Snack Bar: Ramen Specials Across Town, Half-Price El Jannah and More Local Food News This Week

What’s on around town

• Ramen specials have taken over Sydney: hit Island Radio for your choice of a yuzu chicken or truffled mushroom serve; Cho Cho San for their annual month-long pop-up; or Prefecrture 48 for their $30 shio ramen and highball combo.

• Sauce queen Elizabeth Hewson is popping up at Carriageworks Farmers Market on Saturday June 20. Together with Sonoma, the Saturday Night Pasta darling is baking slabs of Dirty Martini focaccia, bread and butter pudding (made with Sonoma croissants) and a croissant stuffed with apple crumble and custard.

• The Apollo’s Redfern Greek restaurant Olympus has added a wine club to the mix. Expect a shared feast while you drink rare and premium wines – from Crete and Santorini, Macedonia and Peloponnese. Tickets are $235, bookings essential.

• Baker’s Alley brings Tarts Anon, Khanom House and more to one place this weekend.

• Find half-price charcoal chook from El Jannah till the end of June, exclusive to Doordash orders using the code EJCHKN.

• A Martini fountain is in residence at Bar Tilda on June 19 and June 20, with $12 Martinis all night. No bookings required.

• Melbourne-based chef Tony Tan will be in Sydney on Tuesday June 23, in conversation with comedian Jennifer Wong at Kinokuniya on George Street. He’s here to chat his latest book Hong Kong Cult Recipes, tickets are $10 and redeemable in-store on the night.

What we covered this week

• Worth the Trip: the new Three Blue Ducks welcomes diners to a revamped heritage farmhouse, for farm-to-plate dining led by a former Quay chef.

• Coming soon: the inner west’s new bar is going big on romance (and cake).

• It’s a big call, but we’re doing it: Sydney’s never had a cafe and wine bar like Ca Phe Mai.

• Visit Moon & Back’s new space for lifestyle and design objects – with a side of dessert.

• A new Sydney food truck is serving a “completely magnificent” German-style kebab that one Broadsheet writer can’t stop thinking about.

• Taco & Vino brings Mexico City’s hottest taco to Sydney.

• First look: Fishnets hits Bronte with a star sushi chef, share-ready tuna katsu and Mapo to finish.

• Sydney’s best takeaway joints, according to 32 top chefs.

You might’ve missed

• 15 restaurants, bars and cafes that have closed in Sydney in 2026. Including an adored Paddington dining room, a late-night dance bar, a funky Marrickville brewery and two Euro bistros by the beach.

• Coming soon: A Baba’s Place head chef is opening a Med-leaning dining room (with a wraparound verandah) in Redfern.

• Beachy locals are devoted to Scandi bakery The Vicar’s Daughter, for its glossy cardamom buns, slow-fermented bread and more.