Lunch Archives - Gourmet Traveller

Cold roast beef with rocket and salsa verde

This cold roast beef recipe makes for a delicious lunch or quick and easy dinner.

Pork skewers with chimichurri, salad and lemon in dark green bowl alongside grilled potatoes in a pink bowl.

Pork skewers with chimichurri and grilled potatoes

Fire up the barbecue and get sizzling with these punchy pork skewers.

Mediterranean-style whole flounder recipe with green olive salsa

Sicilian green olives deliver a salty punch to this whole flounder.

Mexican corn with amaranth and chipotle mayonnaise with empanadas to side.

Mexican corn (elotes) with puffed amaranth and chipotle mayonnaise

Baby corn delivers a delicate twist to this street-food favourite.

Kafeneion’s Tirokroketes (Cheese croquettes)

Melbourne's Kafeneion shares its recipe for slightly salty, crisp cheese croquettes.

Salmon with ginger butter, soba noodles and radish

Dive fork-first into this umami salmon and soba noodle dish, served warm with an ever-so slightly spiced ginger butter.

Spiced tuna, radishes, micro greens and finger lime with a gold fork on a white plate.

Seared tuna salad with radish, finger lime and citrus vinaigrette

This zingy seared tuna salad, topped with citrus vinaigrette and finger lime, will be a crowd-pleaser at your next lunch party.

Eggplant with tabbouleh salad with grilled peaches and pomegranate in white dish with a gold spoon and small bowl of tabbouleh.

Eggplant tabbouleh salad with grilled peaches and pomegranate

This inventive dish reimagines the traditional tabbouleh salad, pairing the savoury aromat of za'atar with the sweetness of grilled peaches and fresh pomegranate.

Grilled calamari salad with yoghurt and ouzo dressing

A calamari salad perfect for your next alfresco feast.

Japanese recipe for stacked eggplant katsu sandos recipe on pink plate

Spiced eggplant katsu sandos

This Japanese-inspired eggplant sandwich recipe makes for a great vegetarian lunch.

Best business lunches in Sydney

As seen our 2018 Restaurant Guide.

Four lunch delivery services worth considering in Sydney

Mealtimes made easier.

Parmesan, brown butter, fennel and leek frittata

Parmesan, brown butter, fennel and leek frittata recipe - Preheat oven to 200C. Heat a 25cm-27cm ovenproof frying pan over high heat. Add butter and cook until foaming and nut brown (2-3 minutes)

Egg sandwich

Our take on the signature egg sandwich served at Hong Kong's Australia Dairy Company.

Chilled black sesame noodles with cucumber

We've added cucumber to freshen up these noodles in a nutty soy sauce. Poached chicken makes for an excellent addition.

Chorizo hotdogs with chimichurri and smoky red relish

This chorizo hotdog is all about the condiments. Here, choose between a smoky red capsicum relish or the bright flavours of chimichurri, or go for a bit of both.

Bar Liberty’s chicken skin “GLT”

In their take on a BLT, Melbourne restaurant Bar Liberty swap out bacon for gribenes, a crisp chicken-skin crackling. It's a delicious break of tradition.

Restaurant Hubert opens for lunch

That sandwich at your desk is suddenly looking a bit lacklustre.

Five new cafés to try in Sydney’s inner west

Right in time for spring, Sydney’s café game kicks up another notch. Add these to your weekend schedule and hit repeat.

Salads by Yield

Yield – delivering vegetable-driven deliciousness to the world, one very narrowly specific slice at a time.

Recipes by Clayton Wells, Automata

Clayton Wells shares recipes from Sydney's Automata, translating fine-dining food to an easy-going lunch with friends.

Where to long lunch this public holiday Monday

Here’s what restaurants are open in Sydney and Melbourne this long weekend

Coppa with fennel, apple and pumpkin-seed cream

This makes a lovely first course or shared lunch dish. The pumpkin-seed dressing transforms the fennel salad into a rémoulade of sorts, which you could serve with just about any cold-cut or grilled meat.