If the Italian Stallion was a butcher, you’d find him at La Macelleria in Bondi. An ode to all things red-blooded and meaty, this all-Italian butcher and salumeria (meaning cold meats) is as dark, brooding and handsome as they come. Be greeted by European men in white coats and flat caps, soak up Italian operatic...
Forget single origin coffee and house roasted coffee beans, let’s talk tea. And not just any tea, we’re talking competition-grade loose leaf tea sourced from artisan plantations all over the world. Tea Craft is the love child of Tjok Gde Kerthyasa and Arthur Tong – two friends who packed in their corporate day jobs to...
If you’re one of the many Sydney-siders to have slammed back a breaky at Redfern’s Baffi & Mo (and loved it!) you know all to well what kind of magic can happen before 11am. And now Louise and Ann, the dream-team behind Baffi & Mo, have jumped ship and opened a new venture in neighbouring...
Enter the wonderland that is Studio Neon and be met with intrigue and delight. Imagine paint-splattered concrete floors, exposed brick walls, mix match furniture, chandeliers, candelabras, disco balls, mannequins’ legs, a piano. Then add a commercial kitchen and liquor license, and you have what can only be described as one of our most eclectic underground...
Sunshine and lollypops and la la la la. You’ll be singing all the way to the beach this summer sporting your new onesie and a hot Basil Bangs sun umbrella in tow. These uber cool designer brollies are making waves with their bold colours and quirky prints – and even quirkier names. Make a date...
Let us introduce you to chef Chase Kojima. He’s to Japanese cuisine what Heston Blumenthal is to molecular gastronomy. Ex-Nobu pedigree, Kojima hails from a long lineage of internationally acclaimed Japanese restaurateurs, and has been slicing sashimi in professional kitchens since age 11. And now he’s calling Sydney home with the opening of his first...
When a man named on TIME magazine’s ‘100 people who most affect our world’ list speaks, you stand up and listen – well, sit down and eat in this instance. World Chef heavyweight David Chang has opened his first Momofuku outside of New York, and he’s chosen none other than Sydney’s new ‘Miss Popular’ The...
Potts Point’s Rex building just a got a tad more la-de-da with the opening of La Croix – a new café/homewares fusion where absolutely everything from the antique cutlery to the bathroom handwash is French. A mix of good café food and hand-curated European homewares, La Croix (French for The Cross) serves up a great...
Stiff neck? Sore back? Say zàijiàn to muscle pain at the Old Shanghai Massage House in Woollahra. Nestled nicely in the leafy end of Oxford Street, this beautifully designed Chinese massage parlour (created by the same mastermind that brought us The Victoria Room) will lure you in with its Zen music, soft lighting and fragrant...
They say once you go black, you never go back – and this certainly rings true for The Star’s newest resident, BLACK by ezard. Leading the BLACK pack is internationally acclaimed chef Teage Ezard, better known by Melbournians as the mastermind behind ezard (two hats) and Gingerboy. Distinctly New York in its appeal, the meticulous...
