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First look: Inside North Sydney’s new mega-venue from the group behind The Charles

The glitzy four-in-one venture is among the city’s most anticipated openings for the rest of 2024. Here’s the full list.

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Manu Feildel with Laundy Hotel’s group executive chef Jamie Gannon.

TV chef Manu Feildel back in the restaurant game with new bistro at popular inner west pub

The 196-year-old Red Lion Hotel on Darling Street in Rozelle is the new home of the My Kitchen Rules presenter’s latest venue.

  • Scott Bolles
One-pot Greek chicken and rice: quick and delicious.

Your new favourite chicken one-pot: ‘Anyone who eats this is bewildered by how delicious it is’

This budget-friendly Greek chicken and rice dish is low fuss and great to make ahead.

  • Nicole Maguire
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A five-star rating means it’s healthy, right? It’s not that simple

Star symbols on food products are common on supermarket products, from 0.5 to five full stars. And how much should you rely on them?

  • Susie Burrell

Your July hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

A bargain $35 vegan omakase experience, Mona Vale’s new ‘Boathouse meets country club’ and a former Rockpool chef’s new high-end bistro.

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Melbourne Eat Streets

Tiamo restaurant in Carlton.

Five years ago, Lygon Street was dying. Now diners are queuing out the door

  • Dani Valent
Tocca restaurant in Werribee.

How a run-down strip became the most exciting culinary street in the west

  • Dani Valent
Victor Churchill in Armadale.

How a well-heeled street of wedding dress shops became a premier dining strip

  • Dani Valent
Modu restaurant on Clayton Road.

The gritty ‘eating street’ in the south-east that boasts more than 200 restaurants

  • Dani Valent
Crosta D’Oro in Thornbury.

High Street is jam-packed with bars, cafes and restaurants – but this is its best section

  • Dani Valent

Eating out

Pro tip: Check the Port Authority cruise-ship calendar before booking, so your view is unobstructed.
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With a near-perfect score of 19/20, this is now Australia’s top-rated restaurant

There are few overblown adjectives that haven’t been used for Quay under Peter Gilmore’s tenure, writes Callan Boys.

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Ribelle chef-owner Dale Mann with a mustard tarragon chicken pie pizza from Ribelle, Freshwater.

Move over, New York, Napoli and Detroit-style pizza. It’s time to try the Sydney

  • Bianca Hrovat
Caterpillar Club’s long (very long) bar rarely has a free seat.

Our eight favourite new Sydney restaurants and bars of the year (so far)

  • Callan Boys
Cacio e pepe pizza, Roman style, at 170 Grammi in Surry Hills.

Via Napoli opens inner-east spin-off slinging cacio e pepe and carbonara pizzas

  • Bianca Hrovat

Lists & guides

Caterpillar Club’s long (very long) bar rarely has a free seat.

Our eight favourite new Sydney restaurants and bars of the year (so far)

Your July hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out

Unlimited wine and beer accompany Lilymu’s sharing lunch menu.

From tacos and margs to steaming hot mussels: 15 of Sydney’s best bottomless dining deals

Get a load of this: Lode’s limited edition pie for its Aperture menu at Capella. 

We lift the (extra flaky) lid on 10 of Sydney’s hottest pies to try, right now

orean chef Illa Kim and husband Daero Lee from Soul Dining guides Good Food th

The chef’s essential guide to Korean food shopping at Sydney’s hugest Asian supermarket

Lunch thalis at Pinky Ji are just $29.

From Indian feasts to extraordinay udon: 10 of Sydney’s best city lunch specials

The new Yurippi is bigger than the old digs, but just as lively and cosy.

June hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

Enjoy luxurious ramen at Kame House for $25.

Quality steak and wines for under $30 per head? 10 winter specials worth going out for

Pasta carbonara from Sarah Cicolini, a young gun chef from Santo Palato in Rome.

The overseas restaurants you need on your bucket list, according to the Good Food team

Australian-Japanese food writer Emiko Davies, from Enoteca Marilù cooking school in Tuscany.

From Tuscany to Bali: 12 cooking schools worth planning a trip around

Sunday roast pork at The Duke of Clarence.

From crackly pork to golden potatoes: 12 of Sydney’s best Sunday roasts

Rocker’s beer and burger deal.

