-friend-duo Angela Wong and Elsa Li’s Petal Met Sugar. From their modest Woolloomooloo shopfront, the pair ”“ one a self-trained florist and the other a French-trained pâtissière with experience alongside Adriano Zumbo ”“ bring effortlessly artistic and highly Instagrammable desserts to Sydney. Just beyond Hyde Park […]

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