The new Head Chef Tanvi Goswami, who is so credentialed that if she had all her qualifications on a wall it’d need reinforcing, is now leading the upscale Indian cuisine revolution at Foreign Return. The Surry Hills location should be enough of an indication that this is not your just down-the-road-local Indian restaurant. If it’s...
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Bar Tikram at the Star Sydney
Freshly re-opened after being shuttered for a year and a half, Bar Tikram is one to add to your list. This outdoor venue, the only one at The Star that grants an alfresco experience, offers a tightly curated Middle-Eastern menu, and everything on offer earns its place. Inspired by his mum, come see what Chef...
Agatha Christie’s masterpiece, The Mousetrap, thrills at Sydney Theatre Royal…with a little local travel twist
To celebrate its Platinum Jubilee (that’s 70 years!) the longest-running and most beloved play in the world is HERE in Sydney for its Australian debut. As they say, don’t just see it – solve it. Think you can figure out the mystery? Outside, it’s dreary and cold. It’s that darn La Niña making her presence...
Luna Lu dishes up Asian delicious in Campbells Cove
Luna Lu we love you. There’s no other way to express it. From the Sydney Harbour Bridge looming large over the space, to the varied menu to the gorgeous design and furnishings of the space – Luna Lu is certainly a spot for friends and family to enjoy sophisticated revamped Asian classics. There’s a vast...
Delicious Dusk Dining
You can groove the evening away with gyoza, gamay or gelato at Randwick’s hottest new dining district Foodies come one and all to enjoy flavours from across the globe paired with some cool (weather) jazz with Newmarket’s Dusk Dining. Situated in the freshly-finished Newmarket development (home to one of the coolest kids playgrounds in existence),...
The Greenwood Hotel is Sydney’s answer to The Rockafeller Centre with a spanking new ice rink and snowfest for a few days only!
The winter ice rink at NYC’s Rockefeller Centre is iconic. That big Christmas tree, a vast ice rink, children in adorable mittens, scarves, hats and a blizzard of coloured puffa jackets. Well, The Greenwood Hotel isn’t quite at that scale, but it’s celebrating Christmas in July, and it is a heck of a lot of...
Swissotel Suites are the Sweet Life
It suddenly felt like the year was racing away and life was back to its hectic best (or worst?). It was time for a circuit breaker. But stuck between the need to feel new again and the lack of time to venture afar, it became clear a little staycay close to home would be the...
Open your Soul to contemporary Korean in Surry Hills
There are fine dining restaurants all over this fair city. Each with plenty of enjoyable pomp and white tablecloths, silently advising your elbows to not rest there. Here, we are going to dare you to move away from the old classics and take a journey into your soul. Soul Dining in Surry Hills is a...
Harbour View Hotel gets a makeover with a new fine diner and insane city views!
Having worked at Walsh Bay finger wharves almost a decade ago, the pubs in the Rocks were our local hangouts, not necessarily by choice, but proximity. They didnt provide fine dining, service or inspiration, though a few notables over the years have carved out their niche. It’s been years since we last sashayed into the...
Wine, Beer, Food & Art Celebration in Pyrmont
The Pyrmont Food & Wine Festival is back with a bang and celebrating it's 10th birthday, the locals have gone all out!