Restaurant Find: Pasture of Balmoral Sydney

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It’s hard for the cosy, coastal interior design (featuring exposed brick peeking in one corner; restored stairs; a crisp white moulded ceiling; and all original sash and double-hung windows) to compete with the view of the rotunda and Balmoral Bay. But the corner-set Pasture Balmoral gives it a very good crack.

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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: The Provincial Sydney

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It’s the robust meat, from the three-tired smokeless grill, that this restaurant is known for ”“ pork chops or beef cuts cooked atop charcoal made from apple or grape wood. But make sure you leave room for dessert – painstakingly placed edible flowers, sharp granitas, and assorted textured bits are composition notes in the symphony of sweet […]

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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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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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Café Restaurant Bar Find: Kansas City Shuffle Sydney

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With a name inspired by the meta-con of being tricked while being tricked, Kansas City Shuffle surely ought to have some funny business going on. Instead, the refurbished industrial space ”“ a collaboration between owner Ben Sweeten and owner/executive chef Kayne Mordini ”“ has razzle-dazzle of all the right kinds. The space ”“ with past […]

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