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From prawn toast to potato scallops: 12 of Sydney’s best retro dishes with a new spin

From all-American diner classics to old-school Australian favourites and Hong Kong-style comfort cooking, here are a dozen ways to take your tastebuds back in time.

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The fairy bread ice-cream sandwich.

Darlinghurst’s fun new bar The Waratah gives fairy bread a grown-up spin

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BTB Kirribilli’s old-school potato scallops are a ‘geological wonder’

  • Lee Tran Lam
Chip butty with gravy sauce.

‘So damn good’: The chip butty our reviewer ordered five times in three days at poolside cafe Splash

  • Lee Tran Lam
The Happiest Meal comprises two hash browns, a “McLovin Muffin” with egg, cheese and chicken sausage, and three pancakes.
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The ‘Happiest Meal’ at Happyfield is a sunny way to start the day

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Hong Kong-style French toast with butter, condensed milk and maple syrup.
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Don’t miss the ultra-thick HK-style French toast at Burwood’s Kowloon Cafe

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Fried chicken sandwich with deep-fried meat, hot honey butter and crinkle-cut pickles.

Savour the fried chicken sandwich at all-American charmer Valentinas

  • Lenny Ann Low
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Clams casino at Bistro George near Circular Quay.
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Clams casino is the perfect picky starter at the reborn Jacksons on George

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Tania Ho and Ben Sinfield with their daughter Rosie at Rosie’s Proper Fish and Chips.

South Coast takeaway shop Rosie’s brings back ‘proper’ fish and chips

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Prawn toast at Lucky Prawn.
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Lucky Prawn’s prawn toast is golden-fried and everything you want it to be

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Crispy butter pineapple bun with corned beef and egg.

Try the HK-style pineapple bun at Kowloon Cafe in Eastwood

  • Lenny Ann Low
Lamington at Good Ways Deli in Redfern, Sydney. 30th June 2021 Photo: Janie Barrett

Australiana-inspired sweets, snacks and sandwiches at Good Ways Deli

  • Lenny Ann Low
The fish fillet burger at Self Raised Snack Shoppe.

Don’t miss the fish fillet burger at Self Raised Bread Shoppe’s walk-up window

  • Bianca Hrovat

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/goodfood/sydney-eating-out/from-chip-butties-to-potato-scallops-12-of-the-best-retro-dishes-with-a-new-spin-in-sydney-20240319-p5fdjx.html