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Ppyeodagwi-haejangguk (pork bone soup with rice).

Twelve of Sydney’s cosiest bowls to wrap your hands around for under $25

From some of the city’s best ramen to a much-revered suburban pho, these soups will help you survive winter.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Grange and Penfolds wines.

The verdict on the new Grange is in, but it’s $1000. Should you splash the cash?

Good Food wine writer Katie Spain says it has the aromatic magic of a misty autumn morning, but there are impressive, and more affordable, alternatives available.

  • Katie Spain
Nat Thaipaun was crowned MasterChef champion in 2024.

‘I’m a sucker for any pub’: MasterChef winner Nat Thaipun’s go-to food spots

This rising star shares her favourite Sydney pubs, restaurants and cafes. Plus, the broccoli dish that makes her housemates shudder.

  • Jane Rocca
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Steak frites with umami butter.

Sydney’s first steak frites-only restaurant, by the Rockpool team, is now open

The star of the show is a 220-gram scotch fillet from Gippsland producer O’Connor with chips for $48.

  • Scott Bolles and Erina Starkey
Ruben’s Deli mac and cheese bake.
EASY

How to make this classic New York deli-style mac and cheese at home

Don’t skimp on the crumb topping when making this ultra-cheesy pasta bake.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Amanda Ruben

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Investigations

Hemmes gif day 2

How Justin Hemmes went from party-boy billionaire to political operator

  • Eryk Bagshaw, Bianca Hrovat and Natalie Clancy
Rodrigo Zavaleta worked across four Merivale venues for five years

Mexican chefs were sold the Australian dream by Merivale. It was all ‘smoke screens’

  • Bianca Hrovat, Eryk Bagshaw and Natalie Clancy
Merivale Day 3 gif

How a cricket bag full of cash helped spawn Merivale’s multibillion-dollar empire

  • Lucy Macken

‘He has destroyed my life’: Emma’s nightmare in the heart of the Terzini empire

  • Clare Sibthorpe, Eryk Bagshaw and Natalie Clancy
Justin Hemmes and Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece at Merivale’s Ivy complex in Sydney.

‘We’ve let the wolf into the den’: Allegations against Merivale raise concerns in Melbourne

  • Cara Waters

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Eating out

Sydney’s roast chicken territories.

El Jannah’s new store redraws Sydney’s ‘Red Rooster Line’

Sydney isn’t just divided by postcodes – it’s also split by chicken chains. Now, the rapidly expanding Lebanese business has pushed past the boundary.

  • Erina Starkey
Loulou’s lunch-special steak frites encased in a baguette.

Loulou Bistro opens at Martin Place with a steak frites sandwich and $2 happy hour

  • Scott Bolles
Golden BBQ, Hurstville.

‘Everyone knows that’s where you get your BBQ meats’: The Good Food guide to Hurstville

  • David Matthews
Queen Chow Manly will close on August 5.

Merivale to close popular Manly Wharf restaurant Queen Chow

  • Sarah Norris

New on the app

Mucho group is giving away free tequila pours at three venues.

The Download: A tequila trail with free pours along the way

Pici carbonara with guanciale.
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Rovollo’s roving pasta cart delivers pici carbonara tableside

Roasted ducks and soy-glazed chickens hang alongside roasted pork at Wang Wang BBQ.
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Of all the Chinese BBQ shops in Eastwood, this is the one to go to

Coming soon: the Good Food app.

What’s for dinner? Find inspiration for every meal on the Good Food app

A spread of dishes at Hongdae Pocha.
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Buzzy Korean BBQ joint opens in heritage-listed warehouse

The staple beef burger at Hi Hi Burger.
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This smash burger joint in Bondi Junction does one thing very well

Stairway to Heaven.
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Akti’s dining room.
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Hellenika chef heads up new Greek restaurant on the wharf

The sauce section at Eastwood Mart.
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Wagyu roast beef sandwich.
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A cult Bondi sandwich shop opens at Wunderlich Lane

Miryang Gukbap soup shop channels South Korea’s south-east.
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This new Korean soup shop specialises in pork bone gukbap

The signature green, yellow and red negronis.
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This New York-style bar serves a negroni in three colours

Recent reviews

A spread of crab blini with hollandaise, chips, steak Diane and Skull Island prawns with black pepper butter (clockwise from left).
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Why Cafe Paci is one of Sydney’s most meaningful dining experiences

  • Myffy Rigby
Owner Cristina Bontjer at Filipino Fiesta in Kogarah.

