From a $4 Pork Roll Bursting with Freshness to a Glistening $225 Oyster Platter, These Are the Sydney Tastes You Must Try at Least Once in a Lifetime

28 Dec 2014 Sunday Telegraph, Sydney Author: Amy Harris • Section: Supplements • Article type : News Item Audience : 510,259 • Page: 1 • Printed Size: 11306.00cm² • Market: NSW Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 782,615 • Words: 1220 • Item ID: 356058688

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From a $4 pork roll bursting with freshness to a glistening $225 oyster platter, these are the Sydney tastes you must try at least once in a lifetime. Compiled by Amy Harris 100 dishes todiefor 28 Dec 2014 Sunday Telegraph, Sydney Author: Amy Harris • Section: Supplements • Article type : News Item Audience : 510,259 • Page: 1 • Printed Size: 11306.00cm² • Market: NSW Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 782,615 • Words: 1220 • Item ID: 356058688

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1 The pho with beef brisket, $15, Pho An Restaurant, Bankstown. In a city loaded with great Vietnamese restaurants, the pho soup with beef brisket at An Restaurant in Bankstown has risen above all others to earn the unofficial title as Sydney’s king of soups. Sure, the premise is simple: rice noodles in a bowl topped with raw beef, spring onion and coriander before being covered with a piping-hot beef broth. But the result is nothing short of magical.

ow does a good dish selling burgers out of a former sexual become great? health clinic in Newtown. Skip ahead and After all, Sydney is Mary’s is the standard by which Sydney teeming with restaurants burgers are measured, with a second and we’re a city filled with city venue opening its doors this year ambitious and edgy chefs, and queues outside the original venue Hall trying to outdo each other with the continuing to snake around the corner. newest offerings - from designer burgers Then there’s the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it to molecular gastronomy or posh pub Ramen Ikkyu which, despite being buried grub in a boozer-made-good. high in the reaches of the Chinatown Yet one truly good dish can still turn food-court warren, is widely regarded an obscure hole in the wall into an as the source of Sydney’s best Japanese Roti canai, $5.50, at institution. ramen. Mamak, Haymarket. It happened back in the 1930s when a They are the dishes that have defied 2 savvy young entrepreneur named Harry geography and laser-focused competition Edwards started selling pies with peas to earn their place in the same sentence out of a small caravan at the gates of the as top-tier fine-diners like Quay, Aria and AmyAm Harris compiles Woolloomooloo naval dockyards. Testuya’s, et al. Eighty years on and Harry’s Café When Orson Welles once said: “Ask thet ultimate list of De Wheels is an international tourist not what you can do for your country, ask destination of the same calibre as Luna what’s for lunch” he most likely wasn’t food you need to Park or Darling Harbour. talking about Sydney. try before you die More recently it was a bunch of But here’s 100 reasons why he could bearded and moustachioed gun-slingers have been. 28 Dec 2014 Sunday Telegraph, Sydney Author: Amy Harris • Section: Supplements • Article type : News Item Audience : 510,259 • Page: 1 • Printed Size: 11306.00cm² • Market: NSW Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 782,615 • Words: 1220 • Item ID: 356058688

Strawberry and watermelon cake, from $29, at Black Star 3 Pastry, Newtown and Rosebery.

The ricotta hotcakes with banana and honeycomb butter, 4 $20, at Bills, Surry Hills.

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6 Pork dumpling (xiao long bao) — 6pieces, $10.80, at Din Tai Fung, World Square. Everyone has their own way of consuming these world-famous soup dumplings served at Din Tai Fung (which28 Dec now has 2014 six locations inSunday Sydney), but Telegraph, Sydney popping one on your spoon and gulping theAuthor: whole thing Amy Harris • Section: Supplements • Article type : News Item Audience : 510,259 • Page: 1 • Printed Size: 11306.00cm² • Market: NSW in one go is undoubtedlyCountry: the Australia • ASR: AUD 782,615 • Words: 1220 • Item ID: 356058688 most effective. DTF has nailed the creation of these mini wonders to the point of art - and Sydneysiders are better for it. Copyright Agency licensed copy (www.copyright.com.au) Page 6 of 13

