As The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Month presented by Citi wraps up for another year (ends Friday), there's just time for a few final food flings.
INSTANT EXPERT COOKING CLASSES
Eating for Beauty & Wellbeing @ The Balmoral Boatshed (today and tomorrow), Balmoral, $95
Cindy Lüken of lük beautifood and nutritionist Michele Chevalley Hedge take you through a wholefoods cooking class, matched with a pomegranate mocktail and nibbles.
THE COCKTAIL WORKSHOP
At The Owlhouse, Darlinghurst, $75
Classic, contemporary, shaken, stirred – get the cocktail keys in this masterclass with bar snacks and cocktails. October 31
LET'S DO LUNCH ($38 including Yalumba wine, Coopers beer, Thatchers Cider or Schweppes waters)
King salmon, heirloom carrots, radish, broad beans and hazelnuts at North Bondi Fish, Bondi Beach; saffron spaghetti and scallops at Otto, Woolloomooloo; butter-poached fish with gnocchi and clam beurre blanc at Cottage Point Inn, Cottage Point: wood-grilled market fish or meat with sides at Vicinity Dining, Alexandria. Daily.
WORLD DINNERS
Saigon Street Eats at La Mint, Darlinghurst, $45
Street-food faves: goi cuong (ricepaper rolls), banh uot (steamed flat noodles), nem nuong (chargrilled pork skewers), banh xeo (riceflour pancakes) and pho. October 28.