Snack Bar: Sydney’s Latest in Food, March 22, 2024

What’s on around town

• A Sunday pizza party with a “ laser focus on native food proliferation and invasive food obliteration ” is hitting City Oltra this weekend. Chefs from ripper Redfern joint Bush will be in the kitchen, firing dough topped with the likes of kangaroni and wildflower honey, and warrigal greens pesto. From 4pm.

• Neon-lit Korean restaurant Funda – captained by a top Seoul chef – has launched Hoju Soju Hour. The daily happy hour, from 5pm till 6pm, adds the likes of $3 oysters, $7 rice cakes (with gochujang and chicken sausage skewers) and $12 Hoju Martinis to the mix. Launches March 25.

• Three Mosman dishes under $20 : truly great fish and chips, a whopper vego roll, and a cheesy mushroom toastie.

• Billed as its “most highly requested re-release ever”, Four Pillars have brough back Sticky Carpet Gin. An ode to the tacky floors in the front rooms of classic pubs, the limited-edition citrusy drop is distilled with Little Creatures pale ale – and it’s available now. You could even pop into the lab on Crown Street to nab your bottle after a drink upstairs at Eileen’s.

• Toby’s Estate has released a new limited-edition flavour: pandan waffle. Based on the Vietnamese dessert, the blend makes for a creamy, coconut-y sip. Try it for free at the flagship Chippendale store on Tuesday March 26, from 4pm till 6pm.

What we covered this week

• Coming soon: The Bar Copains team is opening two (yes, two) venues – a Mediterranean restaurant and a cocktail bar – in an iconic Surry Hills space.

• Where chefs eat: Michaela Johansson isn’t like a regular caterer – she’s a cool caterer. Aplenty’s captain shares her tastiest picks of the city, including an east-side Indonesian joint, a quirky western-suburbs spot and the top chicken sanga in Sydney.

• Infinita and beyond: a Firedoor alum heads up Bar Infinita , a fire-forward Italian bar and restaurant on the north shore. Just don’t expect any pizza to come out of that pizza oven.

• Now open: Izgara – the well-loved Turkish diner in Potts Point – has found a new home in the CBD. Head in for the “famous” sandwich “typically eaten after a big night out”.

• Coming soon: When the Ormeggio team’s new joint – Postino Osteria – opens, it’ll be a red-letter day for Summer Hill.

• With Fior , the Jane & Arthur team is adding a 120-seat dose of fun to the Shire. It will boast a gelato trolley, an oyster-shucking bar and an aperitivo hour from the happy-hour experts.

• Family rules: We Three is a charming small bar – from a mother-daughter duo – on Illawarra Road. It’s the kind of place where you stop for a drink while you’re walking your dog, run into your mates and end up staying for dinner.

• First look: With Goldie’s , an ex-Bloodwood chef brings a Palm Springs edge to Dulwich Hill. There’s a Cali brekkie bowl, an outstanding vegan granola and a nugget-free kids’ menu with plenty of space for pram-parking.

You might’ve missed

• Now open: Firepop is one Broadsheet editor’s favourite opening of the year – and it’s only March.

• In the first instalment of How To Dine Out To Dine In Better , a new Sydney column by “dinner party tragic” Gemma Plunkett, we find the local venues that have perfected the art of simplicity. Then Plunkett teaches us how to lasso the vibe and recreate it at home.

• Ramadan Nights , Lakemba’s month-long street food festival, is back for 2024. We sent photographer and writer Lipei Teoh to capture the crowds drawn by the holy month. There’s golden murtabak, sweet slices of knafeh and fresh-filled pani puri.