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Chuuka.

Chef Chase Kojima’s shock Sokyo departure and liquidation of restaurants leaves future uncertain

The top Japanese chef’s two Senpai restaurants are closing and his departure as executive chef at the hatted Pyrmont restaurant Sokyo has been confirmed.

  • Scott Bolles
Delectable vanilla slice with custard and buttercream icing strxxwishdish Wish Dish  Vanilla slice  Ben Groundwater

Pies, pizza, snags and ‘snot blocks’: The dishes the Good Food team would drive hours for (and where to find them)

Whether you’re seeking day trip inspiration or want to make an overnighter of it, these are the dishes the Good Food team would drive hours for. Because weekends are all about eating, right?

  • Good Food team
Popcorn eggplant.

Move over chicken, popcorn eggplant makes the perfect Friday night snack

Make the most of eggplant in a tomatoey pasta bake for the whole family: as crowd-pleasing crispy bites or stuffed with breadcrumbs, oregano, egg and garlic.

  • Daen Lia
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Chef Guillaume Brahimi. Loves to cook roast chicken at home.

‘I enjoy a negroni or a simple martini’: Chef Guillaume Brahimi’s favourite places to eat and drink

The celebrity chef and restaurateur knows just where to go for great pasta, sandwiches and cocktails in Sydney and beyond.

  • Jane Rocca
Me-Gal in the Wildlife Retreat at Taronga Zoo, Sydney.

50 of Sydney’s best long lazy lunch spots that go beyond the sandwich

Whether they’re on the waterfront, in the inner city or worth a longer drive, Sydney’s leisurely lunch spots are just perfect for sitting back, relaxing and soaking it all in.

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Eating out

Corner Deli by Lox in a Box takes over the disused Cornersmith site on Illawarra Rd.

Sydney’s first bagel high tea has landed at a Marrickville location you probably already love

Say hello to Lox in a Box’s new Corner Deli, brimming with bagels, babka French toast, salt beef sandwiches and more Jewish-inspired delights.

  • Bianca Hrovat
The corner of Bay and Knox streets, Double Bay.

Is this Sydney suburb becoming the Rodeo Drive of restaurants?

  • Scott Bolles
Field + Fin’s Grant McGregor, Daryl Byrne and Marna Eringa at their new urban aquaponics farm in Marrickville.Dominic Lorrimer

The inner-west farm where you dine among barramundi and mushrooms

  • Bianca Hrovat
Head chef Alessandro Pavoni, at a’Mare Cucinetta, the affordable alternative to the hatted restaurant.

Happy hour: Why Sydney restaurants are cutting prices (and where to find the bargains)

  • Bianca Hrovat

Lists & guides

Veal and mortadella tortellini in brodo at Grossi Florentino.

20 classic hatted restaurants to add to your bucket list

Food at Poetica

Sydney hit list September 2023: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

The Three Weeds pub in Rozelle.

Sydney’s best 30 pubs of 2023

There’s no dining room as such, so find a table on the shady terrace.

Road trip! NSW’s 10 best regional pubs of 2023

The main 50-seat dining room is lined with an Etruscan mural, giving it the air of a basement crypt.

Sydney’s 10 most recently hatted restaurants to add to your wishlist

Dean and Nancy on 22 has helped raise the standard of hotel bars in Sydney.

10 of Sydney’s best hotel bars to check out

Margherita pizza.

August hit list: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

The Rollers Bakehouse sausage roll.

Let the good times roll: Where to find 10 of Sydney’s best sausage rolls

Beau Bar in Surry Hills, Sydney on March 2, 2023. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

15 hot, new (and renewed) Sydney pubs and bars to try, right now

The resurgence of tableside service featuring Porcine (duck press). Chef Nik Hill from Porcine serving duck tableside. 27th Oct 2022. Photo: Edwina Pickles / SMH Good Food

We pop the cork(age) on 13 unexpectedly BYO Sydney restaurants for all budgets

Fraances Song breaks open a chocolate croissant at Layers Sydney in St Leonards.

10 croissants you must try in Sydney (without the queue)

Smart and stylish 300-seat cafe Misc. opens at Parramatta Park For Good Food/Epicure use Photographer: Parker Blain

Where to eat in Parramatta from backyard pizza to legendary laksa

Recent reviews

Chilli and spicy meats give the spaghetti carbonara a south-east Asian skew.
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‘Intriguing takes on Italian-leaning dishes’ at Kirribilli’s  neighbourhood restaurant Bacari

  • Terry Durack
The cosy dining room at Bar Heather.
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‘Run, don’t walk’: Bar Heather brings big flavours and fresh ideas to Byron Bay

  • Callan Boys
14.5/20

This country pub has it all – frosty beers, live gigs and a big-city chef serving upscale specials

  • Terry Durack
Milton
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Pack your thongs, this cruisy country pub is perfect for ‘eating a pile of fat prawns with your toes exposed’

  • Callan Boys
The live seafood tanks are glowing again with lobster, crab and coral trout.
Good Food hat15/20

Live seafood tanks are back, but does this restaurant fill the hole left by Golden Century?

