2016
12 January 2016 Hunter & Barrel - "... really, it’s all about the specific sandwich section. And this, friends, is where you’ll find the goods. Go the juicy chopped pork with plenty of crackling on a long, golden French-style baguette lifted with pickled cabbage. It’s definitely a complete lunch once you factor in the accompanying chunky fries." Our summary HERE
12 July 2016 Coconut Grove - "... While there's definitely the opportunity to go big on curries and the like (and I highly suggest you do) there's a whole lot of small plate good times to discover..." Our summary HERE
21 July 2016 Big Poppa's - "... Big Poppa's has come out swinging with a mash-up of hip-hop and Italian food. ... Upstairs, it's an Italian trattoria serving late night comfort food". Our summary HERE
2015
10 February 2015 Arisun - "We're here for four types of fried chicken and cheese melts" Our summary HERE
17 February 2015 Boon - "The dinner menu takes the food of Isaan, a province in the north-east of Thailand, as its focus. It’s strong stuff, and no punches are pulled. One part is given over to grills (skirt steak, say, or sticky pork sausage), neatly complemented by another section given over to variations on the theme of green papaya salad." Our summary HERE
24 February 2015 L'Americano -"... a properly excellent Italian cafe hidden in the back of furniture store, Coco Republic." Our summary HERE
10 March 2015 Chiosco by Ormeggio - "The grilled prawns bathed in spicy butter are finger-scorchingly good." Our summary HERE
17 March 2015 Redfern Continental - "Most things lean towards friendly and enthusiastic rather than polished, but that’s the general vibe here – they’re pitching towards locals looking to go beyond the guilty gloopy pleasures of Wah Fung barbecue. And in this, they’ve achieved their brief." Our summary HERE
24 February 2015 Work in Progress - "Some days there are cinnamon buns, other times, there’s brisket. Today there is neither. But therein lies the joy of this fast-and-loose snack house: it’s all in the risk. Dig in." Our summary HERE
31 March 2015 Do De Paidang - "The tom yum may not be for the faint of heart, but there’s plenty of non-spicy gear elsewhere on the menu." Our summary HERE
7 April 2015 Little Jean - "... a fairly convivial mess of deliciousness". Our summary HERE
14 April 2015 The Bach Eatery - "Chef Darrien Potaka has gone back to his New Zealand roots, having opened this reasonably priced little bar/diner ... Plate-wise, there are some nicely executed ideas here." Our summary HERE
7 July 2015 Luyu and Yum Yum - "There’s some fun to be had here, especially if you’re in the area, won’t travel beyond the 2024 and are madly Jonesing for dumplings. But walk, don’t run." Our summary HERE
14 July 2015 Cured and Cultured - "Methodical, light and gentle are the catch cries here. ... Come back again and again - we will. This is a one-of-a-kind experience." Our summary HERE
21 July 2015 One Tea Lounge & Grill - "... there’s the feeling that if you’re eating here, it’s as much because you’re taking part in a spectator sport as anything else. It’s definitely food with the ability to offend both ramen and burger purists, but I get a sort of pervy enjoyment out of it, and it’s great with a Japanese beer." Our summary HERE
28 July 2015 William Blue Dining - "... the dishes they’re putting out are really solid." Our summary HERE
4 August 2015 Chicken Institute - "On the plate? It’s a mixed bag. ... The fried chicken. It’s fine. In fact, it’s finer than fine. It’s pretty good." Our summary HERE
11 August 2015 Twofold - "... pub food peppered with Greek flavours. Because nothing says beer-soaked Grecian like identical-twin reality television celebrities. And for this crowd – mostly loud guys in various states of suit – it obviously works." Our summary HERE
18 August 2015 Oratnek - "... a smart menu that doesn't veer too far away from the Sydney cafe staples you have come to know and love ... At lunchtime things take a proper Tokyo turn." Our summary HERE
25 August 2015 Rosie Campbell's - "... the jerk foods ... they're not all that great. ... Interestingly, I'm here to tell you it's all about the vegetarian food." Our summary HERE
1 September 2015 Bistro Mint - "... just smashing out really classic French bistro fare. And you know what? It's kinda great." Our summary HERE
8 September 2015 Phanish - "... the menu is an all-signs-point-todeliciousness proposition. ... The lo-fi vibe, with its courtyard ensconced in all-weather plastic, tin teapots for Vietnamese tea and tables so snug you basically need to suck in to full capacity to avoid knocking over an adjacent hot pot as you sit, is all part of the reason Phamish is so much fun." Our summary HERE
15 September 2015 Mecca Alexandria - "As you’d expect from Mecca owner Paul Geshos and company (the other Mecca cafes in the CBD and Ultimo pump out some of the best coffee in the city), the beverages here are exceptional, from your regular garden variety flat whites to their ‘‘feature coffees’’ " Our summary HERE
22 September 2015 Sokyo Ramen - "... want a quick-fire lunch/dinner with minimal fuss and deliciously firm noodles? You've found it." Our summary HERE
29 September 2015 Paradie Road Diner - "It’s a classic milk bar with Bondi leanings (since when did the words gluten-free and quinoa appear on a 1950s diner menu?). It’s not hard to imagine rocking up after some serious beach time for a burger and a shake." Our summary HERE
6 October 2015 So 9 - "... the food is actively pretty good. And if aesthetics are as important to you as tastiness, this is your Waterloo." Our summary HERE
13 October 2015 Kopi-Tiam - "Kopi-Tiam – a mini hawker lane paved with cobblestones, fairy lights, unforgiving little metal chairs (nobody’s behind could enjoy these, surely?) and tables filled with food stalls selling everything from single chicken wings (only a buck!) to hotpots and nasi lemak." Our summary HERE
20 October 2015 - "It’s a menu heavily reliant on smoked, cured, brined and pickled foods, much of it made and tinned by the Continental Deli team, and it’s all served in a room that’s made to only get better with age." Our summary HERE
27 October 2015 Two Wolves Cantina - "It feels like the sort of place you'd stumble upon after walking around in the heat all day somewhere (anywhere really) in south-east Asia, where you all of a sudden find yourself in a room surrounded with cold beers, and dozens of people hell-bent on finding themselves through the power of lentils. Everybody working the floor here seems pretty high on life. Maybe it’s all the self-discovery." Our summary HERE
3 November 2015 One Ford Street - "[Chef Sam Bennett's] style is that sort of rough-hewn, flavourforward, thrown together intelligently with more care and nous than you might first think. Therein lies the trick to Bennett’s food. If you, like me, feel the need to nix the brainwork and occasionally take the path of least resistance, go for the ... ‘‘no fussypants’’ sharing menu." Our summary HERE
10 November 2015 Momofuku Seibo Bar - "Now, the great thing about this bar menu (and always has been) is the fact you don’t need to book a table in the restaurant to order it. ... Nope, all you do here is rock up, hopefully snare one of the stools to the left of the entry and go big on the eats." Our summary HERE
15 December 2015 Belles Hot Chicken - "This is food with maximum flavour, and provided you don’t mind eating standing up, it’s also food geared to maximum fun." Our summary HERE
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