Ahh, The Sydney Morning Herald's Good Food Guide Awards! I love great food, how my belly rumbles... I always manage to lose this list throughout the year, so my blog is a great place for it!
RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR
Tetsuya's
CITY THREE HATS
Bilson's, Claude's, est, Marque, Pier, Quay, Tetsuya's
TWO HATS
Aria, Becasse, Bentley Restaurant & Bar, Bisto Moncur, Buon Ricordo, Forty One, Guillaume at Bennelong, Icebergs Dining Room & Bar, Lucio's, Pilu at Freshwater, Restaurant Balzac, Rockpool, Sean's Panaroma, Yoshii
ONE HAT
Assiette, Astral, Azuma, Billy Kwong, Bird Cow Fish, Bistro CBD, Bistro Ortolan, Bistrode, The Boathouse on Blackwattle Bay, buzo, Catalina, Fish Face, Flying Fish, Forbes & Burton, Four in Hand Dining Room, Foveaux Restaurant + Bar, Galileo, glass, Glebe Point Diner, Grand National, il piave, Longrain, Lotus, Milsons, Oscillate Wildly, Otto, Pello, Perama, Pier Tasting Room, Restaurant Atelier, Salon Banc, Restuarant Soujourn, Sailors Thai Restaurant, The Wharf, Three Clicks West, Yings
REGIONAL ONE HAT
Artespresso (Canberra), ashcrofts (Blackheath), Bacchus (Newcastle), Caveau (Wollongong), Courgette (Canberra), Darley's (Katoomba), dish (Byron Bay), Eschalot (Berrima), 55 on Collins (Kiama), The Journeyman (Berrima), Lolli Redini (Orange), Lochiel House (Kurrajong Heights), Neila (Cowara), No. 2 Oak St (Bellingen), The Old George & Dragon (East Maitland), Ottoman Cuisine (Canberra), Restaurant Como (Blaxland), Restaurant II (Newcastle), The River (Moruya), Rock (Pokolbin), Tonic (Millthorpe), Vulcans (Blackheath), Zest (Nelson Bay)
While I'm at it I recommend www.eatability.com.au to check on ANY restaurant before booking or visiting, the reviews are usually pretty accurate...
I'm yet to visit a three-hat restaurant but perhaps this is the year for it... but my hips aren't hopin too much!
And I'd like to add my own recommendations... Nest at Potts Point for sour-cherry toast with caramelised pears, Yellow at Potts Point for expensive baked goods and take home desserts, Dairy Bell ice cream factory in Camperdown for classic fresh goodness! And Kammadhenu in Newtown for the best goddamned Dosai in town!
Bon Appetit!