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Your November hit list: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

North Sydney continues to hit its stride, a ramen favourite returns, the full verdict on our new Vittoria Coffee Restaurant of the Year, plus plenty of bakeries and doughnut shops to roll into this month.

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Alfie’s steakhouse has opened in Sydney, specialising in sirloin steaks.

Bistecca team open casual and affordable Alfie’s steakhouse in the CBD

  • Scott Bolles
Amalfi-inspired restaurant Nico opens in Cammeray on Friday.

Italian restaurant Nico brings Euro-summer vibes to North Sydney

  • Bianca Hrovat
Mojo Cubana Torta and Chicken Cemita Torta will be on the menu at Four Hundred.

Say hola to Mexican-inspired bar and kitchen Four Hundred in North Sydney

  • Scott Bolles
Hogashida is known for making incredibly rich, flavourful tonkotsu ramen.

Cult ramen shop Gumshara returns

  • Bianca Hrovat
The counter at Deux Freres.

Circular Quay’s bar boom continues with Basque-style pintxos venue Deux Freres

  • Scott Bolles
Margaret restaurant in Double Bay.
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Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year Margaret, the review

  • Callan Boys
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Chicken Kyiv.
14/20

Ukrainian comfort foods get the star treatment at feel-good restaurant Kyiv Social

  • Terry Durack

Wine and record bar Busby’s only serves stirred cocktails (and Clayton Wells’ snacks)

  • Scott Bolles
Japanese curry scrambled egg muffin with Kewpie mayo.

Always cafe’s curried egg muffin is worth skipping the snooze button for

  • Lee Tran Lam
Funda ramyun with crumbled beef bulgogi and a fried egg.
14.5/20

Loud, ambitious, high-energy: Funda puts the fun into funky Korean food

  • Terry Durack
Makgeolli chicken wings.
13/20

The Evergreen’s Korean fried chicken wings put the happy back into happy hour

  • Terry Durack
Ravioles du dauphine.

‘Relaxed gem of a place’ Babs wears its heart on its Barbra Streisand record sleeve

  • Lenny Ann Low
Blueberry tart, with baked cheesecake, blueberry jam, vanilla cream and blueberries.

Seven exciting new bakeries to spend your dough on

  • Bianca Hrovat
Mandarin and macadamia croissants, custard tarts, pandan coconut brioche and Vegemite avocado and chilli scrolls, at Shadow Baking.

... including Shadow Baking in Darlinghurst (from three fine dining chefs)

  • Bianca Hrovat
Plain croissant.

Fabbrica’s luscious bread, pastries and sausage rolls sell out in minutes

  • Lenny Ann Low
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The husband and wife team behind Boston Doughnuts, Ahmed Taha and Marwa Yassine.

Worth a 12-hour drive: Venture west to discover Sydney’s best doughnuts

  • Bianca Hrovat

Bathers’ Pavilion’s new pop-up is a ‘cross between an enoteca and a milk bar’

  • Scott Bolles
Saffron tagliatelle.

Med-inspired ‘rooftop oasis’ Martinez Terrace boasts postcard harbour views

  • Scott Bolles
Go-to dish: Open lasagne with yellowfin tuna, king prawns and radicchio.
14.5/20

‘Noi’s seafood lasagne is one of the most compelling dishes I’ve eaten this year’

  • Callan Boys

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/sydney-eating-out/sydney-hit-list-november-2023-hot-new-and-just-reviewed-places-to-check-out-right-now-20231101-p5egmg.html