Gourmet Traveller

Each issue is packed with great dish ideas, hot restaurants and bars, entertaining tips, the best hotels and lavish spreads on some of the world’s most intoxicating travel destinations

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Editor’s Letter
SUBSCRIBE NOW magshop.com.au/gmt Details p124 Is there any word more evocative than golden? I’d argue, not. To be golden is to be perfectly content and satiated. In food terms, golden is the most delicious colour – from ripe fruit to perfectly crisp
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Joanna Hunkin Deputy Editor Anna McCooe Acting Art Director Jacqui Triggs Designer Holly Doran Creative Consultant Hannah Blackmore Senior Sub-editor Suzanna Chriss News Editor Jordan Kretchmer Editorial Coordinator Charlotte Wishart Group Food Direc
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What Gt Loves This Month
Getting restaurant ready just got easier with this all-in-one cool-air hair dryer and styler. This golden appliance comes with five styling attachments so you can curl, smooth or volumise hair in a hot minute. harveynorman.com.au In case you haven’t
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Hard To Find Edit
1 Cashmere scarf/shawl in mustard, $220. 2 Wattle hoop earrings, $135. 3 Modern gold pitcher, $130. 4 Pallas weave round rug in Coral, $939. hardtofind.com.au/GT ■
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Dishes And Destinations
Don’t let these little imposter desserts fool you – they’re actually savoury French toasts topped with a piped dollop of umami-rich mushroom parfait. The perfect entrée to an evening of wining and dining at West End’s groovy Queenslander-convert, Bar
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Restaurant News
Crown Street has welcomed what is perhaps Sydney’s first Sri Lankan wine bar with the opening of Kurumba. “The idea has been there since we opened up The Fold and we had customers asking us to open up for dinner,” says co-owner Travin De Hoedt. Divid
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On The Pass
Coming from a pastry background, how did you get into cooking? I came to Melbourne to study pastry. Then I was a pastry chef for eight years. I worked at Hare and Grace, the Lake House and Pei Modern. Then I was given the opportunity to cook at a win
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Food For Good
Restaurants and food production have long offered opportunities for marginalised people to advance in life. That’s if they can get a start and a little intel from those in the know. FoodLab Sydney is a social enterprise helping would-be entrepreneurs
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Three To Try
The DG Resort project has taken over hotels and pools across the Med, but it’s particularly beautiful at this Taormina poolside location. Dolce & Gabbana’s signature Blu Mediterraneo pattern adorns the deck chairs of this Sicilian hotel pool, complem
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Fly With Me
The Lounge Built in 2019 as part of its $840 million renovation of Los Angeles Airport, United Airlines’ fifth Polaris lounge offers its business-class international travellers a 1115-square-metre pre-flight sanctuary. Graze on breakfast omelettes, s
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Chips
Crafted by an ex-Movida and Quay chef, these Melbourne-made kettle chips offer flavours that are nostalgic in essence but forward-thinking in execution. Each chip is light but maintains a solid crunch factor. The baked ham edition balances sweetness
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Abigail Adriano
Before I was born, my mum and her family moved from a small village in the Philippines that’s really well regarded for their food, so I grew up totally obsessed with Filipino food. My all-time favourite dish cooked by them from their village is calle
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South Of France Calling
TICKETS ON SALE NOW Set sail for a first taste of Sydney’s hotly anticipated opening Martinez, the new harbourside eatery from House Made Hospitality (Hinchcliff House, Promenade Bondi Beach). Led by executive chef Alex Wong (Lana) and head chef Andr
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Lemons
Lemons are the sourest of fruits, and yet the most versatile. Which other fruit can lend its flavour to such a variety of sweet and savoury dishes alike? The lemon’s origins are uncertain. We know it is a hybrid involving the bitter orange (itself a
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Amar Singh
This country is so much better, deeper and richer for having Amar Singh’s illuminating presence, his big heart and meaningful, powerful daily action. I have experienced the very best of humanity at local charity, Addison Road Community Organisation i
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Attica
The first three courses you eat with your hands, then you go to the pub. It’s possibly not the script everybody would expect from one of the country’s most lauded and expensive ($720 for two, before a glance at the drinks list) restaurants. But it re
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Yoshii’s Omakase
About halfway through the evening, it became clear that the gentleman to my right was not just a familiar face at Yoshii’s Omakase, but a frequenter of the other 15-plus omakase establishments that have taken Sydney by storm in recent years. He told
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Bar Heather
