Margherita pizza.

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Sydney hit list August 2023:Hot,new and just-reviewed places to check out,right now

Beautifully chewy sourdough pizza slices,Taiwanese rice bowls,Mexican street food and butter-fuelled crab ... here’s what we’ve been eating and recommending lately.

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Margherita pizza.

‘Neil Perry magic between each slice’:Baker Bleu offers the (baked) goods for a fraction of fine-dining prices

  • Lenny Ann Low
Three-cup chicken don.

Former Aria chef serves up fine-dining skill for food-court prices at Taiwanese hole-in-the-wall Ommi Don

  • Lee Tran Lam
Osteria di Russo&Russo in Enmore.
Good Food hat15/20

Enmore local Russo and Russo is the perfect definition of an Australian restaurant in 2023

  • Callan Boys
The signature teriyaki chicken.
14/20

Neighbourhood Japanese gem Wa Gyuto serves up a salaryman’s menu of ‘rip-snorting value’

  • Terry Durack
The Port Kembla pub buzzes with families.
14/20

The Iron Yampi pub brings new life to an old industrial town

  • Callan Boys
14/20

Sociable food from breakfast to dinner:Buzzy Bar Morris puts the fun back into the hotel lobby bar

  • Terry Durack
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Dorper saltbush lamb loin,turnip and fig leaf vinegar,ragout,fermented runner beans and black garlic.
Good Food hatGood Food hat17.5/20

L’Enclume review:Does three Michelin stars equal three hats?

  • Terry Durack
Margherita pizza.

Bsp’eria pizzeria slings ‘beautifully chewy’ sourdough slices from a surprising suburban spot

  • Lenny Ann Low
Go-to dish:Next Gen Chirashi set at Kame House.
Good Food hat15.5/20

Choose your own omakase adventure or play sushi snakes at ladders at suburban gem Kame House

  • Callan Boys

Feel ‘Frida’ order more tacos at pay-it-forward Mexican street food spot Coyoacan Social

  • Lee Tran Lam
Aromatic leaves provide the wrapper for the Skull Island prawn “taco”.
Good Food hat15/20

The Hartsyard team go full coastal at new Chippendale restaurant Longshore,but does it make waves?

  • Terry Durack
Mud crab,butter,garlic and pepper.

Former Firedoor chef serves up butter-fuelled crab at ambitious new Indian restaurant Raja

  • Scott Bolles
Head chef Sungjun Kim preparing bone broth at Hansang in Strathfield.

Queue-worthy Korean restaurant Hansang to bring famed 72-hour bone broth to Chinatown

  • Scott Bolles
Tucano’s.

Modern tropical vibes,Hawaiian flavours and fun cocktails flow at new Surry Hills bar Tucano’s

  • Scott Bolles
Former Sausage Factory co-owner Jim Flanagan has transformed the Dulwich Hill site into Lazy Thinking restaurant,bar and record store.

Browse records during dinner at inner-west institution turned old-school dive bar Lazy Thinking

  • Bianca Hrovat
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Bar Besuto,which specialises in Japanese whisky.

Moody new Circular Quay Bar Besuto boasts Sydney’s largest Japanese whisky collection

  • Scott Bolles
Amelia Birch at Famelia wine bar in . and owner Amelia Birch.

Cosy Newtown wine bar-bottle shop Famelia takes flight with fun wine-tasting nights

  • Bianca Hrovat

Aperitivo hour,vodka pasta and ’70s Brooklyn vibes flow at Northern Beaches joint Pocket Pizza

  • Bianca Hrovat
Fabbrica’s deli sandwich will be available at the Rozelle bread shop.

After years flatlining,an inner west pocket is riding a wave of new eateries (including a second Fabbrica spin-off)

  • Scott Bolles
B.S. Pasta Palace.

B.S. Pasta Palace is a freewheeling Surry Hills Italian joint with New York city DNA

  • Scott Bolles
The dining area at Bottega Coco.

Bottega Coco opens at Barangaroo

  • Scott Bolles
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