Sydneys top Japanese restaurants

Sydneys top Japanese restaurants

If you are looking for a Japanese culinary experience in Sydney, these are the best of the lot

On the Boil

On the Boil

The hottest Sydney restaurant news straight from the grill.

Wild garlic

Wild garlic

Tall stemmed with white bell-shaped flowers, wild garlic is the supermodel of the garlic world.

BBQ Recipes, Techniques, Tools

BBQ Recipes, Techniques, Tools

If you've got a kettle style barbecue and a sheltered area, there's no reason why barbecuing in winter shouldn't work

Ramen Noodles

Ramen Noodles

The Japanese dish with the worst identity crisis, there is no set formula for ramen.

Haighs chocolate Murray cod

Haighs chocolate Murray cod

It's a big (8 inch) cod made of chocolate.

Easy chickpeasy

Easy chickpeasy

You may not know your kibbeh from your kubideh or your fuul from your fattoush but you'd be a fool not to judge Lebanese eatery by its falafel

Broccoflower

Broccoflower

A hybrid of broccoli and cauliflower, Broccoflower has a lurid green hue and tastes, like a mix between the two.

On the boil

On the boil

The freshest news on the Sydney restaurant scene

Salami

Salami

An Italian-born sausage cured, rolled and thinly sliced.

Gordon Bleu

Gordon Bleu

Tourette's over easy, haute cuisine without the haughtiness and train-wreck telly from the culinary hurricane that is Big Sweary Gordon.

Gordon Ramsay's Recipes

Gordon Ramsay's Recipes

Three recipes from Gordon Ramsay from his new book Healthy Appetite.

Brothers in arms

Brothers in arms

Matt Moran tells us about his friend and the whirlwind of energy that surrounds Gordon Ramsay

Sydney's finest on the effing chef...

Sydney's finest on the effing chef...

Myffy Rigby finds out what our local chefs make of Ramsay's ingredients

10 best dumpling joints

10 best dumpling joints

Have a hankering for a dumpling. Try these joints for the best dumplings in Sydney

On the boil

On the boil

Eat up this news about the Sydney restaurant scene

Off the shelf: Queen Ruby biscotti

Off the shelf: Queen Ruby biscotti

A small Bondi Junction company, Queen Ruby originally begged, borrowed and stole materials to package her biscuits

Slow Food Bible: Margaret Barca

Slow Food Bible: Margaret Barca

Contrary to popular belief, 'slow food' is not about taking three days to make a roast.

In season:  Pears

In season: Pears

There are thousands of different types of pear but the common Bartlett is the one you see the most in fruit shops

Cucina Italiana Cooking School

Cucina Italiana Cooking School

Get bitchin' in the kitchen with old school Italian cooking tips

Sydney's ultimate food hall!

Sydney's ultimate food hall!

Ever find yourself wandering blindly through food halls and shopping malls looking for lunch, all to no avail?

Off the shelf: Maggie Beer ice cream

Off the shelf: Maggie Beer ice cream

The richest, creamiest, lushest ice cream to have graced Sydney freezers in recent times

What the hell is... an omelette?

What the hell is... an omelette?

It seems like a no brainer, right? Wrong.

Bursting  Bush - Native Foods

Bursting Bush - Native Foods

Annette Ekin talks to bush tucker expert Vic Cherikoff about the food around us

Theatre of eateries

Theatre of eateries

What better after a movie than a 'cino and chinwag?

Liquid lunch

Liquid lunch

Winter has hit. Time to warm up the cockles and toast the tastebuds. Myffy Rigby soups up to explore the hot, steaming bowls of Sydney broths

Tonka Beans

Tonka Beans

A small, wrinkled little black bean, its smell could be mistaken for vanilla

Escargot

Escargot

Eez Fronsh for snail, non? Yes.

Old school snacks

Old school snacks

Old school food, and where to get it

Here's the Cheese!

Here's the Cheese!

Come and Get It aired on the ABC during the mid-80s and was Australia's most popular cooking show, broadcasting over 900 episodes.

Abdul Rahman Sweets

Abdul Rahman Sweets

Abdul Rahman serves up sticky sweets and if you can get him to smile, all the sweeter

Persimmon

Persimmon

"Cradling a ripe persimmon is like holding a fine purse that feels heavy and liquid in the hand."

What the hell is... Baklava?

What the hell is... Baklava?

A type of middle-eastern pastry, it consists of layers of filo filled with a mix of nuts

Mark Olive's Bush Tucker Recipes

Mark Olive's Bush Tucker Recipes

Try these delicious recipes from Mark Olive of the Outback Café

Urban Tucker

Urban Tucker

Bush Tucker Chef Mark Olive has married his indigenous roots, culinary skills and a film and television background

Q&A: Andrew Cibej

Q&A: Andrew Cibej

Andrew Cibej is the chef/owner of the wildly successful Vini - a wine bar-diner so successful he had to buy the café next door

Sydneys best... Bakeries

Sydneys best... Bakeries

Hankering after hot bread and pastries? Here's where...

Chouchouka

Chouchouka

A Tunisian dish of tomato, capsicum and spices

Pulp kitchen

Pulp kitchen

Every chef and his sheepdog is bringing out a cookbook these days but are they all worth the paper they're printed on?

