Top 20 dishes in Sydney 2011
Sydney
Terry Durack has picked his two 20 dishes of 2011 for The Sydney Morning Herald: Martin Benn’s Japanese Stones at Sepia tops the list, with other very notable mentions including the Puttanesca wafer at Gastro Park, Chanchito a la Cruz at Porteno, and Ms’s Vietnamese steak tartare. It’s all highly contentious and debatable, but the list certainly is a snapshot of Sydney dining at it’s finest.
The Japanese stones from Sepia / Darling Park, 201 Sussex Street, city / Phone 9283 1990
Photo: Jennifer Soo
Slow braised Berkshire pig jowl, maltose crackling, prunes, cauliflower cream perfumed with prune kernel oil from Quay Restaurant / Overseas Passenger Terminal, 5 Hickson Road, The Rocks / Phone 9251 5600 / Photo: Jennifer Soo
Cirashi zushi of kingfish, bonito, prawn and squid from Rockpool / 107 George Street, The Rocks / Phone 9252 1888 / Photo: Jennifer Soo
Pork belly bun from Momofuku Seiobo / Level G, the Star, 80 Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont / Photo: Jennifer Soo
Puttanesca wafer from GastroPark / 5-9 Roslyn Street, Kings Cross / Phone 8068 1017 / Photo: Jennifer Soo
Tea-smoked chicken with black vinegar from Spice Temple restaurant / 10 Bligh Street, City / Phone 8078 1888 / Photo: Domino Postiglione
Chanchito a la Cruz from Porteno Restaurant / 358 Cleveland Street, Surry Hills / Phone 8399 1440 / Photo: Andrew Quilty
Strawberry marshmallow meringue with raspberry ripple from The Bridge Room / 44 Bridge Street, city / Phone 9247 7000 / Photo: Jennifer Soo
Zokoko chocolate and lemon cadeau, raspberry and honeycomb from Becasse Restaurant / Level 5, Westfield Sydney, Pitt Street Mall, city / Phone 9283 3440
Sea urchin with mandarin foam and green tea from Marque Restaurant / 4/5, 355 Crown Street, Surry Hills / Phone 9332 2225 / Photo: Stuart Scott
Chicken liver, taro cracker, achar from Claude’s Restaurant 10 Oxford Street, Woollahra / Phone 9331 2325 / Photo: Marco Del Grande
Veal shortrib pancake party from Duke Restaurant / 1st Floor, Flinders Hotel, 63 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst / Phone 9332 3180
Whole roast chicken from Montpellier Public House / 141 Belmore Road, Randwick / Phone 9399 9660 / Photo: Fiona Morris
Vietnamese steak tartare from Ms G’s restaurant / 155 Victoria Street, Potts Point / Phone 8313 1000
Usuzukiri whiting with Kenji’s special sauce from Kenji’s Japanese Kitchen, Opera Kitchen / Lower Concourse, Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point / Phone 9247 0480 / Photo: Steven Siewert
Pan-fried veal sweetbreads on braised veal tongue and gingerbread sauce from Guillaume at Bennelong / Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point / Phone 9241 1999 / Photo: Jennifer Soo
Civet of ocean jacket, mussels, prawn & scallop tortellini, lemongrass & ginger from Quarter Twenty One / Level 5, Westfield Sydney, corner Pitt Street Mall and Market Street, city / Phone 9283 3440 / Photo: Jennifer Soo
School prawns tossed in honey and fish sauce from Xanthi Restaurant / 69 Bynya Road, Whale Beach / Phone 9974 5599 / Photo: Quentin Jones
Boubon Baba with chestnuts and pears from Jonah’s Whalebeach / 69 Bynya Road, Whale Beach / Phone 9974 5599 / Photo: Marco Del Grande
