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Darling Harbour is famous for being highly touristy. Who can blame this moniker? Walking to the city from my flat, I will always encounter the trolley cart which masquerades as a ‘train’, the street performers and people snapping pictures. My friend SmartAlec calls this place a tourist trap. As is with all tourist traps, prices are inflated and service lacklustre.

However, not all is that bad. Dig deep ...

Apologies in advanced for the week long hiatus. Once work piles, it piles. More documents coming in than going out.

Anyway, today is as good as any to introduce a restaurant I have come to love since arriving here two years back. My cousin told me of this place, and it was once featured Condé Nast Traveller a while back. I’m talking about Opium Den.

Opium Den is a ...

Located in The Observatory Hotel, this innovative hotel restaurant has a fine reputation in Sydney for its French/modern Australian-inspired cuisine with a twist of Japanese influence.

Under the guidance of chef Harunobu Inukai, it has retained its Chef's Hat award from the Sydney Morning Herald ‘Good Food Guide' for four consecutive years, and was awarded Restaurant of the Year 06 by ...

You'll find the award-winning Seasalt, with her lovely umbrella-shaded veranda overlooking the water, just above the ocean pool at Clovelly Beach. It's a cross between a sophisticated dining experience, a casual beach joint where swimmers and thongs are OK and a take-away window offering fish and chips, pies, sandwiches and cold drinks to sunburnt beachgoers. It's ...

After yum cha at the Regal yesterday, we decided to have coffee and bask in some glorious autumn weather at this great little café in the Cross. Recessed off Bayswater Road, you can sit inside or laze about in the sun-dappled, awning-shaded courtyard out the front.

Serves delicious coffee of all persuasions ($3) and a ...

My very handsome friend Telly is a huge foodie and introduced me to this restaurant in Potts Point. He reckons it's the best Italian in Sydney and I'm happy to agree with him!

It's a vibrant Italian bistro...with a scrumptious bakery out the back selling fabulous pastries, croissants and pizza. The giant blackboard gives you an extensive choice of seasonal Italian dishes; I highly ...

Bodega has strutted as confidently as a puffed-up matador onto the Surry Hills restaurant scene, with a menu of rustic Spanish and South American food. The set-up encourages people to pop in for drinks and nibbles, or for a casual feast of tapas. The tiny room is dominated by a large communal table (big enough to cover with a sizable selection of tapas) and a funky, fanciful mural of a ...

I happened to have discovered this place while looking for food at an abnormally crazy lunch hour in the MLC Centre. While I normally have lunch in the food court downstairs, today was ridiculously full, so I decided to try the courtyard upstairs, in the hope that there would be some form of free seating available.

Again, the situation repeated itself, with most tables occupied. Luckily, I found a ...

Often I find the failings of a restaurant can be forgiven by the company you dine with. Knowing full well that I would be thoroughly entertained by my dinner companions, I was not concerned over the choice of venue this particular evening. After a short walk along Sydney Road, the majority was pleased to stop in at Khao Thai (367 Sydney Road Balgowlah ph: +61 2 9948 2925).

When first entering ...

Any Newtown local (or employee of RPA) can tell you where to go when you are in need of a decent meal. If the sustenance you desire is of the Chinese variety, there is only one choice, the Wonton Noodle Inn (153 King Street Newtown ph +61 2 9550 1922).

Near the Marlborough Hotel, which is convenient to pick up some BYO (at the corner of King Street ...