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Duan Wong and Isabella Wong at The Malaya’s new home.

Beloved 60-year-old family-run restaurant The Malaya returns to George Street

It might be a new chapter for the Malaysian institution, but old favourites such as its signature laksa (made with cow’s milk) and beef rendang will still entice regulars.

  • Scott Bolles
Sippenham.

Find French snacks, espresso martini slushies and BYO wine at Sydney’s new bars

Seven new and soon-to-open bars to put on your drinks list for April.

  • Bianca Hrovat
The Collective in The Rocks.

‘No one is opening 300-plus seat venues like this’: Rockpool team rebirths The Argyle

The Rocks’ heritage site is now known as The Collective, featuring a cocktail bar, breakfast courtyard and ambitious new dining room.

  • Scott Bolles
Wood-fired fennel, spinach, chicory and ricotta pie.

Your April hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

Here’s where (and what) to eat and drink in Sydney this month.

Shoppers preview the new CBD food hub on Monday before Wednesday’s official launch.

A first look at the revamped $20m food mega-hub at Haymarket’s Paddy’s Markets

A butcher, florist, dumpling stall and cheese shop will be among the nearly 50 new operators at the historic precinct.

  • Scott Bolles
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Crumbed scallop with sauce gribiche.

‘We want people to eat with one hand’: Porcine and P&V teams open French-inspired wine bar

L’Avant Cave will expand on Porcine’s “whole beast” approach in the kitchen while letting diners select wine from P&V’s extensive bottleshop collection.

  • Scott Bolles
Plate it Forward’s Shaun Christie-David with Kolkata Social chef Ahana Dutt.

Top Indian chef swaps fine dining for family recipes at new feel-good eatery

Former Raja chef Ahana Dutt wants to show Sydneysiders there’s more to Indian cooking than butter chicken.

  • Scott Bolles
Ntinos Fotinakis is bringing his dishes from Greece to his curated pop-up at Manta.

Sydney’s love for Greek restaurants hits fever pitch with a wave of openings (and a hot new pop-up)

From a souvlaki bar on a rooftop to village-style cooking at Olympic Meats, the harbour city is embracing all things Greek.

  • Scott Bolles
Corner 75, Randwick.

Two of Sydney’s most popular hatted restaurants unveil revamped 40-year-old institution

What happens when three-hatted Sixpenny teams up with trailblazing Baba’s Place to relaunch Randwick’s Corner 75? Sunflowers, scones and chicken dumpling soup.

  • Scott Bolles
The chicken pitogyro.

A Greek ‘grill house’ where the gyros actually taste like they do in Greece

The sourdough pita is baked to-order in a wood-fire oven and the meat is prepared over three days, before it’s cooked on a rotisserie.

  • Erina Starkey

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