Filipino Fiesta offers some of Sydney’s most traditional Filipino food and snacks

  • Lenny Ann Low
Giuseppe’s tiramisu.
14.5/20

In a city with too many tiramisus on menus, Cicci’s is the original (and perhaps the best)

  • Callan Boys
The Argyle nightclub has been reborn as The Dining Room.
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Have we hit peak luxury grill? It seems so, at The Dining Room by the Rockpool team

  • David Matthews

The Servo draws crowds with live music, fire pits and deep-fried lasagne sangers

  • Lenny Ann Low

Essential cafes and bakeries

Customers outside Artificer, Surry Hills.

Sydney cafes aren’t what they used to be. They’re better

  • Bianca Hrovat
Cakes, like this strawberry shortcake, are Khanom Bakery founder Yeen Veerasenee’s specialty.

110 essential Sydney cafes and bakeries that really take the cake (and everything else)

What going out for breakfast means in Melbourne in 2025

What going out for breakfast means in Melbourne in 2025

  • Emma Breheny
Assorted cakes at Tori”s.

107 essential Melbourne cafes and bakeries that really take the cake (and everything else)

Brunetti restaurant in Lygon St, Carlton.

Can you truly call yourself a Melburnian if you haven’t tried these iconic venues?

  • Good Food

Recipes

Very short lemon shortbread.

These sigh-worthy lemon biscuits are perfect with a cup of tea

Delicately short and buttery, with just enough zing from the zest, these treats keep exceptionally well.

  • Tilly Pamment
Japanese-style chicken schnitzel curry.
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Take a few shortcuts for this Japanese-style schnitzel curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s one-pan chicken with pumpkin, coriander and chickpeas.
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Minimal effort, max flavour: This one-pan chicken is high-reward midweek cooking

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Adam Liaw’s coq au vin.

Adam Liaw shares the steps to reaching ‘coq au vin heaven’

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw

Recipe collections

This speedy chicken stir-fry is sticky, sweet, savoury and a little bit spicy.

25 of RecipeTin Eats’ best midweek dinners you’ll make again and again

Serve the pork on a bed of the roasted apple, onion and carrot.

Eight classic roasts (plus new sides to go with them) to cook this weekend

Danielle Alvarez’s chicken, chorizo and rice bake with dill and feta herb salad.

Rice and easy does it: 20+ budget-minded midweek one-pot wonders

Winter citrus includes orange, mandarin and lime.

Five healthy yoghurt bowls to whip up this week

Leaf salad with parsley vinaigrette.

Adam Liaw’s simple green salads for every occasion

Quick red curry of chicken.

Neil Perry’s 50 all-time greatest winter recipes

The options for adding your own creativity to zucchini slice are endless.

Zucc yeah! The unlikely star of our 50 most popular recipes of 2025

Helen Goh’s apple cake with maple oat crisp.

10 irresistible crumble cakes (and a bonus cookie) to make this week

Bake your super green mac and cheese until it’s golden and bubbling.

14 nourishing vegie winter warmers (that aren’t soup) to make this week

Danielle Alvarez’s rigatoni with sausage, red wine and tomato ragu.

15 hearty winter pasta recipes to cook this week

Adam Liaw’s version of the viral internet dish Marry me chicken.

14 satisfying stews and one-pot wonders (starring marry me chicken)

Lamb shanks in red wine sauce.

14 easy warming winter recipes to sink into this week

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Tips & advice

Classic pumpkin soup.

Three nutritionist-approved soups to fight colds and flu

  • Sarah Pound
How do you keep your flat-leaf parsley from flopping?

How to make supermarket herbs last longer and go further

  • Sue Quinn
Sprinkle chiafor heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids andnutrients including magnesium, niacin, phosphorus and zinc.

Sprinkle these super seeds into meals for an instant health hit

  • Leah Koenig
Can’t decide between a sausage and a burger at a barbecue? Why not have both?

How to keep ravenous teens full (without blowing the budget)

  • Nina Rousseau
How to roll your own sushi at home

Yes, it is easy to make decent sushi at home. Here’s where to begin

  • Dani Valent

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Drinks

Aldi winter wines

Winter’s best wines for $30 or less (including Aldi’s ‘astounding’ reds)

  • Katie Spain

If guests bring a bottle of wine to a dinner party, do you have to open it?

  • Huon Hooke

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Nat Thaipaun was crowned MasterChef champion in 2024.

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  • Jane Rocca
Ruben’s Deli mac and cheese bake.
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  • Amanda Ruben
This speedy chicken stir-fry is sticky, sweet, savoury and a little bit spicy.

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A spread of crab blini with hollandaise, chips, steak Diane and Skull Island prawns with black pepper butter (clockwise from left).
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Why this perpetually busy restaurant is one of Sydney’s most meaningful dining experiences

  • Myffy Rigby
Loulou’s lunch-special steak frites encased in a baguette.

Loulou Bistro opens at Martin Place with a steak frites sandwich and $2 happy hour

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