Sydney Observations

Loving this place more every time I go...

• Duke Bistrot: hipster place with mismatched furniture; some real interesting stuff like braised red radish in dashi butter, octopus with pickled pumpkin and black beans, and a lovely pinot noir. Waitress loves Saison in San Francisco.
• Porteno: classic Argentine parilla with spit-roasted suckling pig and a fabulous theme of North America meets central and south America.
• Selah: good standby in the CBA, cozy and dark, a bit like London's Great Queen Street
• Momofuku: a very good Lord Nelson beer, pork buns, chicken wings, crab roll and celery salt chips....just as good as NYC!
• Bentley: I didn't eat here, but I know it's been around a long time because of its cookbooks. Two nice items on the menu: roasted potato and jerusalem artichoke, glazed carrots with smoked yoghurt