Chicken

A one-tray roast with the added boost of flavoured compound butter. You won't look back.

A quick and easy noodle dish that's part stir-fry, part braise, and all-round deliciousness.

Along a 300-metre stretch of Newtown's main drag, three restaurants are dishing up some top-notch fried chook. On a wing and a prayer, Tristan Lutze tries them all.

Fried chicken and waffles – it's a combo that just works, and is rendered here with Southeast Asian flavours courtesy of chef Khanh Nguyen.

The Shanghai dumpling receives an upgrade. We've stuffed ours with picked crabmeat, but the traditional, slurpable stock still remains.