Restaurant: Pilu at Freshwater - Sydney Location: Moore Rd, Freshwater, NSW Chef: Giovanni Pilu Hats: 2 Hats Book a Table Mookie has a special restaurant that is reserved for the special treatment of good friends and crew alike. It resides in a converted boarding house looking over the epitomy of a northern beach in Sydney [...]
Restaurant: Kensington Street Social Location: 3 Kensington Street, Chippendale NSW Chefs: Robert Daniels and Jason Atherton Book a Table Open just three days past, the Foodie Mookie crew grabbed the chance to experience the first Sydney restaurant from the brain of accolade-drenched UK chef, Jason Atherton. Located in the uber-cool Kensington Street precinct in Chippendale [...]
Restaurant: Annata Location: 69 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest NSW 2065 Chef: Jimmy Richardson Book a Table Mookie was recommended to this wine bar come restaurant when dining at another fine north shore establishment. Its not often that one restaurant recommends another so the Foodie Mookie crew felt the urgent need to check it out. We [...]
Restaurant: Cottage Point Inn Location: 2 Anderson Place, Cottage Point NSW 2084 Chef: Guillaume Zika Hats: 2 (2015) Book a Table Mookie has been looking forward to trying the Cottage Point Inn for some time, so there was a deal of anticipation before the day arrived - rarely a good thing in my experience. We [...]
Restaurant: Bennelong Location: Sydney Opera House, 2A Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000 Chef: Rob Cockerill Hats: 2 (2015) Book a Table The Sydney Opera House is an iconic location and as such draws significant crowds week day and weekend alike. This quiet Sunday I forgot the crowds (in a moment of temporary insanity) and suggested [...]
**Update Tuesday 2 February 2016** **Update** Friday 30 October 2015. Foodies were crying into their quinoa and yogurt this morning when NOMA, Australia sold out within 4 minutes of tickets going on sale. The grey screen of denial looked like this as the ticketing system was put under enormous pressure with thousands of people trying [...]
Restaurant: Ormeggio at The Spit Location: D’Albora Marinas The Spit Mosman NSW 2088 Chef: Alessandro Pavoni Hats: 2 (2015), Book a Table Saturday arrives and after a delicious yet over indulgent Thursday dinner with the team from work it is with no small effort that Mookie drags me off to coffee at our favourite barista, [...]
Restaurant: Rockpool est. 1989 Location: 11 Bridge Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Chef: Peter Robertson Hats: 3 (2015) Book a Table Sometimes it is nice to reward those you work with, especially if they happen to be your employees as well as your colleagues. With that thought circling our minds the Foodie Mookie crew embark on [...]
Restaurant: Four In Hand (Dining Room) Location: 105 Sutherland Street, Paddington, NSW, 2021 Chef: Colin Fassnidge Hats: 2 (2015) Book a Table Editor's Note: Since this review, Colin Fassnidge has sold Four in Hand to Public House Management Group. Four in Hand is now overseen by Guillaume Brahimi. Colin Fassnidge now owns 4Fourteen. "Lets get [...]
Restaurant: Est. Location: Establishment, Lvl 1 /252 George St, Sydney NSW 2000 Chef: Peter Doyle Hats: 2 (2015), # Book a Table Est. has long been a personal favourite. Whenever Pookie has a business meal which needs to impress a client this Meriton stalwart is THE restaurant of choice. The morning of the [...]
Restaurant: Nel. Location: 75 Wentworth Avenue, Sydney, New South Wales Chef: Nelly Robinson Book a Table Always one to be looking for a place to try, I heard on the grapevine that Nel. might be worth a visit. So I made the booking and let Mookie know that we would be dining out. We set [...]
Restaurant: Gastro Park Location: 5-9 Roslyn St Potts Point NSW 2011 Chef: Grant King Hats: 2 Hats (2015) Book a Table We arrive in our car to what, previously, was a seedier area of Sydney. Gastro Park - the driver knows the place. We are met at the door as expected in a [...]
