Produce is grown on-site at Blaq restaurant in Kyah.
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Blaq

Garden to plate in the heart of the Mountains.

Charcoal grilled market fish at Ates in Blackheath.
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Ates

Fire-fuelled cooking with a large serve of hospitality.

Terry Durack review at Ates,Blackheath. Wood-roasted half duck. burnt butter,mandarin. 19th August 2022. Photo:Edwina Pickles/ SMH Good Food.
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Hot oven,cool nights at Ates in Blackheath

Before Ates,the Amos oven was the engine-room of Vesta,Fumo,and,most famously,of Vulcan's.

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Miso pumpkin wedge.

Vulcan's mighty oven fires again with Fumo

It's a whole new era and a whole new reason to hop on the mountains train for a long weekend lunch.

  • Myffy Rigby
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The Great Western Highway may be one of Australia's busiest strips of bitumen,but once you reach ...

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Ashcrofts

As this white-on-white bistro room fills each evening,a friendly hum rises,each table of diners ...

Tommy Ruff Fishmonger

It might be a three-hour drive from the coast,but this brilliant addition brings the ocean to the mountains.

Anonymous Cafe

It might be far from coffee-crazy Sydney,but locals queue daily at this quaint cafe for a cracking Golden Cobra coffee.

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The Gardners Inn

Mountain men don't eat salads. If you want fresh,order a pie. The hearty deep-dish pies are the ...

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Vulcans

Some things don't change. But why should they when they have worked so well for 17 years? The space ...