Callan Boys
National eating out and restaurant editor
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- Review
- Sydney
This mood-lit Japanese grill house isn’t just another tick-a-box yakitori joint
A seat at Ibushi’s handsome bar is the perfect spot to watch chefs grill meat and fish over charcoal at Sydney’s expansive new fine-dining precinct.
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- Review
- Davistown
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.
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- Review
- Haberfield
This petrol-station food truck on Parramatta Road is serving some of Sydney’s best tacos
The lines are long, but Papi’s slow-cooked, spice-throbbing beef folded into cheesy tacos are worth the wait and messy hands.
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- Review
- Annandale
Dead flies in the soy sauce: Our critic’s verdict of George Calombaris’ Chinese restaurant
Callan Boys digs the cosplay dining room, but wonders if diners should spend their money at a theme-park tribute or a family-run original.
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- Review
- Darlinghurst
Heritage farmhouse meets natural wine at this new bread fanciers’ hang-out
The All Purpose Bakery team brings “posh RSL” vibes and a no-bookings policy to a refurbished sandstone cottage on Oxford Street, serving rissoles, steak, oysters Kilpatrick and all things bread.
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- Review
- Sydney
This new two-hatted grill is so good, our critic booked it for his birthday
Eleven Barrack pushes beyond the usual surf-and-turf trappings to create a singular restaurant, complete with a baby grand and live pianist.
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- Review
- Newtown
Mister Grotto is the ‘smart-casual fish shop that’s long been missing from Sydney’
The Continental Delicatessen crew blend South American cuisines with North Carolina fish camp vibes at this inner west seafood bar.
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From ‘splitting the G’ to the perfect pour: Eight things you need to know about Guinness
A marketing idea has made the dark stuff as popular as ever. This St Patrick’s Day we explore Ireland’s greatest invention (sorry Bono), and the drinking game that’s gone global.
- Callan Boys and Andrea McGinniss
- Review
- Frenchs Forest
This ‘raucously cosy’ club serving schnitzels and schnapps is still going strong after 45 years
The pokie-free Austrian Club has an infectiously warm vibe, deer-based taxidermy and excellent apple strudel.
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- Review
- Sydney
This new CBD restaurant serves excellent pho – just don’t ask for bean sprouts and Thai basil
An An steers clear of the Saigon-style pho that dominates Sydney, instead championing its cousin from Vietnam’s north.
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