Booked to perfection

Booked to perfection

Just a few of the leading Sydney chefs who have brought out cookbooks

Macadmaias

Macadmaias

A small nut that grows all over the north coast and Queensland

Jus de Vivre

Jus de Vivre

Nomad chef Dan Hong, who lists Longrain, Tetsuya's and NY hot spot WD50 on his resume, is back in Sydney

Custard apples

Custard apples

It's no apple, if that's what you're thinking.

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Petit fours

Petit fours

Traditionally a little biscuit, confectionary or cake, the term comes from French for 'small oven'

Counter your blessings

Counter your blessings

No need to inhale the last lonely pastry attracting botulism in the pie warmer - try some of Sydney's stellar pub grub instead.

Sydney Rock Oyster

Sydney Rock Oyster

The Sydney rock oyster is one of our most precious (and tasty) molluscs.

Drips, dribbles and getting the best angle

Drips, dribbles and getting the best angle

Emma Knowles is a master food director - going stylistically where the great chefs fear to tread

Curry on

Curry on

Where to eat and shop Indian in Sydney

The luxe life

The luxe life

The Aussies can represent just as well as anyone, when it comes to luxury goods

The Grill

Serge Dansereau

Serge Dansereau

Head Chef - The Bathers Pavilion

Jane Adams

Jane Adams

Market Queen

Grant Hilliard

Grant Hilliard

Feather & Bone, happy pig buyer

Anil Ashokan

Anil Ashokan

Head Chef, Qmin

Ty Bellingham

Ty Bellingham

Head chef, Sailor's Thai

George Francisco

George Francisco

Executive Chef, Jonah's at Palm Beach

Christopher Whitehead

Christopher Whitehead

Head Chef, Mad Cow

Grant King

Grant King

Head Chef, Pier

Reviews

Marque

Marque

Like your food predictable, safe and repetitive? Best then that you steer clear of this amazing restaurant, writes Myffy Rigby

Café Sopra

Café Sopra

You may know the original Café Sopra from its home on Danks St, Waterloo above the exceptional fruit and veg store, Fratelli Fresh.

Lucio Pizzeria

Lucio Pizzeria

The new pizzaiola on the block does it with all the skill and none of the 'tude

La Parrillada

La Parrillada

Show La Parrillada's website to a vegetarian and they'll most likely run for the (vegan) hills, writes Melissa Leong

Bar Zini

Bar Zini

We introduce young guns Gianni Chicco and Charlie Bruyer at Bar Zini, part of the growing number of new Sydney chefs

Boilerhouse

Boilerhouse

Sitting square on the beach at the recently made-over Quarantine Station, its harbour-facing wall doesn't have a single window

El Phoenician

El Phoenician

Double-clothed Lebanese sounds as much of an oxymoron as take-away Tetsuya's or bargain bites at Bennelong.

Din Tai Fung

Din Tai Fung

Dumplings ahoy! A world famous variety arrives in Sydney, to Myffy Rigby's utter delight

Bayswater Brasserie

Bayswater Brasserie

Since 1982, the "Bayz" has been the Sydney diner you visit for a lunch that lasts all afternoon

Grind Espresso

Grind Espresso

If you're jonesing for caffeine and find yourself trawling the southern beaches, then Cronulla's Grind Espresso is good for what ails you... very good

Apres

Apres

The Minerva building has been heritage-listed as a prime example of Streamline Moderne, but is the bricks and mortar of Potts Point's seedy history

Criniti's

Criniti's

Southern Italians are known for several qualities. Chief among them are passionate dispositions and some of the best food you'll ever eat

Lotus

Lotus

There's a new chef at the helm - and he's doing a bang up job

Mu Mu

Mu Mu

The stakes are high in the steakhouse business

The Codfather

The Codfather

Feeling curious? Move your fins and swim on down to Stanmore for a fish-trip... with ears

The New York

The New York

Old school? These guys wrote the menu. Myffy Rigby finds out which side her bread is buttered on

Bach Dang

Bach Dang

The big wheel on Canley Vale's main drag needs some attention in the menu department

Corinthian Rotisserie

Corinthian Rotisserie

If you have a bone to pick with foams and soils, what you need is a sheep's skull for dinner at Marrickville's pre-eminent Greek diner

Central Baking Depot

Central Baking Depot

Bourke Street Bakery's pastries taste so good now suddenly, they're everywhere.

Oscillate Wildly

Oscillate Wildly

The format has changed at Oscillate Wildly. Alas, says Myffy Rigby, it's a case of more is less

Pompei

Pompei

Up Pompei!

Sushi Tei

Sushi Tei

A fast moving Japanese eatery that will render you ramune to its charms

Quay to the city

Quay to the city

Sydney food at its finest

Grotta Capri

Grotta Capri

Kensington's most treasured gourmet gem is a pearl of a room encased in three tonnes of oyster shells, writes Myffy Rigby.

Buon Ricordo

Buon Ricordo

The choice of heavy hitters who aren't afraid of hearty dishes and dishes that will tickle hearts.

Red Chilli

Red Chilli

Sounds hot. Is hot. Finally, a restaurant that does what it says on the sign out front

Burlington Bar & Dining

Burlington Bar & Dining

You're dining in the hands of experts when you park it in this first class northside noshery. Try the white bean soup or the clams

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