Age.3 sandwiches.

Are these viral Japanese sandwiches worth a 40-minute wait?

Our verdict –and how to avoid the queues – at Sydney’s hottest new takeaway spot,where the sandwiches start at $3.

  • Lenny Ann Low
The Ester Spirits x Aplenty Viva Pomodoro! Tomato Party is a one-day celebration of the long lunch.

Chef takeovers,restaurant pop-ups,unusual locales – food festivals worth travelling for

Including dinners hosted by Nigella Lawson in a tunnel,a wine party in a kooky Italian piazza,and pasta making in an inner-west distillery.

  • Erina Starkey
Black pepper pork katsu steak don at Ommi Don.
Critics'Pick

Ommi Don

Bang for buck meets flavour bombs in an unassuming arcade.

Sob cup noodle.

Michelin-trained chef serves $3.30 onigiri and $13 soba noodles in Zen-like surrounds

A mission to provide quick,healthy and affordable Japanese cuisine drives this minimalist inner Sydney cafe.

  • 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

You’d be lucky to crack the $20 mark for one of Omar Hsu’s rice bowls at his cheap and very cheerful eatery Ommi Don in Ultimo.

  • Lee Tran Lam
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Experience the flavours of Asia in Sydney's heart with a unique take on roti.

Kafe Kooks takes roti for a creative spin in Ultimo

Experience the flavours of Asia in Sydney's heart with a unique take on roti.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Omurice with tempura,tomato sauce and melted cheese.

Home-style Japanese omelettes at Omu in Ultimo

When Mikiko Terasaki started serving omurice at her market stall,she became a social media sensation. Now she's serving up the Japanese staple in her permanent diner.

  • Lee Tran Lam
The antipasto plate at Salt Meats Cheese's Broadway branch.

Salt Meats Cheese heads to Broadway

Is Salt Meats Cheese a Broadway hit?

  • Myffy Rigby

Sydney Kopitiam

With an unassuming facade and plasticky pastel decor,Sydney Kopitiam seems like an unlikely candidate to be packed out for mid-week dinners.

The Abercrombie

It looks like a resourceful Scotsman crudely glued the insides of a community hall to a retro club.