  • Terry Durack

Recipes

Roasting tomatoes intensifies the flavour, which pairs perfectly with the black barley.

Crumbed flake with roasted tomato, black barley and herb salad

Tomato aren’t their best in the cooler months. Roasting them intensifies the flavour which pairs with this barley and herb salad served alongside crumbed fish.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
A one pan wonder full of vegetables, protein and rice
EASY

Chicken, chorizo and rice bake with dill and feta herb salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
RecipeTin’s spring recipes

Put the zing into spring with RecipeTin’s five great recipes for easy entertaining

Beef and ricotta meatloaf.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s beef and ricotta meatloaf

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw

Recipe collections

Sausage roll recipe from the Prince in Melbourne.

From sausage rolls to perfect hot chips: 10 no-fuss footy food classics

Grilled chicken with spring green tabbouleh and tarragon dressing.

14 bright and healthy recipes to cook this week

Adam Liaw’s shepherds’ pie.

14 easy recipes you have to make before winter ends

Sauteed potatoes with bay leaves.

10 perfectly golden potato recipes that everyone will love

Keep spinach in the freezer for stand-by meals like this spinach and walnut pesto pasta.

14 easy ways to eat more glorious greens this week

Cheesy egg toast.

Five fun French toasts  featuring Adam Liaw’s new easy cheesy recipe

Beef soboro don.

Get ready to crumble: 12 tasty new ways with mince

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s vanilla and ricotta cake.

Hot from the oven: 10 new cake recipes to add to your to-bake list

RecipeTin’s broccoli cheese jacket potato recipe.

14 simple, nourishing meals to feed the whole family

One-pan honey soy chicken.

Get stuck in: 21 sticky, saucy finger-lickin’ chicken recipes

Family-size beef and Guinness pie.

Five hot, new pies (starring the ultimate beef and Guinness filling)

Curtis Stone’s pies filled with Irish beef and Guinness stew.

Keep your eyes on the pies: The 25 most popular recipes of July

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Tips & advice

Stock your pantry with tinned fish and vegetables.

The five things a dietitian always keeps in the pantry (and the five to ditch immediately)

  • Susie Burrell
Sugar can help chicken become brown and caramelised.

Why you shouldn’t fear a little sugar in savoury cooking

  • Becky Krystal
Step away from the bacon sandwich in white bread.

The everyday foods that cancer experts want you to stop eating

  • David Cox
Fresh tortellini pasta

Restaurant quality or flop? Fresh, fancy supermarket pastas ranked

  • Bianca Hrovat
Greek yogurt with blackberries in white bowl on white background, closeup view Natural yoghurt with blackberries. iStock image downloaded under the Good Food team account (contact syndication for reuse permissions).

Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? A dietitian weighs in

  • Susie Burrell

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Drinks

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What’s the shelf life of wine in soft packs?

  • Huon Hooke
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Why don’t my dining companions praise my top-shelf wine?

  • Huon Hooke

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Karen Martini at her all-day eatery Hero at ACMI.

Join us for a special Sunday lunch with Karen Martini at her hatted Hero in Melbourne

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Chuuka.

Chef Chase Kojima’s shock Sokyo departure and liquidation of restaurants leaves future uncertain

  • Scott Bolles
Delectable vanilla slice with custard and buttercream icing strxxwishdish Wish Dish  Vanilla slice  Ben Groundwater

Pies, pizza, snags and ‘snot blocks’: The dishes the Good Food team would drive hours for (and where to find them)

  • Good Food team
Chef Guillaume Brahimi. Loves to cook roast chicken at home.

‘I enjoy a negroni or a simple martini’: Chef Guillaume Brahimi’s favourite places to eat and drink

  • Jane Rocca
Corner Deli by Lox in a Box takes over the disused Cornersmith site on Illawarra Rd.

Sydney’s first bagel high tea has landed at a Marrickville location you probably already love

  • Bianca Hrovat
Adam Liaw’s chicken cacciatore.
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Adam Liaw’s chicken cacciatore is the Italian-Aussie classic everyone needs in their repertoire

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw

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