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Chip butty with butter chicken gravy at Derrel’s.

Nine of Sydney’s best Indian eateries and restaurants

From crowd-pleasing biryani and naan to new-wave creations such as chai lamingtons, Sydney’s Indian restaurants cater to every palate.

  • Good Food team
Boys pairs cheese on a stick with a fresh lemonade.

From cheese-on-a-stick to Mi Goreng chips, the best budget bites at this year’s Easter Show

The Good Food Guide editor tracks down everything worth eating and drinking, and shares his picks for a full day’s snacking on a $50 budget.

  • Callan Boys

Helen Goh’s zesty mango, passionfruit and pistachio lamingtons are perfect for picnics

A zesty, fruity version of the old favourite, these cakes are great for picnics.

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  • Helen Goh

Why the UK can’t get enough of a boy from Sydney’s suburbs and his pioneering desserts

Australian-born head pastry chef at Harrods Philip Khoury and his creative plant-based pastries have captured the attention of food-lovers in London and beyond.

  • Rob Harris
Sweets such as fennel, yoghurt, mandarin cake prove the adage “you eat with your eyes first”.

Eat cake and carry on at 20 of Sydney’s best cafes for 2023

Cafes have evolved from a place to grab a caffeine hit to a home away from home, a meeting room or an off-site kitchen. Here are some of this year’s best.

  • Jill Dupleix and Bianca Hrovat
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Har mee noodle soup with pork, whole prawns, water spinach and hard-boiled egg.

This $16 soup is one of NSW’s best value dishes right now (and here’s 11 more to seek out)

These aren’t the cheapest dishes in the Guide, but we think they provide real-deal bang for buck when it comes to quality, history and technique.

  • Callan Boys and Good Food Guide Reviewers
Drom’s pork, fennel and cheese sausage roll.

Let the good times roll: 10 of Melbourne’s best sausage rolls

Juicy mince. Flaky pastry. Tuckshop nostalgia. What’s not to love about a sausage roll?

  • Tomas Telegramma
What does modern Australia look like on a plate?

Stop the culinary cringe, it’s time we redefined what is ‘Australian food’

We are more than meat pies, Chiko rolls and pavlovas, but we are those things as well. And right now, our cultural identity has never been stronger.

  • Besha Rodell
The space comes ready for makers to set up and sell.

Part shopfront, part kitchen: Co.Bake brings online baking trend to life with photogenic new Richmond bakeshop

This glossy peach of a bakeshop in Swan Street is purpose-built for Melbourne’s new wave of online bakers.

  • Emma Breheny
Matti Fallon has returned to his hometown of Mornington to work on a casual yet quality restaurant.

Mornington Peninsula set for vinyl-spinning, wood-fired restaurant (plus two hot spots to try now)

One offers milkshakes and ice-cream made the old way, another is a punchy Indian pop-up here for a good time not a long time.

  • Emma Breheny