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Age.3 sandwiches.

Are these viral Japanese sandwiches worth a 40-minute wait?

Our verdict –and how to avoid the queues – at Sydney’s hottest new takeaway spot, where the sandwiches start at $3.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Sarma (cabbage rolls) at Balkan Skara.

It’s worth the drive just for the cabbage rolls at this suburban Macedonian diner

Marijan Nikolovski and his family serve kebapi sausages, flavour-forward dips and more at Balkan Skara in Melbourne’s north.

  • Dani Valent
14.5/20

Itching to get out of town? This cosy waterside restaurant is your new weekend destination

Chillis Cottage in Davistown is an excellent spot to enjoy oysters, cinnamon scrolls, breakfast omelettes and gelato sundaes.

  • Callan Boys
Stonefruit stocks a diverse selection of drops.

Road trip! Must-visit bakeries, cafes and wineries on the Sydney-to-Brisbane drive

Turn your road trip along the New England Highway into an adventure starring a bar with the drinks list of the year, a mill used by top Aussie bakeries and more.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Panko-crumbed eggplant bao at Saigon Street Eats.

Saigon Street Eats

An upbeat Vietnamese canteen operating out of a shared space on Chapel Street.

  • Dani Valent
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14/20

Visit this shopping strip eatery for a soup Anthony Bourdain once called the ‘greatest in the world’

It’s worth trawling the menu at bustling Bankstown eatery VBites for Hue and Central Vietnamese dishes not often found in Sydney restaurants.

  • Helen Yee
Inside Maggio’s Pasticceria in North Ryde.

This family-run cafe and pasticceria is an old Italian soul worth visiting

In a quiet suburban shopping strip, Maggio’s offers a cornucopia of maritozzi, sfogliatelle and excellent chicken schnitzel sandwiches.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Smoked burramundi curry.

Kolkata Social

The pistachio cream-filled hot cross bun at Pasticceria Papa in Five Dock.

‘It’s so good!’ Have we found Sydney’s best hot cross bun?

The unconventional Easter bun that wowed the Good Food office.

  • Bianca Hrovat
There are 16 different types of oysters available at a time at Stop Whining.

Slurp down 16 different types of oysters at this tiny, casual CBD seafood spot

Stop Whining is a stay-a-while sibling to hole-in-the-wall oyster bar Muli Express, offering a casual spot for seafood feasting on Little Bourke Street.

  • Dani Valent

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