Open Bar Heather’s leather-bound drinks list and you’ll be greeted with the words “we love wines and these wines we love most” printed on its opening page. It’s an alluring promise given the team behind the ebullient Byron Bay venture has been respon
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Hardy’s Verandah
There’s something magical about the view from Mount Lofty House. During autumn, Piccadilly Valley explodes in a kaleidoscope of orange and red hues, while fog settles across the voluptuous Adelaide Hills landscape when winter sets in. It’s all visibl
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Drinks News
When DNA Distillery co-founders James Projcevski and Monique Sutevski decided to make rakija, they looked to their dedo (grandfather), whose recipe was so popular in his village that people travelled on foot to try it. Rakija is an Eastern European s
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Spotlight On
I grew up in a tiny village in the middle of the English countryside. It had nothing except 100 houses and a pub called the Staff of Life, where I worked. I loved the buzz and getting to know everyone. After school, I studied psychology in Leeds with
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A Toast To AUSTRALIAN SPARKLING
They may be “New World” but Australia’s sparkling wines are steeped in more tradition than they get credit for. Long before Clover Hill and House of Arras started in the late ’80s and early ’90s, all the way back in 1827, ex-convict Bartholomew Broug
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Nic Bowen
Where did you grow up? I was born In Albany in the Great Southern, but most of my youth was spent by the coast just north of Capel in the Geographe wine region. Idyliic. What led you to wine? My father is a winemaker, so is my uncle, and most of our
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Head In The Clouds
Add Passing Clouds to your itinerary when you next visit Victoria’s Macedon Ranges. The cellar door (open seven days) and outdoor tasting space has had a facelift, including the newly renovated dining space overlooking the estate’s cool climate chard
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Gold Stars
The Langton’s Classification is the barometer for determining Australia’s best performing wines. There are no arbiters sitting on a tasting panel, voicing opinions and scoring wines as such. Producers take no part. Rather, the Classification is the g
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Irish Coffee
The Irish Coffee’s origin story begins in the mid-1940s at Foynes Airport, outside of Limerick in western Ireland. It was a damp, chilly evening and, as a thoughtful gesture, chef-cum-bartender Joe Sheridan is said to have whipped up a whiskey and co
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Everyday
VEGETARIAN GLUTEN FREE DAIRY FREE SERVES 2 // PREP TIME 20 MINS // COOK 25 MINS 30 gm butter, coarsely chopped1 small leek, thinly sliced1 garlic clove, finely chopped2 sprigs each sage and thyme500 gm cauliflower, chopped finely, small leaves reserv
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4 Wines To Try
2021 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier, Canberra District, $110 An epiphany and source of pride when abroad, strongly suggesting that Australia could make more savoury expressions of shiraz than the yeomen from warmer zones. It’s no wonder, given maker Tim
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3 Irish Whiskeys To Try
Maturation in double-charred Bourbon barrels intensifies the nuttiness and creamy vanilla sweetness in this easy-drinking yet complex Jameson. $80 for 700ml nicks.com.au Notes of marzipan, honeycomb and walnuts dominate thanks to four years spent in
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Portuguese Tarts
Known in Portuguese as pastel de nata or pastel de Belém, these moreish pastries have origins in monasteries but have become world renowned. With iterations found in Brazil, Goa and Macau as a result of Portuguese colonisation, the tarts also crop up
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Best New Restaurant
A group of young industry professionals with impressive CVs and a shared love for the food, wine and restaurant philosophy of north-west Italy decide to open a trattoria in Melbourne and absolutely nailed the brief. But Alta is no theme park or perio
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Best Wine Bar
It’s a crowded horse race, the Melbourne wine bar scene, and currently one of the city’s most exciting. Clover is the poster child for why. Part of Richmond’s increasingly impressive food offer, Clover starts with a constantly morphing list of wine a
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Best New Talent
Get the roly-poly prawn toasts. Get the tuna crudo with black fig and sesame oil. Get the curried fries. Get it all if you dare. At carefree Freo wine bar Nieuw Ruin, Blaze Young is cooking some of the west’s most intriguing, retro-leaning food and m
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Best Destination Dining
Tasmania’s startlingly gorgeous east coast is the failsafe backdrop to a meal at Piermont Retreat’s Homestead Restaurant, but the view is not left to do all the heavy lifting. The Scandi-minimal, light-filled space might direct the eye out to the lan
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Readers’ Choice Icon Award
