Terry Durack

Sydney

Chief Restaurant Critic at Sydney Morning Herald

Chief Restaurant Critic at Good Food

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Articles

They might be tacky, but here’s why souvenirs matter

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

Good Weekend columnist May 29, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There is coconut candy from the Mekong Delta in my kitchen drawer and a bottle of Kowloon Soy Co. Gold Label soy sauce in the cupboard. They’re my travel souvenirs, tangible reminders of where I have been.
Terry Durack on why white plates are best

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

, register or subscribe to save recipes for later. You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Plates, I’ve seen a few. Smooth porcelain, noisy stoneware, glossy melamine, sustainable bamboo. From silver salvers on ceremonial duty to bendy paper plates for picnics, they’re there at every stage of our lives.
The only place you should ‘go on a diet’, according to a food writer

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

Chief restaurant critic for The Sydney Morning Herald May 22, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Going on a diet is the last thing any sane person would think about while swanning around the Mediterranean. But if you’re having yoghurt for breakfast, pasta al pomodoro for lunch, and grilled fish and a glass of wine for dinner, you’re already on one of the oldest diets in the world. The Mediterranean one.
How Sunday brunch replaced the weekly family roast tradition

4 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

The weekly roast dinner may have gone the way of church attendance, but new rituals have sprung up in its place. , register or subscribe to save recipes for later. You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Sunday lunch doesn’t carry the weight that it used to. The Sunday roast was once as indisputable as the Sunday visit to church.
Gone are the

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

Gone are the days of the expensive long lunch. Here’s where to find some of the best express lunch deals right now. , register or subscribe to save recipes for later. You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Remember the days of the long lunch? No, me neither.
How to eat out at a restaurant alone

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

There’s plenty of reasons to love dining alone, not having to share your meal being just one of them. Just don’t apologise about doing it. , register or subscribe to save recipes for later. You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. This column is dedicated to advice for the lone diner. First of all, it’s not your fault, so don’t apologise.
Terry Durack on food festivals

2 months ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

This way you can abandon the bamboo spoon and queues for the loo and actually sit in a seat. , register or subscribe to save recipes for later. You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Food is ever-present in our lives.
The rise of restaurant precincts in Sydney and Melbourne

2 months ago | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

Like it or not, it makes sense, and not just for the property developers. , register or subscribe to save recipes for later. You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. We’ve become used to shopping precincts, office precincts and even, depending on our proclivities, police precincts. Now it appears that your next dinner out will be in a restaurant precinct.
Why is caviar so expensive, how is it harvested and is it worth the price tag?

Feb 27, 2025 | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

Terry Durack buys oscietra caviar for himself every birthday. And time stops whenever he eats it. Terry DurackChief restaurant critic for The Sydney Morning HeraldFebruary 28, 2025 — 12:59pmFebruary 28, 2025 — 12:59pm, register or subscribe to save recipes for later. You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Is caviar worth it? It can’t be.
Maison Batard chocolate mousse, De lta Rue banh mi, Gimlet crepes suzette, Bianchetto Americano cocktail

Feb 13, 2025 | smh.com.au | Terry Durack

Dining “a la cart” is doing the rounds again at these Melbourne and Sydney restaurants. , register or subscribe to save recipes for later. You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Casual dining has done its best to kill off the trolley. Tableside service came of age with bow-tied maitre d’s, silver-service skills and space between tables.