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Sydney Morning Herald
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Ten years on, Good Food visits Bennelong to see if it still delivers big-ticket thrills
Head sommelier Alex Jacques is the current shaper of Bennelong's wine list, which at one point was all-Australian (champagne excepted) but now has a considerable wealth of Old World stalwarts and rare gems. Domestic bottles are still highly championed, and there's a particularly beaut representation of NSW producers. Spirits are well chosen, martinis are textbook. The only dud note drinks-wise is the mochi garnish on a Tokyo-inspired cocktail (whisky, yoghurt-purified azuki bean, tequila and coconut spice), which tastes more like raw scone dough than anything approaching the squishy Japanese rice cake. 'The menu doesn't change very much' is a common criticism. 'That duck has been on for years!' Well, yeah, but that duck is a cracker: a roast breast of pasture-raised bird from Tathra Place near Goulburn, with extra-crisp, maltose-lacquered skin. A sauce built on duck consomme with sherry caramel and Kampot pepper boosts things further, while the leftover legs are used in party pie-sized pithivier on the bar menu. Also, with that price tag, most of us are only visiting Bennelong once a year if we're lucky. I'd be upset to take a first-timer and there wasn't the duck, or the buckwheat pikelets with marron and cultured cream, or the opening-day Opera House pavlova with meringue shaped like Utzon's sails. It's now joined by a joyous almond kataifi (spindly string pastry) with nougat and vanilla parfait. If you're looking at the rumpled carpet and slightly scuffed chairs, you're looking in the wrong direction. Look at the soaring Gotham City ceiling and bronze sheen of the Tom Dixon-designed lights. Look at the jagged skyline and the ferries and the way the sun bounces off an Old Fashioned. Top work, Bennelong team. Top work, NSW government of the 1950s for backing such ambition.
The Age
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Ten years on, Good Food visits Bennelong to see if it still delivers big-ticket thrills
Head sommelier Alex Jacques is the current shaper of Bennelong's wine list, which at one point was all-Australian (champagne excepted) but now has a considerable wealth of Old World stalwarts and rare gems. Domestic bottles are still highly championed, and there's a particularly beaut representation of NSW producers. Spirits are well chosen, martinis are textbook. The only dud note drinks-wise is the mochi garnish on a Tokyo-inspired cocktail (whisky, yoghurt-purified azuki bean, tequila and coconut spice), which tastes more like raw scone dough than anything approaching the squishy Japanese rice cake. 'The menu doesn't change very much' is a common criticism. 'That duck has been on for years!' Well, yeah, but that duck is a cracker: a roast breast of pasture-raised bird from Tathra Place near Goulburn, with extra-crisp, maltose-lacquered skin. A sauce built on duck consomme with sherry caramel and Kampot pepper boosts things further, while the leftover legs are used in party pie-sized pithivier on the bar menu. Also, with that price tag, most of us are only visiting Bennelong once a year if we're lucky. I'd be upset to take a first-timer and there wasn't the duck, or the buckwheat pikelets with marron and cultured cream, or the opening-day Opera House pavlova with meringue shaped like Utzon's sails. It's now joined by a joyous almond kataifi (spindly string pastry) with nougat and vanilla parfait. If you're looking at the rumpled carpet and slightly scuffed chairs, you're looking in the wrong direction. Look at the soaring Gotham City ceiling and bronze sheen of the Tom Dixon-designed lights. Look at the jagged skyline and the ferries and the way the sun bounces off an Old Fashioned. Top work, Bennelong team. Top work, NSW government of the 1950s for backing such ambition.
Business Journals
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Journals
You Are Here Hospitality plans fourth Nashville restaurant, Golden Prawn #3
You Are Here Hospitality, the group behind East Side Bahn Mi, is planning its fourth Nashville restaurant, opening this summer. Here are the details. These Music City restaurateurs are bringing Chinese takeout favorites to East Nashville. You Are Here Hospitality will open Golden Prawn #3 in Riverside Village, at 1404 McGavock Pike this summer, according to a news release. The group, founded by executive chef Gracie Nguyen and partner Chad Newton, is known for East Side Banh Mi, East Side Pho and Sweeza. Golden Prawn #3 will serve wok-fired dishes served from a hot bar as well as an a la carte menu. Nashville-based Fresh Creative Studios collaborated on the space, covered in reds, gold and cream tones and wrapped in prawn and takeout illustrated wallpaper. expand Golden Prawn #3 is coming to Riverside Village this summer. Golden Prawn #3 Open daily for lunch and dinner, orders for Golden Prawn #3 can be made in person, online or by phone for delivery or takeout. Riverside Village's dining scene is a healthy mix of established haunts and newcomers. Tokyo-inspired Sho Pizza Bar and Texas-founded Curry Boys BBQ opened this year, joining Village Pub, Ladybird, Sabell's and more. Husband-and-wife team Newton and Nguyen, who both got their start in the San Francisco Bay area, opened Vietnamese-inspired East Side Banh Mi in 2020, East Side Pho in 2021 and quesadilla-centric Sweeza in 2023 at micro food hall The Wash. Newton also launched local rum brand, Trovador Inspirado, last year with The Mavericks frontman Raul Malo.
