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Erina Starkey

Erina Starkey

Good Food app editor

Erina is the Good Food App Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Previously, Erina held a number of editing roles at delicious.com.au and writing roles at Broadsheet and Concrete Playground.

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
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 charcoal chicken chains. Now, the rapidly expanding Lebanese business, launched in Granville in 1998, has pushed well past the boundary.

  • Erina Starkey
Lankan Filling Station to close.

Sydney’s only hatted Sri Lankan restaurant is closing. Hop to it to eat one last hopper

O Tama Carey’s Lankan Filling Station was awarded a hat in every edition of the Good Food Guide during its seven-year run.

  • Erina Starkey
Pici carbonara with guanciale.

Rovollo’s roving pasta cart delivers pici carbonara tableside

There’s always plenty of movement at 25 Martin Place, even so, it’s hard to miss the flaming cheese wheel at new Italian restaurant and wine bar Rovollo.

  • Erina Starkey
The Lambington.

Canvas reframed: New chef takes over at MCA’s harbour view restaurant

James Scott’s debut menu blurs the line between food and art with an intricate lamb loin “lambington” and a steak tartare served with Sydney Opera House–shaped crisps.

  • Erina Starkey
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The milk bun from Maaemo’s 2023 residency at Berowra Waters Inn.

Three-Michelin-starred Maaemo returns to Sydney with an all-Australian menu

The famed Norwegian restaurant will be leaning in to local ingredients for its second takeover of Hawkesbury fine diner Berowra Waters Inn in July.

  • Erina Starkey
The staple beef burger at Hi Hi Burger.

This smash burger joint in Bondi Junction does one thing very well

The co-founder of Bourke Street Bakery has opened a smash burger joint in Bondi Junction where the beef is sourced from Vic’s Meats and the potato buns are made in house.

  • Erina Starkey
A spread of dishes at Hongdae Pocha.

This heritage-listed warehouse in Chippendale is now home to a buzzy Korean BBQ joint

Named after the brightly coloured street food stalls of Korea – Hongdae Pocha dishes up all the delicious, snacky things you might eat on a night out in Seoul.

  • Erina Starkey
Stairway to Heaven.

R by Raita Noda

There’s a new rendition of Stairway to Heaven. You’ll find it at R by Raita Noda, a 15-seat Japanese fine diner on Redfern’s Wunderlich Lane.

  • Erina Starkey
Poodle Bar & Bistro’s crab profiteroles.

Filet-O-Fish and salt & vinegar onion rings: a French dinner inspired by a Happy Meal

For one night, Melbourne’s hatted Poodle Bar & Bistro comes to Sydney. Expect mini burgers, savoury profiteroles and “cheeky, decadent” dishes.

  • Erina Starkey

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