Hung on walls all across the world right now, are a bevvy of blown-up photographs of Bondi’s Icebergs pool. And on the cliff above this picture-perfect seascape Icebergs Dining Room and Bar is iconic all on its own. The blue-hued restaurant has been
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CHAMPAGNE Aspirations
Not far from the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims, in the unofficial capital of Champagne, is Boulevard Lundy, a tree- and mansion-lined street where many of the Champagne region’s world-famous houses maintain city pads. Krug, Veuve Clicquot, Champagne
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LUXE for LESS
The best restaurateurs are excellent at reading the moment; giving the people what they want even before they want it. And this point in time belongs to tighter budgets. This reality bites hard as corporate entertainment spends are capped and cost of
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Sydney
Experience an abridged version of Peter Gilmore’s famous Quay menu with the special four-course dining experience, Quay to Lunch. Available every weekend until the end of September, $205 will get you a seat at one of the country’s best restaurants an
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Melbourne
The wave-making East Brunswick bistro’s new Saturday lunch service offers a relaxed way to experience the killer combo of Rosheen Kaul’s food and Hannah Green’s service smarts. Expect seafood towers with a Southeast Asian bent – grilled arrow squid s
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Restaurant Personality Of The Year
Alma Pasalic’s family moved from Bosnia to Australia as refugees in the mid ’90s. In her role as restaurant manager at Restaurant Botanic, resilience, storytelling and connection seem to come easy. Her descriptions of dishes verge on transcendental.
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Settimo
Settimo restaurant, situated in the vibrant heart of Brisbane within The Westin Brisbane, is a destination where lovers of genuine Italian favors come together to savor a blend of relaxed elegance and culinary excellence. Every aspect of the restaura
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When Spice Met Sea
SERVES 6 //PREP TIME 20 MINS //COOK 30 MINS (PLUS RESTING) In French, à la nage means “in the swim” while in cooking, a nage is light and flavoursome liquid used to poach delicate foods, typically seafood. In this recipe we poach baby vegetables. 6 f
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Centre Stage
SERVES 6 //PREP TIME 15 MINS //COOK 55 MINS (PLUS COOLING) Featuring Manchego that has been aged for 12 months, and goat’s cheese, this soufflé is rich in flavour and technique. “At this age the Manchego has intense, nutty and buttery characteristics
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Dinner Party Goals
Dinner parties aren’t about showing off, they’re about sharing, about setting the scene for good times.” This is the home entertaining bible according to Vicki Wild. The celebrated maitre d’ and her top chef partner Martin Benn are almost as renowned
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Wonder And awe
It’s mid-morning, and our camels are resting in the shade of a stone pillar. It’s a gharameel, the remnant of an ancient mountain, eroded by time, on this desert plain in north-western Saudi Arabia. Like the camels, I’m also resting, but on long, emb
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Undercover LUXURY
There is so much beauty and abundance in Sri Lanka, but the teardrop-shaped island has suffered more than its share of misfortune. The 2004 tsunami, which claimed 30,000 lives, the 26-year civil war, the Easter 2019 bombings, and last year’s economic
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The Art Of… Good Expectations
When people learn that I’m a travel writer, I’m invariably asked which is the “best” hotel I’ve ever stayed at, or to name my “favourite” destination. These are impossible questions to answer, because I am too wildly passionate a lover of food and tr
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Beverly Hills
On Canon Drive is bar/restaurant/food hall Wally’s, an A-lister’s mecca for its 8000-plus wine and spirits cellar, cocktails, charcuterie boards and wood-fired pizze. Dark green panelling, crimson booths and a killer cocktail list make Tatel, backed
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MACq 01 Hotel
Hobart, Tas Ash, one of MACq 01’s storytellers, is leading the hotel’s signature Viewfinder tour, directing a group of guests to vantage points along Hobart’s waterfront. The group is asked to observe each spot as it stands today and then look throug
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Gold Rush
Timber, brass and concrete radiate warmth in an architectural kitchen. Marble meets mirror in a chic melting pot of timeless luxury. HOME INSPIRATION ■
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Statement Nails
For her eponymous nail polish line, celebrity manicurist Jin Soon Choi has created a glossy, long-wearing resin and polymer formula that swipes on smoothly and evenly (yes, even on your dominant hand). But the real payoff is in colours and finishes.
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Dressed To Thrill
Inspired by Hotel Café Royal, London ■
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Glitzy Pleasures
GT team favourite ■
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Gifts For The Hard-to-buy-for Dad
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