The dengaku nasu (sweet Sunday roast, $28 per person, 7 eggplant) from Toko, $15.80. 18 The Four In Hand, Paddington. Poached land and sea dumplings, Eye fillet steak (cook your own), 8 $12, Fu Manchu, Darlinghurst. 19 $28, The Oaks, Neutral Bay. Khao soi (egg noodles Oregano and Oil special 9 and braised chicken in 20 $7/$10 at Oregano and Oil northern region coconut curry), 12.50, Pizza, Blacktown. Chat Thai, Haymarket, Westfield CBD or QVB Sydney. The Devil’s Breakfast, $22, Porch 21 Bread and Wine Parlour, Bondi. Stuffed scallop with crab 10 meat sauce, $19.80, at New Baja fish taco, $6, at Barrio Golden Emperor Chinese Restaurant, 22 Chino, Potts Point. Kingsgrove. Peking duck, $65, at Steamed prawn dumplings 23 Lao Zhao Good Luck 11 with spicy ponzu, $19, Chinese Restaurant, Enfield. Sake At The Rocks. The pulled-pork roll, $10, from Sean’s chicken lollipops with 24 Victor Churchill at Sydney Fish 12 chilli and molasses dip, $18, The Markets. The wonton nnoodleoodle Morrison, Sydney CBD. The fish head with ponzu and The fazzoletti neri ai frutti di soup, $9, The Happy Salt and pepper young squid 25soy (market price) at Izakaya 30 mare (black handkerchief pasta Chef, Newtown. 13 with lemon, chilli and spring Fujiyama, Surry Hills. with cuttlefish, mussels, prawns and 34 onion, $22, Fei Jai, Potts Point. chilli) $32/40 at Lucio’s, Paddington. Ikkyuu shoyu ramen, $11.5$11.50,50, The Tiger — Harry’s Cafe de Ramen IkIkkyu,k HHaymarket.k t A whole BBQ chicken, $14, 26 Wheels. Polpetta pizza (meatballs, 35 Clem’s Chicken Shop, Newtown. bocconcini, basil and tomato), Vietnamese pork roll, $4, Hong 14 Pulled pork burger, $10, and 31 $5 per slice at Frankie’s, Hunter Street, 36 Ha Bakery, Mascot. Hot, sweet and sour numbing 27 salted caramel milkshake, $8, CBD. 15 pork, $38, at Spice Temple, CBD. Chur Burger, Surry Hills. Mussels marinara, $18, Bar Lorraine’s signature date tart, 37 Reggio, Darlinghurst. Fettuccine with cream, The lamb kebab with the sauce 32 $15 or whole $120, Lorraine’s 16 parmesan and truffle egg — 28 from the Portuguese chicken Patisserie, Sydney. Moussaka, $19.50, Diethnes prepared at the table, $35.50, at Buon burger, $9.40, Istanbul on King, 38 Greek Restaurant, CBD. The Nutella pizza, $13, at Ricordo, Paddington. Newtown. 33 Crinitis, Woolloomooloo Wharf, Peanut butter and banana Pork and fennel sausage roll, The breakfast burger, $12, at Darling Harbour, Manly, Parramatta and 39 sundae, $18, HartsYard, 17 $4.50, Bourke Street Bakery. 29 Mary’s, CBD. Castle Hill. Newtown. 28 Dec 2014 Sunday Telegraph, Sydney Author: Amy Harris • Section: Supplements • Article type : News Item Audience : 510,259 • Page: 1 • Printed Size: 11306.00cm² • Market: NSW Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 782,615 • Words: 1220 • Item ID: 356058688

The salted caramel The Cecina — air-cured Wagyu beef gelato, $3 per scoop, with truffle foam and poached egg, 40 Gelato Messina. 41 $25, MoVida, Surry Hills.

Three-cheese stuffed zucchini flowers, $5 each, Café Sopra, Fratelli Fresh in Potts Point/Walsh 42 Bay, Bridge St and Alexandria.

