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2 weeks ago | 
broadsheet.com.au | Grace MacKenzie |Howard Chen
In 2010, Sydney’s cafe scene was nowhere near as strong as it is now. When you found somewhere like Room Ten – the Potts Point hole-in-the-wall known for standout coffee and simple salads and sandwiches – you held onto it. But now, the team wants to set Room Ten apart. And give Pina, its sibling eatery directly opposite, a run for its queue. “I have to compete with my own shop,” owner Andrew Hardjasudarma tells Broadsheet, laughing. “At the moment it looks like I’m playing chess with myself.
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2 months ago | 
broadsheet.com.au | Grace MacKenzie |Audrey Payne
After a mega five-show run in Melbourne (and some excellent eating, drinking and partying), three-time Grammy Award winner Dua Lipa jetted northwards for the Sydney leg of her Radical Optimism Tour, which kicked off at Qudos Bank Arena on Wednesday March 26. There are two more Sydney shows before she crosses the ditch for a couple in New Zealand. The pop star is known almost as much for her impeccable taste as she is for her music.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
broadsheet.com.au | Grace MacKenzie
When Sarah Shaweesh closed her Newtown cafe Khamsa in late 2023, after her lease expired, there was an outcry of heartbreak from locals. More so than she was expecting. So when a new space became available in St Peters, she jumped in. But this week Shaweesh announced Khamsa 2.0 would be closing for real this time. The final service will be Sunday January 19.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
broadsheet.com.au | Grace MacKenzie
“It’s believed if you eat char siu during the Lunar New Year it will bring you good fortune and prosperity: red symbolises good luck, the sweet flavour also means a happy and smooth year ahead.” Pantry Story owner Mutiara Sucipto is telling Broadsheet why she chose the sticky, glossy dish for her bakery’s January special. “Plus, it’s just a delicious way to bring family together and celebrate,” she says. Her golden pork pie first hit Stanmore for a two-week stint for 2024’s Lunar New Year.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
broadsheet.com.au | Grace MacKenzie
“You know when you have a dining experience and you walk away and you’re like, that is literally etched into my heart? It was one of those.” Sali Sasi is standing in the old Chef’s Warehouse space on Albion Street, talking about a meal on a research trip to London she took with her chef business partners: husband Nathan Sasi and friend Morgan McGlone.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
broadsheet.com.au | Grace MacKenzie
Here’s what you want to do: ditch work early on a Friday, snake down the scenic Lawrence Hargrave Drive and stop when you get to the corner of Thirroul’s Raymond Road. You made a booking at Ciro’s when you earmarked your weekend (or night) away, stoked that it’s only an hour from Sydney. You wait while your table is found, ask for the golden house vermouth – on the rocks – and study the menu.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
broadsheet.com.au | Grace MacKenzie
A bright, bold prawn saganaki is tipped to star at Caness, a bar for small plates and wine destined for a former grocer’s shop in Paddington. “We cook the prawns in feta and tomato sauce, it’s like poaching it,” co-owner Erez Nahum tells Broadsheet. “It’s beautiful – honestly something.”Nahum heads up Surry Hills restaurant Shaffa, and conceived of Caness together with long-time head chef Juan Colmenares (who will be front-of-house in the new space). “[Caness is] a take on a tapas bar.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
broadsheet.com.au | Grace MacKenzie
When Broadsheet spoke to the Nilands ahead of Saint Peter 2.0’s big reveal, it was clear: the couple were restaurateurs, not hoteliers. “It’s a restaurant with rooms,” Josh said. “Julie and I didn’t really have any deep-seated ambition of running a hotel, but we couldn’t think of another business that would be able to coherently interact with our … feelings towards hospitality, so we ended up going ‘Okay, fuck it.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
broadsheet.com.au | Grace MacKenzie
This is a new Sydney bite that, quite literally, near bursts with flavour. Sweet watermelon, compressed to max out the flavour, topped with briny summer tomatoes: bright in colour and taste. It’s on the latest menu at Dear Sainte Eloise, the Love Tilly Group’s Potts Point wine bar. “The goal is to deepen the tomato’s natural sweetness and umami while contrasting the freshness of the watermelon,” Gabriel del Conti, group head chef, tells Broadsheet.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
broadsheet.com.au | Grace MacKenzie
Dining at Quay is guaranteed to grace a few aspirational to-eat lists. Here and around the world. Renowned chef Peter Gilmore’s inimitable fine diner – one of Australia’s most influential restaurants – sits in the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay, delivering views of Sydney’s iconic bridge and across the water to the Opera House. The eight- or six-course set menu is simply flawless, guiding you through Gilmore’s precision with technique and flavour.
