An assortment of skewers,including pork small intestine,chicken isaw,filipino hotdog and chicken wings from Smoky Cravings.
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Smoky Cravings

Street food skewers with a side of adobo rice.

Prawn and murray cod tortellini at Ruse Bar&Brasserie.
14.5/20

Ruse Bar&Brasserie

Flame-licked flavours in sparkling Parramatta Square.

Kingfish crudo with calamansi dressing at MISC in Parramatta.
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Misc.

Elevated brunch,lunch and dinner in Western Sydney’s prettiest park.

Icy Spicy is a pink-hued dessert and momo bar.
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Icy Spicy

A tour of India via ice-cream and vibrant,northern-style dumplings.

Wood fired pizzas at Fratelli Pulcinella in Parramatta.
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Fratelli Pulcinella

Parramatta’s first bona fide Neapolitan pizza restaurant.

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Laksa Singapura with prawn,chicken and mixed noodles at Temasek.
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Temasek

Fast,no-fuss favourite,32 years young.

Kingfish and coconut ceviche and roasted eggplant with furikake from the Feast menu.
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Lilymu

Lively dinner hotspot in Sydney’s other CBD.

Bayti’s mahalabia milk pudding.
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Bayti

Set menu delivered wedding banquet-style,with live music.

Roti canai and curry sauce.

Temasek

This Singaporean-Malay eatery is famed for its complex,balanced laksa and Hainanese chicken rice.

Laksa Singapura with prawn and chicken and mixed noodles.
14/20

Parramatta’s iconic laksa shop is moving. Here’s why you should visit the OG spot while you still can

After more than three decades in business,Temasek still offers value with a capital V,selling 500 to 600 bowls of laksa every week.

  • Terry Durack