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Terry Durack

Terry Durack

Chief restaurant critic for The Sydney Morning Herald

Terry Durack is the chief restaurant critic for The Sydney Morning Herald and Good Food.

Neptune’s Grotto.
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Terry Durack saves one of the year’s best openings until last for his final review

The Clam Bar team’s new Italian diner is a nostalgic party serving a fresh remix of Italian dishes. And it makes a fittingly fabulous venue for Terry Durack’s last review.

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Chicken liver Paris-brest with onion jam at Cafe Paci.

Terry Durack on ‘The Unforgettables’: 11 Sydney dishes he’ll never forget

The outgoing Sydney Morning Herald’s chief restaurant critic reveals some of the most memorable dishes from a lifetime of food reviewing.

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AFR. Life and Leisure. 20th of March 2018. Terry Durack tries the $600 steak at Black Bar & Grill. Story: Jill Dupleix and Terry Durack. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Terry Durack: Why I’m giving up the best job in Sydney

The chief restaurant critic of The Sydney Morning Herald farewells his review column after 30 years.

  • Terry Durack

What’s the deal with oyster-shell gins?

Want to feel like a merman or mermaid? Do a “Shelly” and slurp down a martini.

  • Terry Durack
 Avia.
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‘Hands-on and handmade’ is the motto behind this fresh neighbourhood tratt

Focaccia, pasta, vinegars, sausages are all made from scratch at small Darlinghurst spot Avia.

  • Terry Durack
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Carlotta in Canberra.
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This high-energy restaurant from a star Melbourne group has Canberra talking

Melbourne’s Lucas Restaurants group’s first Canberra venture, Carlotta, has pulled out all the stops, with a talented chef, wood-fired oven and house-made pasta.

  • Terry Durack
Dim Joy House.
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This restaurant hidden inside an RSL offers old-school Cantonese for a new generation

The chefs at Chatswood’s Dim Joy House hail from Chinatown’s greats – East Ocean, Emperor’s Garden, Golden Century, Silver and Marigold.

  • Terry Durack

What’s the go with all the froyo?

Frozen yoghurt has grown into much more than a swirly, soft-serve, yoghurt-based, icy-cold treat, writes Terry Durack.

  • Terry Durack
Swordfish empanada.
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Can’t snag a table at the new Restaurant of the Year? Stroll into the (fancy) bar instead

The new three-hat home for chef Josh Niland’s fish cookery includes a walk-in bar serving seafood-led snacks such as swordfish empanada and curry fish pie.

  • Terry Durack
Tilda.
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This seafood-led restaurant puts the glamour (and a hat) into hotel dining

Tilda brings hustle and bustle to a born-again hotel in Sydney’s CBD, with a grand seafood tower, market-priced lobster and mud crab.

  • Terry Durack

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/by/terry-durack-hve3g