12 of Sydney’s best happy hour specials (with snacks)

Recent reviews

Pro tip: Check the Port Authority cruise-ship calendar before booking, so your view is unobstructed.
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With a near-perfect score of 19/20, Quay is now Australia’s top-rated restaurant

  • Callan Boys
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Icon review: Abhi’s, one of Sydney’s oldest Indian restaurants, is also one of its hottest

  • Terry Durack
The Stallion with ham, salami, prosciutto, mortadella, provolone, olive tapenade, pesto and sun-dried tomato.

Hidden kiosk Pauly’s Deli makes a ‘glorious’ steak sanger to a 40-year-old family recipe

  • Lenny Ann Low
Whiting parma (top left) and campanelle pasta carbonara with house-cured kingfish collar (centre).
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There’s something fishy about the parma and carbonara at hotel restaurant Pier Dining

  • Terry Durack
Dan dan noodles.
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Warm up with $5.90 noodles and lip-tingling Sichuan dishes at Spicy Joint

  • Callan Boys

Recipes

Mexican-inspired soup with all the toppings.

Give tacos, Thai green curry and carbonara the soup treatment

Katrina Meynink transforms three dinnertime classics − and one cocktail − into fortifying, satisfying soups.

  • Katrina Meynink
Korean fried chicken.

RecipeTin reveals the secret to making ‘Sydney’s best-ever’ Korean fried chicken

  • Nagi Maehashi
Fish pakoras with turmeric yoghurt and lime.

Adam Liaw’s fish pakoras plus his beginner’s guide to deep-frying

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  • Adam Liaw
Roast chicken with sauce vin John.

Level-up your roast chicken with this recipe from hatted Melbourne restaurant Embla

  • Dave Verheul

Recipe collections

Pasta with roasted shallot, chorizo and tinned tomato sauce

Do the can-can: 12 budget-friendly recipes using tinned pantry ingredients

Helen Goh’s almond shortbread with Stephanie’s mother’s cumquat marmalade.

Five old-fashioned biscuit recipes to bake this weekend

Adam Liaw’s version of the viral internet dish Marry me chicken.

The 50 most popular new recipes of the year (so far)

Rainbow chard and orzo salad with crispy feta.

14 interesting and filling winter-friendly salads to make this week

Crepes with hazelnut chocolate spread and bananas.

Crepe expectations: Five great pancake toppings to make this weekend

Adam Liaw’s mince stroganoff.

15 new (and improved) ways with mince starring Adam Liaw’s low-cost stroganoff

Speedy prawn and noodle laksa with tofu puffs.

25 of RecipeTin’s midweek winners ready in 30 minutes (or less!)

Pizza rice.

14 of our favourite fast and affordable one-pots to make this week

Five warm and saucy puddings to make this weekend

Five warm and saucy puddings to make this weekend

Adam Liaw’s chicken fricassee recipe.

14 of Adam Liaw’s best ever winter recipes to cook this week

Helen Goh’s banana, rye and cocoa tart with miso caramel.

20 sweet and squishy dishes to go bananas over

***EMBARGOED FOR GOOD WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER 12/20 ISSUE*** Neil Perry recipe : Slow-roasted Rib of Beef with Horseradish Cream and Potato Gratin Photograph by William Meppem (photographer on contract, no restrictions) 

Five creamy, dreamy potato gratins to eat with a spoon this weekend

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Tips & advice

Cooking with whole foods is preferable to ultra-processed products.

16 small changes to your diet that will help you live longer

  • Emily Craig
Adam Liaw’s roast chicken noodle soup.

Six steps that take a soup from good to great (and why you should follow the OMFG rule)

  • Alice Zaslavsky
Jill Dupleix’s chicken noodle soup.

Does chicken soup really fix a cold? A dietitian weighs up six winter ailment myths

  • Susie Burrell
It may be hard to stick to your food budget, but there are ways to be resourceful with what you have.

Nine simple tips to stretch your household’s food budget

  • Krysten Chambrot
Nagi Maehashi with her dog Dozer and new book Tonight, which will be out on October 15.

RecipeTin Eats: The 10 things I wish every home cook knew

  • Nagi Maehashi

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Drinks

Does the term ‘fine wine’ refer to a wine’s quality or its texture?

  • Huon Hooke

A bunch of grapes: Why some single-region wines now use fruit from different places

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