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Morsels: Bryan Martin's wine gong, Eighty/twenty opens, new home for Sweet Bones

Natasha Rudra

Inside new Braddon cafe eighty/twenty, now open on Lonsdale Street.
Inside new Braddon cafe eighty/twenty, now open on Lonsdale Street.Supplied

Riesling gold
Congratulations to our food columnist and restaurant critic Bryan Martin, who has just won an award for the best riesling at the NSW Small Winemakers Awards. The anointed wine – the 2014 riesling from his own Ravensworth label – also won a gold medal.

Eighty/twenty cafe opens
Both ends of Lonsdale Street are now well and truly buzzing, and now they'll be brought together with some new additions near the roundabout at Elouera Street. We had a chat to sisters Klarisa Cengic and Tihana Ravanparsa, who have just opened eighty/twenty, across the road from the also numerically titled eightysix. The new cafe is all about eating well 80 per cent of the time and indulging the other 20 per cent. You'll find inventive soups, salads, breakfasts and smoothies, as well as a decent dose of caffeine and wine. The ladies have completely gutted the space, which was previously home to restaurant Kitsch, and replaced it with a dramatic fit out of black tiles and industrial fittings, clashed with bright cups and lashings of wood. They're open seven days a week for lunch and dinner, and will be making the most of local products – including cold-pressed juices from The Fix. The sisters say they love variety, so expect a menu that changes weekly.

Sweet Bones' new home
Also moving in next door to eighty/twenty in the next month or so is Sweet Bones Café, which has to relocate due to the Lonsdale Street Traders redevelopment.

Sweet Bones Cafe will move next door to eighty/twenty in the next month in Londale Street.
Sweet Bones Cafe will move next door to eighty/twenty in the next month in Londale Street.Jay Cronan
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Members' Bar at Old Parliament House

Members' Bar at Old Parliament House is reopening this week and will be open every Wednesday during Parliamentary sitting weeks. There will be tapas, wine and drinks from 5pm. Sounds like a good midweek fix after work.

Artisan wines at Courgette
Courgette restaurant is now putting on a six-course dinner with matching wines every month. The idea is to present some natural, organic and biodynamic wines from around the world. The first dinner in the series is on Tuesday, September 16, and will focus on French artisan wines. It costs $150. 54 Marcus Clarke Street, Civic. Bookings 6247 4042.

Scandinavian Baking
Time for a bit of food porn in this week's featured cookbook, Scandinavian Baking by Danish chef and food writer Trine Hahnemann. There are plenty of recipes for Danish pastries and all the rye bread you could possibly want, including a luscious looking layer cake made from rye bread and smothered in cream and jam. Hahnemann also features recipes for a Scandinavian Christmas feast and for the midsummer festival. It's published by Quadrille, $49.99.

<i>Scandinavian Baking</i>, by Trine Hahnemann.
Scandinavian Baking, by Trine Hahnemann.Supplied

Spit Shack opens
I'm not sure about this name. But the Spit Shack is a new venture open in Pialligo, offering roast lamb and pork from an open fire. The shack was also a fixture at Bredbo earlier this year. Owner Kresimir Spelic says the Spit Shack focuses on "Australian country produce" and there's a very simple concept behind the menu – it's just four items at a time. The Spit Shack is open at the Native Flora Nursery, 3 Beltana Road, Pialligo.

Good Food Month program
In October we've got Australia's largest food festival coming to Canberra with special dinners and chef events. The Canberra Times Good Food Month program is out now at canberra. goodfoodmonth.com

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