Diners flock to Firedoor in Surry Hills to watch Lennox Hastie play with fire. A former head chef at legendary Basque grill Asador Etxebarri, Hastie is obsessed with exploring the magic that happens when prime Australian ingredients meet wood, fire and smoke. When he’s not at the (literal) coalface of his Sydney restaurant, these are the places the one-time GT Best New Talent winner and newly minted Netflix star likes to eat and drink.
BOLD CARIBBEAN FLAVOURS
In spite of its location in The Star casino, I love Momofuku Seibo. It’s not so much about the space but the people that inhabit the space, which is led by chef Paul Carmichael and restaurant manager Kylie Javier Ashton. There’s a lot of same-same in Sydney, but Paul’s Caribbean food is so different to what anyone else is doing in terms of flavour and approach.
AN ITALIAN FAVOURITE
LuMi Dining in Pyrmont is a husband and wife-run restaurant I’ve been going to for a while. The restaurant serves a courageous chef’s menu that’s broadly Italian but features Japanese finesse. Chef Federico Zanellato is like me; a little bit crazy but in a good way. He’ll do something repeatedly until it’s amazing, but then he wants to get it even more perfect. There’s almost an obsessive quality about that.
This story is from the November 2020 edition of Gourmet Traveller.
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