The Sydney Morning Herald logo
Advertisement

Food travel

Sean’s

I’m coming to Sydney for the week, where should I eat? The critic’s top picks for visitors

Callan Boys opens his little black book of places that have terrific food and booze, and show you how Sydney really ticks.

  • Callan Boys
Bridge Road Brewers’ menu champions pizza topped with local ingredients.

These are the best places to eat, drink (and scoff pizza) in buzzing Rutherglen and surrounds

Talented producers are adding lustre to this charming high country gold rush town and its surrounds.

  • Jane Fraser
Milk bar vibes at Larrie’s at The Beach Hotel.

These are the best places to eat, drink (and dine barefoot) in Newcastle

All you need to know for a weekend of long lunches, cold beer and cocktails in the Steel City.

  • Callan Boys and Sarah Norris
Lobster dish from the main restaurant on Azamara Pursuit.

Celebrity chefs, steakhouses and seafood: Six cruise lines with outstanding food

Cruise ships are introducing smaller venues and more specialised cuisines to suit a new generation of food-savvy passengers. Here are six of the best.

  • Brian Johnston
Mark Olive’s slow-cooked river mint lamb with desert lime glaze, roasted kipfler potato and charred asparagus.

Nothing to sea here: Cruise dining goes inland for some spectacular new experiences

From dinner under the stars at Uluru to foraging for wild plants in Iceland, Silversea’s onshore excursions are taking cruise dining to unexpected new heights.

  • Sarah Norris
Advertisement
Drinks writer Katie Spain conducting a wine masterclass on board the Cunard Great Australian Culinary Voyage in early 2024.

The first timer’s guide to the five things you need to know before a food and wine cruise

Arrive thirsty, hungry and prepared to try anything, Katie Spain advises.

  • Katie Spain
Cruise ships are introducing smaller venues and more specialised cuisines to suit a new generation of food-savvy passengers.

Thinking about booking a cruise? Everything you need to know about the food and drink

From the best food and drink on the high seas to clever drink collabs, here’s the gourmet guide to great cruising.

One of the drinks available via The Macallan Diamond Bar Cart on Oceania Cruises’s Vista liner.

There’s no more fitting location for a navy-strength gin (and other magical drinks)

A whisky’s being aged using the sea’s motion to help impart barrel flavours; a navy strength gin by Four Pillars and a Lord Nelson beer called Smooth Sailing.

  • Sarah Norris
Samesyn

The new Torquay restaurant where printed menus and cling film are banned

Profits are donated, food waste becomes clever plates, menus aren’t printed and cling film is banned. The new Samesyn is trying a radical new model for fine-dining.

  • Emma Breheny
Buxton trout is dressed with ginger and spring onions, Cantonese-style.

Three exciting new restaurants that will change the way you think about regional dining

Full-tilt Thai in Geelong, Chinese at a winery and more new flavours in unexpected Victorian locations to add to your Victorian dining hit list.

  • Emma Breheny