It’s big. It’s bold. It’s an occasion in itself – the classic plateau de fruits de mer is a thing of joy. Here's what's needed to do it justice.
Australian chefs have long-held a fascination for XO, but in recent times that obsession has boiled over, spilling beyond the bounds of its Cantonese origins.
The beaches are as magical as ever and the locals just as herbal, but the towns and countryside around Byron are also home to a host of ambitious new eating and drinking experiences (and some plush places to stay).
New restaurants and bars in Perth are embracing adventurous WA winemakers and seasoned chefs are becoming more experimental down south in the Margaret River region.
Is there anything more quintessentially Queensland than top-notch seafood? You can get your fix this weekend and beyond at these new-in-town restaurants. BYO finger bowl.
What happens when you get one of the world's most famous chefs in a room with a journalist and a ping-pong table? If the chef's Heston Blumenthal, the answer is great things.
Handmade, hand-crafted and following the principle of "taste of hand", Sáng by Mabasa has an assured touch, and expands the definition of Korean dining in Sydney.
Full Circle, the brains behind some of Sydney’s most Italian Italian pop-ups, is back with a new restaurant on Oxford Street just in time for summer.
With a newly refreshed look and an updated menu, Bentley consolidates its position as the rare restaurant where wine and food meet on an equal footing.
A rework on the classic Anzac biscuit by Pat Nourse, a dyed-in-the-wool fan who tried and tested several methods to come up with his best version of the original.
Sydney’s Bentley re-opens in early May with a facelift, new menus in the restaurant and bar, a new wine list and what might be the city's most exciting mayonnaise.
At Mona’s new restaurant, Faro, the art and the eating come together with a full chorus of brain-bending light shows, pigs’ eyeballs and basil. Strap yourself in for something completely different.
A world away from bullet trains and the subway crush, seeing the country on foot reveals a different Japan. And dipping a toe into the hot springs of Oita, as Pat Nourse discovers, proves more revealing still.
Closing the door on Gastro Park, Grant King looks south for his new guiding star at The Antipodean. And, writes Pat Nourse, the results are most promising.
Ahead of his appearance at Sydney Writers Festival 2017, George Saunders spoke with Pat Nourse about how he travels, arm-rest battles and the state of the union.
In restaurants today, green is the new black, and kitchen gardens bring greater bragging-rights than kitchen kit. Here, some of our top gardener-chefs share their thoughts on good things to plant at home to spice up your menus in the year to come.
Leading chefs descend on Melbourne in April for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. We asked local hospitality folk who they’d abduct for the day and where they’d take them to show off their city. There may be coffee, there may be culture, but in the end it’s cocktails.
You can take the boy out of Barbados but you can’t take the big-hearted Bajan spirit out of Paul Carmichael’s Christmas spread. The chef from Sydney’s Momofuku Seiobo shares the greatest hits from the generous table his mother lays on for the big day back home.
Has there ever been a busier year in restaurants in Sydney than 2016? Following an unprecedented number of notable openings, we're here to help with priorities.
It’s been a big year of openings for restaurants in Sydney, and there are more still to come. Here are some of the glimmers on the horizon that suggest the coming year will be a happy one for diners.
For our 50th anniversary issue in 2016, we scoured Australia asking two questions: What dishes are making waves right now? What flavours will take us into the next half-century? Melbourne provided 14 answers.
For our 50th anniversary issue in 2016, we scoured Australia asking two questions: What dishes are making waves right now? What flavours will take us into the next half-century? Sydney provided 16 answers.