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Sydney dining is sizzling: The trends, the dishes and the restaurants you need to know about now
Good Food Guide editor Callan Boys digests the trends, dishes and openings of 2023 (so far). And finds a dining scene as alive and buzzy as it’s ever been.
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Melbourne heats up: The trends, dishes and restaurants you need to know about now
The Age Good Food Guide editors take the temperature of Victoria’s dining scene in 2023. And after a lukewarm start, things are starting to heat up.
Sydney’s most exciting new restaurants and bars of 2023 so far (and the ones to look forward to)
The bulk of the year’s hottest openings may be behind us, but there are still plenty of upcoming restaurant launches to file away for later.
- Callan Boys
Chunky noodles, chicken skin and puffy bread: What’s hot on Melbourne menus, right now
The trending ingredients, dishes and cocktails-with-a-twist as spotted by the Good Food Guide reviewers.
- Emma Breheny and Ellen Fraser
High-end bistros boom, but is there still room for small operators in Sydney’s sizzling dining scene?
The Good Food Guide editor thought he had seen the peak of Sydney’s bistro, brasserie and steakhouse boom. He was wrong.
- Callan Boys
‘Is everything a wine bar now?’: Melbourne’s changing dining scene, deconstructed
The Age Good Food Guide editors take the temperature of Victoria’s restaurant industry in the first half of 2023. After a lukewarm start, things are finally heating up.
- Emma Breheny and Ellen Fraser
Strange pasta shapes, raw scallops and boozy rum baba: The top Sydney menu trends of 2023 (so far)
The ingredients and dishes that are having a moment, as spotted by the Good Food Guide reviewers.
- Callan Boys
Victoria’s most exciting new restaurants and bars for 2023 so far (and the ones to look forward to)
Loud Italian trattorias rub shoulders with seriously refined omakase counters in this year’s varied spread of venue openings.
- Emma Breheny and Ellen Fraser
One of Melbourne’s best-known fine-diners is closing – for now
Here’s what we know so far about the significant changes planned at the three-hat restaurant in Melbourne’s Rialto tower.
- Emma Breheny