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Hara bhara goat riblets at Raja restaurant in Potts Point.
Good Food hat15/20

Hatted newcomer Raja is nothing like other Indian restaurants around Sydney

No one else is serving Indian food with this level of panache and with such youthful energy.

  • Callan Boys
Fennel, yoghurt, mandarin cake (left) and a salad plate with risoni, corn, pinenut, preserved lemon, roast pumpkin, dukkah, yoghurt, fennel, leek and pecorino at Salma’s Canteen in Rosebery, Sydney.

Andy Bowdy and Kepos Street Kitchen’s new cafe-ish collab ticks all the sweet and savoury boxes

Two Sydney food wizards now offer lush salads, come-hither cakes and take-home dinners in one destination at Salma’s Canteen.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Go-to dish: Singapore chilli crab, market price.
13.5/20

Bibs and napkins, sticky fingers, hullabaloo: Is this the messiest meal in Sydney?

Sydney institution Harry’s Singapore Chilli Crab moves to Potts Point, proving once again that good chilli crab is a crazy assault on your tastebuds as well as your tablecloth.

  • Terry Durack
Three Blue Ducks Bellingen head chef Julien Vasseur and co-founder Darren Robertson.

How Bellingen became a ‘foodie mecca’ in regional NSW

Fast-growing restaurant group Three Blue Ducks joins a new wave of restaurants, cafes and food businesses putting the coastal town on the dining map.

  • Bianca Hrovat
The Happiest Meal comprises two hash browns, a “McLovin Muffin” with egg, cheese and chicken sausage, and three pancakes.
14/20

This egg-yolk yellow cafe and its ‘Happiest Meal’ is a sunny way to start to the day

The ridiculously popular Happyfield cafe leaves all other joints that don’t take bookings for dead. This naturally begs the question, why?

  • Callan Boys
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Joy Korean Fried Chicken.

Each piece of Joy’s Korean triple-fried chicken is ‘a golden meteorite of crunch’

Loyal fans visit Joy Korean Fried Chicken’s cheap and cheerful shopfront for its tongue-tingling flavours and tender plump meat.

  • Lenny Ann Low
The Rockley Pub.
14/20

Why Matt Moran’s country charmer is worth a stop on your next road trip

Counter meal classics share billing with a Chef’s Menu that takes things up a notch, including a terrific take on prawn toast.

  • Terry Durack
Osteria di Russo & Russo in Enmore.
Good Food hat15/20

This Enmore local is the perfect definition of an Australian restaurant in 2023

A training ground where young-gun chefs can flex, Osteria Russo & Russo is more concerned with deliciousness than “authentic” cuisine.

  • Callan Boys
Three-cup chicken don.

Former Aria chef serves up fine-dining skill for food-court prices at Taiwanese hole-in-the-wall

You’d be lucky to crack the $20 mark for one of Omar Hsu’s rice bowls at his cheap and very cheerful eatery Ommi Don in Ultimo.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Jonah’s overlooks Whale Beach.
13/20

Scuffed chairs and mushy linguine: Is Jonah’s still worth the hour-long drive from Sydney?

Callan Boys revisits the destination diner overlooking Whale Beach for the first time in years.

  • Callan Boys