he Sydney A–Z challenge is simple. One Sydney suburb for every letter of the alphabet. Every day out follows the same loose plan: a coffee, a meal, a drink and seeing where the day takes me. Balmain stop number two on the list.

The Sydney A–Z challenge begins in Artarmon. A hidden brewery inside a café, a tiny family-run Chinese restaurant, a trip down memory lane at the local tennis club and a brewery to finish the afternoon. One suburb down, twenty-five to go.

It’s no secret that I love wine bars. The venue is smaller, the vibe more lively, and the food is still amazing but designed to follow you glass by glass.

A $4 oyster in Sydney shouldn’t exist anymore — but at Zebra Lounge in Pyrmont, it does. Tucked beneath an apartment block near the harbour, this under-the-radar spot delivers sharp pricing, considered seafood, and a long lunch experience built on simplicity, restraint, and knowing exactly what works.

Modan Kitchen in Forster NSW, modern Japanese American Australian fusion dining

A long Sunday lunch at Bistro Rex in Potts Point with a 2010 Rockford Basket Press, classic French wine bar classics and the kind of effortless hospitality that makes great lunch unforgettable.

The Rusty Penny Brewing is a great local craft brewery and bbq in the heart of Penrith, Greater Western Sydney.

Park Hyatt Sydney's 35th Birthday, Ten Hands Dinner - A Journey through Culinary Artistry

50, half a century, five decades, no matter how you say it, it's a milestone, and that's a bloody good reason to celebrate. After the...

🥩 Bucket List 9: eat an animal for every letter of the alphabet Sitting at a tiny restaurant in under the towering walls of Sienna in Tuscany, with a German lady running the floor and her Italian husband in the kitchen, I had the most incredible local speciality Wild Boar stew. Over that simple plate of Boar and white beans, a bottle, or two, of Chianti, I decided to try as many local specialities as possible, but in Italy that to often meant more pork, so to make in interes