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Daniel Harrison and Michael Ico, co-owners of Newtown cafe Soulmate, have teamed up to open Superfreak in Marrickville.

Get your Superfreak on at this standout new Marrickville cafe with soul

The exclusive first look inside Superfreak, with its fuzzy banquet seating, vinyl records and cork flooring combining to make a memorable first impression.

  • Bianca Hrovat
This lemon cake is briefly soaked in syrup and rolled in vanilla-lemon sugar to create a crust.

Five zingy lemon cakes to bake this weekend

Pro tip: Use your fingertips to rub the zest into the sugar to release the oils and enhance the citrus flavour.

Waitress Manon Lust trying the steak frites with Marchande de vin sauce by L’Auberge du Bout du Monde restaurant in Balmain,

Six of Sydney’s best steak frites for Bastille Day and beyond

From hand-cut chips to shaved truffles and foie gras, Sydney chefs are giving a French classic their own spin in time for Bastille Day and the Paris Olympics.

  • Bianca Hrovat
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Non-alcoholic conscious drink from Oz Harvest x Kakadu Kitchen.

If cutting out alcohol completely is unrealistic, raise a glass to ‘damp’ drinking

Conscious, mindful or damp – whatever you call it, drinking in moderation, or not at all, has never been more appetising.

  • Katie Spain
The Maybe Group (pictured, from left), Vince Lombardo, Martin Hudak and Stefano Catino with Public founder Jon Adgemis (far right) last year.

Team behind award-winning Maybe Sammy cocktail bar splits from heavyweight hospitality group

The end of the landmark deal follows Alpha and the Love Tilly Group parting ways with Jon Adgemis’ Public Hospitality Group.

  • Scott Bolles

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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

The view across the Urbnsurf lagoon.

Hospo heavyweights make waves with flash new surf park fine diner

Applejack Hospitality, behind hatted North Sydney restaurant Rafi, reveals the details of its biggest project to date – inside a Western Sydney urban surf park.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Julie and Josh Niland at their soon-to-open Saint Peter and the Grand National.

‘They make the best croissants’: Top chef Josh Niland dishes the details you really need to know

  • Jane Rocca
The 12-seat venue offers an intimate, curated experience.

This high-end Korean-French restaurant could pick up where Tetsuya’s left off

  • Scott Bolles
Kieran Took and Alejandro Huerta are opening Comedor in Newtown this week.

Noma-trained chef opens experimental Mexican restaurant with three courses for $35

  • 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

Head chef Yusuke Morita at work preparing sushi with his wife Izumi.
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Tiny six-seater Kisuke is the size of a bento box, but it packs a wasabi-like punch

  • Terry Durack
La Disfida is family-friendly Haberfield local hero.
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It won the local pizza duel, but is La Disfida still one of Sydney’s best pizzerias?

  • Callan Boys
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Fine dining meets French-Japanese fusion at ‘otherworldly’  Oborozuki

  • Terry Durack
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, 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

Recipes

Tuna cakes.
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The RecipeTin magic touch that lifts these tuna patties from meh to marvellous

A drizzle of garlic butter is all it takes to turn pantry staples into a surprisingly tasty meal.

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Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s lime and coconut sheet cake.
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Lime and triple coconut sheet cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Filled flatbreads with kale and potato masala.

All hail kale: The much maligned green veg that has finally become cool

  • Rosheen Kaul
Side soup.
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Adam Liaw’s side soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw

Recipe collections

Combine all the ragu ingredients in a pot and simmer for an hour.

14 super simple recipes for time-poor (or just plain lazy) cooks

Chocolate and vanilla mousse.

40 of Good Food’s greatest and gooiest chocolate   recipes

Chicken braised with mushroom and thyme.

It’s freezing! Here are 20 of our favourite winter one-pots to warm you up

The brining method keeps the meat ridiculously juicy.

National Fried Chicken Day is a poultry excuse to cook these classics

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

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Tips & advice

Eggs and chickpeas are good protein options.

Revealed: The secrets of a perfect desk lunch (or food court order if you forgot to pack one)

  • Rachel Rabkin Peachman
Fresh ginger.

Want to increase body temperature without turning on the heater? Eat these foods

  • Susie Burrell
Doju chef Mika Chae at KT Mart Korean supermarket.

Grocery shopping for one is hard. Here’s how to do it without wasting money or food

  • Aaron Hutcherson
muesli bars

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

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

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

  • Emily Craig

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Is red wine becoming more alcoholic because of climate change?

  • Huon Hooke

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

  • Huon Hooke

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This lemon cake is briefly soaked in syrup and rolled in vanilla-lemon sugar to create a crust.

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Daniel Harrison and Michael Ico, co-owners of Newtown cafe Soulmate, have teamed up to open Superfreak in Marrickville.

Get your Superfreak on at this standout new Marrickville cafe with soul

  • Bianca Hrovat
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Danielle Alvarez’s double lemon cake with vanilla sugar.
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  • 1-2 hrs
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