The Feed | Sydney Food News You Need To Know About

To make sure that you're on top of all the tasty things happening around Sydney, we've wrapped up all of this week's top food news right here.

Shadow Baking Is Doing Brekkie In Marrickville’s Messina

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Not only is Marrickville home to Messina Gelato’s HQ store, but now Marrickville and its Messina store are both home to the newly-opened location of Shadow Baking. With some of Sydney’s crispiest pastries and fluffiest breads, Shadow Baking is doing an exclusive dine-in breakfast menu at this new spot.

From 8am until 12pm Thursday–Sunday, grab your typical avocado on toast with a Shadow Baking twist–additions of soft whipped feta and confit tomato on a fluffy focaccia loaf. If you’re looking for something sweeter, try a croissant loaf French toast with maple syrup, crème anglaise, and an optional scoop of gelato (for that extra morning pick-up).

With an ever-changing pastry menu to accompany these larger dishes, you can put your tastebuds in for a surprise with bites of their experimental vegemite, avocado and fermented chilli scroll, or more tame (but no less exciting) options like a white chocolate macadamia croissant–while they last!

Renowned Australian Chef Mark Best Is Taking Over The Sky-High Sydney Tower Restaurant

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Come hungry for a taste of Australia this August, because Mark Best is reimagining Sydney Tower’s premier dining experience. All the way up on level 81 of the iconic Sydney skyline landmark, experience a fresh menu alongside spectacular panoramic views when Infinity by Mark Best launches on 13 August, 2025.

Best promises “a dining experience that connects land, culture and imagination,” with his opening menu boasting pillow-soft sea urchin crumpets and Coffin Bay oysters topped with grilled sea foam.

This pure Aussie flavour doesn’t end with the food, because Infinity by Mark Best will feature a meticulously selected wine list of exclusively Australian producers curated by Polly Mackarel, while the minimal makeover will let a palette of navy, charcoal, and warm timber browns play backdrop to the breathtaking views and dining offering.

Book online to be one of the first to try this revamped Sydney CBD experience.

Gelato Messina x Tony’s Chocolonely Limited-Edition Cookie Pie

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Arguably the sweetest collab we’ve seen in awhile, Gelato Messina is putting a decadent new spin on their cult-favourite cookie pie with the help of Tony’s Chocolonely—the bold bars on a mission to set a new ethical standard in the cocoa industry.

Now packed with chunky pieces of Tony’s milk and dark chocolate, the cookie pies are golden on the outside, gooey on the inside, and designed to be baked fresh at home (you can take credit, we won’t tell). Can’t find your oven mitts? There will be single serve warm cookie pies available in all Messina stores (except Circular Quay) from 5pm Monday–Thursday from 14 July. Cookie pies are $25, and can be pre-ordered from 7 July online.

Franca In Potts Point Now Does A Luxe Bug Roll—But Only 10 Are Available Daily

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Beautiful Sydney brasserie Franca has launched a bougie menu addition that could be the most exclusive dish in Sydney… Only 10 of their new Moreton Bay bug rolls are on offer between 5pm and 6pm, Tuesday–Sunday.

The $28 treat sees a toasted brioche roll filled with Moreton Bay bug meat, served with Tabasco for you to season at will, and potato crisps (all served on an Insta-worthy tray), and you can splash out and add caviar for $30.

With just 10 Moreton Bay bug rolls available daily, we’d strongly recommend booking online.

Rick Stein Will Open A Flagship Restaurant In Coogee This Year

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Celebrated British chef, author of over 25 books, and television host and presenter Rick Stein has revealed that he and wife Sarah Stein will open a seaside seafood restaurant in the InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach (a significant revamp of the Crowne Plaza) later in 2025. 

Rick Stein at Coogee Beach will offer Rick’s famed seafood-focused fare like Singapore chilli crab and old-school, English-style fish and chips across a restaurant, bar and courtyard terrace catching the sea breeze, and join the Mollymook (opened 2009) and Port Stephens (opened 2018) restaurants that are coastal dining staples in NSW.

 “Coogee Beach is yet another stunning coastal location for our Australian restaurant portfolio,” says Rick, “perched by the sea and full of the laid-back charm we’ve come to love so much here. ”

Rick Stein at Coogee Beach is scheduled to open in November 2025—sign up to our newsletter to hear more as opening approaches.

