Share my favourite restaurants, chefs, dishes, ingredients, provedores, recipes and cooking hacks, in these Top 5 food lists.
Best Country Pubs in NSW Pubs are a great part of Australian culture, egalitarian spaces where tradies and CEOs drink side-by-side and everyone feels at home. And this is especially true outside the cities in the best country pubs in NSW. Join my truffle hunting food & wine weekend staying at Matt Moran’s Rockley Pub! […]
Best Middle Eastern Food in Sydney Sydney’s always been a great place to eat the food of the Eastern Mediterranean. The best Middle Eastern restaurants in Sydney serve delicious shared feasts of dips, salads, flatbread and charcoal-grilled meat. Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! For the best old school ‘cheap and cheerful’ […]
Classic Roman Pasta Dishes Romans love their pasta and have four or five favourite sauces that have become the classic Roman pasta dishes. Enjoy these classic Roman pasta dishes on my small-group Southern Italian food & wine tour starting in Rome! Despite the locals never considering themselves “southern”, Rome is far enough south that Roman […]
Best Chinese Food in Sydney China is a huge country, with as much regional diversity as Europe. But for too long, Chinese food in Sydney meant Cantonese, the food of Hong Kong and Guangdong province, the ancestral homeland of many Aussie-Chinese. After Sydney’s best Chinese dumplings and noodles? Here’s where to find them! More recently, […]
Best Dumplings & Noodles in Sydney Food is often symbolic in Chinese culture: noodles represents longevity (don’t ever cut them, just slurp them up whole) and dumplings look like little coin purses to attract prosperity. Book a Duck & Pinot Walk in Chatswood for more delicious Chinese food Add a splash of red chilli for […]
Lucio’s Italian Restaurant As Lennon and McCartney wrote: ‘There are places I’ll remember all my life’. And Lucio’s Italian Restaurant in Paddington is exactly that for generations of Sydneysiders. While Sydney is blessed with much good food, wine and service, much rarer is the authentic hospitality (in rooms full of colour, laughter and creative energy) […]
Best German Food in Sydney I like winter. I look forward to a few months each year where I can wrap up in colourful scarves, pull on a large coat and enjoy some of the best German food in Sydney. Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! Well, let’s keep it broad and […]
Best Portuguese Shops in Sydney The inner western suburb of Petersham is officially Sydney’s ‘Little Portugal’ and home to the best Portuguese shops in Sydney. Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! Petersham has the largest Portuguese community in Australia and hosts Bairro Portugues, an annual street festival celebrating the Portuguese cultural heritage […]
Sherry & Food Pairing Sherry wines are often relegated to the aperitif and dessert ends of a meal. But the complex wines of the Jerez region of southern Spain are incredibly diverse and food-friendly. You can find a Sherry and food pairing to enjoy at every stage of a meal. Like Sherry? You’ll Love My […]
Victor Churchill: Sydney’s Best Butcher Victor and Anthony Puharich come from a long line of butchers, back to Anthony’s great-great-grandfather. Combining Victor’s traditional butchery skills and Anthony’s passion for produce, they’ve created one of Sydney’s best providores: Victor Churchill in Woollahra. Master Meat Cookery With These Easy, Delicious Recipes In 1996, Anthony and Victor started […]
