On the Boil
The hottest Sydney restaurant news straight from the grill.
Gastronomia Pellagio goes public
From the man who brought you the insanely popular Italian restaurant A Tavola, comes a new Italian grocery right across the road from the restaurant, featuring Italian dry goods cured meats and coffee. Open 7am-9pm, seven days a week, chef Eugenio Maiale will also be selling his fresh pasta here.
235 Victoria St, Darlinghurst 2010.
Churrasco in the city
You read it here first, folks. Everybody's favourite Brazilian all-you-can-eat-meat-on-giant-metal-skewers restaurant is expanding. Owners Anthony Mitchell and Trent Demos say the price will stay the same as the Coogee store. It's $35pp for all you can eat meat with lunch on weekdays and dinner seven nights a week. They hope to be open by September.
60-70 William St, East Sydney 2000 (cnr of William & Riley). (02 9665 6535)
Gone fishing
Can't tell your escolar from your sooty grunter? Your bastard trumpeter from your snoek? Feel that your local fishmonger is cheating you out of John Dory and selling you frozen Vietnamese catfish? The new development from Seafood Australia means that you're guaranteed to get what you pay for if the fish is tagged with an Approved Fish Names Logo. Log on to Seafood Services Australia for more information.
Childhood favourites
Chui Lee Luk - head chef of Claude's restaurant - is collaborating with friend and food historian Tony Tan on a menu "exploring the range of their most evocative childhood experiences. The menu twists and turns through the diversity of cuisines in Malaysia where each spent at least part of their childhood."
12 & 13 Aug from 7.30pm.? $250pp. (02 9331 2325)