Ribs & Burgers Launches A Decadent Dubai Chocolate Thickshake

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The people have spoken: we simply can’t get enough Dubai chocolate in our system, but luckily there’s a new contender on the menu serving dessert decadence in a cup. Ribs & Burgers have just launched a Dubai chocolate thickshake—treating you to a rich and creamy blend of all the good stuff. We’re talking pistachio paste, chocolate sauce, pistachio crush, and crispy kataifi pastry for sip after sip of indulgence. Available for a limited time only, you can find your nearest store here.

Spice Temple Has Launched A Weekend Yum Cha Menu

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Spice Temple is launching their take on yum cha on Saturday 17 May, bringing bold spices, vibrant ingredients and the flavours of China’s diverse regions to a new made-for-sharing a la carte menu.

While there aren’t trolleys, Spice Temple’s yum cha menu offers Moreton Bay bug and scallop shu mai, white cut chicken with ginger and shallot, and steamed rice rolls with pork and sweet soy. Craving trusty yum cha staples? There’s also prawn har gow, heart-warming congee, and pan-fried pork buns, with a couple of dessert options for the requisite sweet finish.

Spice Temple’s yum cha menu is available between 11am and 3pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Book online.

The Winery In Surry Hills Has Started Bottomless Steak Frites Dinners

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The ever-popular steak frites continues to pop up on menus across Sydney, but Surry Hills favourite The Winery is upping the game by offering all-you-can-eat steak and chips for 90 minutes.

The epic offer is available on Wednesday evenings only, and will set you back just $65pp. If you’re feeling super indulgent, you can add a scoop of their signature tiramisu for $8 for a sweet finish. Bookings for bottomless steak and frites at The Winery are available online for Wednesdays between 5pm and 8pm.

Charcoal Chicken Restaurant Henrietta Is Now Open In Parramatta

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Surry Hills’ charcoal-grilled Middle Eastern chicken and mezze restaurant Henrietta has opened a second location in Parramatta Square, next to sister restaurant Lilymu.

The menu covers a variety of cuts of their juicy charcoal chicken served with toum, pickles, Lebanese bread, and a choice of sides, with new items like sujuk-stuffed pita, and sumac-seasoned salmon with tomato kisir and Aleppo pepper. From the bar, there’s a Mandarin Fizz, sour cherry Negroni, spicy passionfruit margarita, and local brews to pair with your feast.

Henrietta Parramatta is open for lunch Monday–Friday, 11.30am–3pm and dinner 5pm–9pm. Weekends are an all-day affair, with the grill fired up between 12pm and 9pm. Book online, or pop in for a cheeky takeaway.

All-You-Can-Drink Matcha Brunch Has Landed In Sydney

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Stylish Double Bay cafe and restaurant Ruma is giving the people what they want: as much matcha as they can handle. They’ve just started bottomless matcha brunches for $50pp, offering unlimited cloud coconut matcha, iced strawberry matchas, and classic matcha lattes. 

The matcha goodness comes with a Turkish-style breakfast including a savoury spread (with a choice of bacon, salmon or hot honey halloumi), fruit platter with coconut yoghurt, and pastries. Tea, coffee and juices are included, too. Ruma’s bottomless matcha brunch is available until 11am daily, and you can book online.

Morrison's Has Launched A Martini Happy Meal

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Sydney CBD staple Morrison’s Oyster Bar & Grill just dropped the ultimate grown-up Happy Meal: a chilled gin martini, garnished with a lemon-stuffed olive, paired with a silver cup of golden fries.

This amped-up Happy Meal will set you back $24, and is available from 11.30am daily—we’d be heading in on a Wednesday, when oysters are just $1.50 between 6pm and 7pm.

Bargain Food Marketplace App Too Good To Go Is Now In Sydney

Sydney has scored a new way to nab bargain goodies with the arrival of Too Good To Go, the Danish B-Corp app that lets you divert surplus food from landfill while helping businesses to reduce costs from wastage.

Its arrival comes after a hugely successful Aussie launch in Melbourne, where more than 150 bakeries, cafes, restaurants, grocery stores and other food businesses offer prepared food, fresh produce and baked items in their Surprise Bags, which vary in price but guarantee a bargain.

The app kicks mega goals in reducing food waste— a big win considering the more than 7.6 million tonnes of food, 70% of which is still edible, wasted in Australia every year.

You can now order Surprise Bags from as little as $6.99 in Sydney from local and national businesses including Surry Hills sandwich shop It’s Recess, Harris Farm Markets, Omeio Artisanal Deli and Tonton Bread. You can join Too Good To Go on the Apple App Store and Google Play and browse participating Sydney venues now.