43 Peking duck at BBQ King, $72, Chinatown. Named by TV celebrity chef Rick Stein as his favourite restaurant in Australia, BBQ King has been an institution since it opened its doors in 1979 and it is largely due to its huge variety of barbecued pork and duck dishes as well as its famous Peking Duck. Open until around 2am every day, it’s perfect for a late-night feast. 28 Dec 2014 Sunday Telegraph, Sydney Author: Amy Harris • Section: Supplements • Article type : News Item Audience : 510,259 • Page: 1 • Printed Size: 11306.00cm² • Market: NSW Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 782,615 • Words: 1220 • Item ID: 356058688

Top 100 dishes 44 The one-metre napoletana pizza, $67, at Via Napoli Pizzeria, Lane Cove. Whoever said size wasn’t everything has obviously never visited Via Napoli Pizzeria in Lane Cove; home to the one- metre pizza which comes straight from the wood-fired oven, Naples-style, with traditional Italian toppings like San Marzano tomatoes and imported buffallo mozzarella. There are 18 different styles - few better than the quattro formaggi cheese-fest - a mix of gorgonzola, parmigiano, pecorino and mozzarella. Bellissima.

45 A favourite of locals and foodies in Surry Hills, Baccomatto Osteria has achieved near-cult status on the back of its chic take on classic Italian food, none more so than the traditional tiramisu - the perfect blend of fresh cream, coffee, mascarpone, sugar and, of course, a little booze. Best served with two spoons and a limoncello. House-smoked Tiramisu, $12, at Baccomatto ocean trout, $31, at Osteria, Surry Hills 46 Flying Fish, Pyrmont 28 Dec 2014 Sunday Telegraph, Sydney Author: Amy Harris • Section: Supplements • Article type : News Item Audience : 510,259 • Page: 1 • Printed Size: 11306.00cm² • Market: NSW Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 782,615 • Words: 1220 • Item ID: 356058688

The beef pie, $24, The Kefi mac & cheese, 4 Pines Brew Pub, $12.50 at Kefi Greek 47 Manly. 48 Restau,rant, Kingsgrove.

28 Dec 2014 The sashimi platter, Deep-fried whole eggs with $60,Sunday at Sokyo, Telegraph, The Star. Sydneyblack vinegar and caramel, $9, 49 57 Pork buns, $15, at at Sugarcane, Surry Hills. TheAuthor: individual Amy aerocake, Harris $9, • Section: Supplements • Article type : News Item Momofuku, The Star. 50 atAudience Adriano Zumbo : 510,259in Balmain. • Page:Cacio 1 • ePrinted pepe (salt, Size: pepper 11306.00cm² • Market: NSW and olive oil pasta) served 62 Nuggets Munch Box and Classic 58 Country: Australia • ASR:in a pecorino AUD cheese 782,615 wheel, • $20, Words: at 1220 • Item ID: 356058688 Fries with French Canadian 51 Buffalo Dining Club, Surry Hills. Deluxe Sauce, $6.95, Lord Of The Fries, George Street CBD. Pork short ribs braised with Peking sauce, $20, at China French onion soup, $12, at 59 Copyright Agency licensed copyDiner, (www.copyright.com.au) Bondi. 52 Montagne, Fairfield RSL. Page 11 of 13 Scampi alla griglia marinati Chips with truffle oil and con varie erbe e brandy (the parmesan, $15.50, at Manta, 60 53 girlled scampi with brandy), $43/$59 Woolloomooloo Wharf. at Beppi’s. Chocolate brownie, $4, at Vanilla bean creme brulee with Infinity Bakery, Paddington. 54 61 green apple and doughnut at Breakfast tagine, $22.50, at Guillaume. 55 Kazbah, Balmain. Railway goat curry, $33, at 56 Aki’s, Woolloomooloo.

