NewsBite

Advertisement

Good for solo diners

Steak served with carbonara is available for $25 on Thursdays.

A Scandi cafe in the southeast is now open at night for steak carbonara, share plates and more

Oppen in Windsor has extended its hours from Thursday to Saturday.

  • Dani Valent
Sogumm’s wagyu bibimbap is more restrained than others.

Sogumm is part of a new wave of venues reimagining home-style Korean cooking

The Cremorne restaurant, by a husband-and-wife duo, is all about understated Korean cuisine.

  • Quincy Malesovas
Chef Tomotaka Ishizuka behind the counter at Tomo-An kaiseki restaurant.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16.5/20

This newly two-hatted laneway restaurant in an old warehouse is ‘a portal to Japan’

Tomo-An chef Tomotaka Ishizuka serves his Aussie-fied Japanese tasting menu to six guests at a time.

  • Dani Valent
Rippers’ salad sanger.

An old cottage next to Ripponlea Station serves one of the best salad sangers in town

Stop by Rippers for milkshakes, fries, burgers and more.

  • Dani Valent
Signature duck shoyu ramen.

This Brunswick ramen bar specialises in just one type of broth

Ramen Shouyuya Sake Bar is geared around shoyu ramen in only three varieties.

  • Emma Breheny and Harvard Wang
Advertisement
Inside Tiny Bar, Brunswick East.

Tiny Bar

There’s only room for 15 people at this tiny Brunswick East venue.

  • Emma Breheny
Khao Kang Maruay.
14/20

‘Put your face in a hot pot’: This no-frills Thai diner is your new BYO winter spot

Khao Kang Maruay is a modest restaurant that specialises in Isan-style cooking from Thailand’s north-east.

  • Callan Boys
Ramen Ako’s chicken shio ramen in Fitzroy.

This cosy inner-north ramen joint serves less than 100 bowls a day

Ramen Ako’s specialises in chicken shio ramen.

  • Harvard Wang
Plenty of lunch options to grab and go at Foti and Friends.

Foti and Friends

Grab-and-go cafe for Greek lunch packs and sweets.

  • Dani Valent
Clockwise from left: Pistachio tissue bread; mini waterfall cakes in fig, strawberry and tiramisu flavours; matcha tissue bread; and lemon meringue tissue bread.

Try TikTok-famous ‘tissue bread’ – and kiss your troubles goodbye – at this bakery

While it seems like there’s a new viral treat on every Sydney street corner these days, Buttered’s Korean-inspired baked goods aren’t just for social media.

  • Lenny Ann Low

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/topic/good-for-solo-diners-6fzw