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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.

Stairway to Heaven.

On omakase restaurant in Redfern that turns dinner into a show

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
Akti’s dining room.

Hellenika chef heads up new Greek restaurant on the wharf

Akti, meaning coast in Greek, is your port of call for charcoal-grilled kontosouvli skewers and bubbling saganaki on the Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf.

  • Erina Starkey
World Porridge Making Championship finalist Toby Wilson and his Anzac porridge.

Risking Scotland’s wrath, an Aussie competitive porridge-maker shares his secrets

From which oats to use, to whether milk or water is best, the two-time World Porridge Making Championship finalist reveals his tips and recipes (including porridge tacos).

  • Erina Starkey
Wood-roasted duck from Agnes.

Brisbane’s best wood-fire restaurant is heading to Melbourne for one night only

Chef Ben Williamson, of award-winning Agnes, is bringing stand-out dishes that celebrate smoke, scorch and char.

  • Erina Starkey
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Wagyu roast beef sandwich.

A cult Bondi sandwich shop arrives in Surry Hills

The new addition to Wunderlich Lane lets you build your own sanger from scratch.

  • Erina Starkey
Firepop will be serving cockerel comb terrine for the Sydney Snack Series.

New snack series is a delicious way to try five of Sydney’s top restaurants for less

Hatted restaurants Viand, Firepop and 20 Chapel are among the line-up using a surprise ingredient to create limited-edition dishes from $9. 

  • Erina Starkey
Sisters Trang Nguyen-Vu and Anh-Thu Vu who help run the family business.

Get a rare glimpse behind the counter of top Sydney producers with new food tours

Cabramatta’s banh mi institute Vinata’s Hot Bread, Granville’s El Sweetie and Lakemba’s Paldo Kimchi are some of the venues involved, with tours from $10.

  • Erina Starkey
The signature green, yellow and red negronis.

This New York-style bar serves a negroni in three colours

Like its sibling venues Bar Planet and Cantina OK, this new Campari-hued cocktail bar does one thing exceptionally well.

  • Erina Starkey
Salt baked beetroot tart.

Try pepperoni gelato and sriracha sorbet at this ice cream-themed bar

Messina is now serving sweet and savoury scoops at its new restaurant and wine bar, Erin.

  • Erina Starkey

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