Duck egg sauternes custard and crostoli, $17, at Pei Modern, The The ultimate oyster bar indul- Four Seasons Hotel, The Rocks. gence Platter, $225, at Sydney 63 64 Cove Oyster Bar, Circular Quay. 28 Dec 2014 Sunday Telegraph, Sydney Author: Amy Harris • Section: Supplements • Article type : News Item Audience : 510,259 • Page: 1 • Printed Size: 11306.00cm² • Market: NSW Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 782,615 • Words: 1220 • Item ID: 356058688

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Pippies with XO sauce on fried vermicelli (market price) at 66 Golden Century, Chinatown.

Lamb cutlets with roast potatoes, $30, from Al Aseel 65 Lebanese restaurant, Newtown.

Truffle mash, $15, The Flaming Number One Copyright Agency licensed copy (www.copyright.com.au)at Aria Restaurant, special, $55 per person, The Page 13 of 13 67 Sydney. 68 Rocks Teppenyaki, The Rocks.

Salt and pepper squid, $23.10, Tetsuya’s 10-course degustation Wagyu burger, $20, at Soft-shell crab karaage, $18, at 69 at Golden Century, Chinatown. 78 menu, $220 per head (not 86 Rockpool Bar and Grill. 95 Busshari, Potts Point. including wine), Tetsuya’s, Sydney CBD. Fried chicken with buttermilk Kapitan king prawns, $32, Fried saganaki cheese with 70 biscuit and sausage gravy, $29, KungPao chicken, $38, at Spice 87 at The Malaya. 96 honey and oregano, $17, at The at HartsYard, Enmore. Temple, Sydney CBD. Apollo, Potts Point. 79 Crab stir-fry, $24, at Assamm Classic Crackles — slow-roast Hibachi king prawns with 88 Thai Eating House, QVB. Three-course Friday market five-spiced pork belly served with kombu butter, $24, at Cho Cho lunch, $49, Marque, Surry Hills. 71 80 Deep-fried Mars bar at Bondi 97 Vietnamese salad in a roll, $12, at Mr San, Potts Point. Surf Seafood, $4, Bondi. Suckling pig roll, $12, Wilbur’s Crackles, Oxford Street. 89 Roast chicken, $29, at Sean’s Place, Potts Point. The chicken roll meal, $12.80 98 Beef massaman curry, Panorama. 81 (with chips and a soft drink), The Glacier 51 Toothfish, $49, $7.50 for lunch, $9.50 for dinner 90 72 Prawn roll (tiger prawns, El Jannah, Blacktown, Granville, at Catalina, Rose Bay. at Tom Yum Tom Gang, Glebe. 99 82 avocado, iceberg lettuce and Punchbowl. Soft-shell snow crab slider, $10 cocktail sauce), $15, at Burger, Liquor, Essene toast, black tahini, labneh 73 each, at North Bondi Fish, Bondi. Lobster @ Manly Wharf Hotel and London Hotel, Paddington. 91 and honey, $12, at Kitchen by Chicken, lemon, garlic Mike, Rosebery. Slow-roasted lamb shoulder, 74 mixed plate, $18, at Al Aseel, 100 $66, Chiswick, Woollahra. The scallop moussaka, $27, at Greenacre. 83 The Works Alpha Restaurant, Haymarket. Crispy fried brussels sprouts 92 Alaskan snow crab and sweet- hamburger with lentils and mint, $16, at Fried chicken (whole bird) $28, corn omelet (beurre noisette), 84 with a 75 Porteno, Surry Hills. with mash and gravy, $5, at $32.50, at Bistro Moncur, Woollahra. 93 pineapple Pork knuckle with sauerkraut, Mary’s, Newtown. Buttermilk pancake with salt cod, crush drink, horseradish, mustard and The mini spinach quiche, egg and smoked maple butter 85 Paul’s Famous 76 pickles, $16.99 at Tommy’s Beer Café, $4.50, The Pudding Shop, $18, at Bodega, Surry Hills. 94 Hamburgers, Glebe. Glebe Point Road. Sylvania.

The caviar shot, $15, with a glass of Perrier Jouet Grand Brut NV, $17, The Champagne 77 Room, upstairs at The Winery, Surry Hills.