Sydney Good Food Month 2015: week two festival director's picks
Each week NSW Good Food Month Creative Director Myffy Rigby brings you a highlight reel of our favourite upcoming events.
Take a Chinatown food court crawl
Skip lunch, wear loose pants and discover a veritable global feast in Chinatown's most popular food courts. Discover local secrets and hideaways, as well as authentic dishes spanning across Asia.
Chinatown, Sydney, October 9, 5.30-6.30pm, $20
Have a Blue Mountains adventure
Get hyper-seasonal at Darley's as they serve up a five-course tasting menu with ingredients sourced from no more than 160km of the restaurant.
Darley's, 5-19 Lilianfels Avenue, Echo Point, Katoomba, October 10, 6-9pm, $150
Experience Fat Noodle with a twist with Luke Nguyen
Chef and television personality Luke Nguyen brings a fresh twist on traditional Asian recipes to Fat Noodle, such as nonya mee: wok-tossed vermicelli noodles with prawns, chives and tamarind.
Fat Noodle, The Star, 80 Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont, October 11, 11.30am-2.30pm, $20
Celebrate Aqua Dining's 15th birthday
In honour of Aqua's 15th birthday, Federico Zanellato (LuMi), Victor Moya (Ormeggio at The Spit) and Davide Rebeccato (Aqua Dining) have created a one-of-a-kind four-course Italian menu.
Aqua Dining, corner Paul and Northcliff streets, Milsons Point, October 12, 7-11pm, $125
Get toasty with Lennox Hastie and Duncan Welgemoed
You know what they say ... where there's fire, there's, um, fire. Celebrate all things wood-fired with chefs Duncan Welgemoed from Adelaide's Africola and Firedoor's Lennox Hastie at this hot ticket dinner.
Firedoor, 1A/23-33 Mary Street, Surry Hills, October 12, 6.30-10pm, $180
Break the Glass ceiling
Celebrate women in hospitality at Glass with the Exchange's Lauren Murdoch, 4Fourteen's Carla Jones, Quay (and soon to be 4Fourteen's) Gemma Dallyn, Alex Herbert and Hilton Surfers Paradise's Kathy Tindall. Hosted by Lyndey Milan, the five-course menu will showcase local seasonal produce.
Glass Brasserie, Level 2, 488 George Street, Sydney, October 13, 6.30-10pm, $130
Take a boilermaker masterclass
In the great tradition of the American boilermaker (that's a set-up of beer and whisky), join Archie Rose's Dave Withers and some of Sydney's best brewers for a night of beer and whisky pairing. A distillery tour explains the whisky making process, then sit down to five beers and whiskies, matched to meat, cheese and vegetarian share platters.
Archie Rose, 85 Dunning Avenue, Rosebery, October 15, 7-9pm, $80
The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Month presented by Citi runs October 1-31, sydney.goodfoodmonth.com.