Pyrmont

One of Tokyo’s most hottest restaurants is behind this luxe ramen joint devoted to Wagyu reared on a single farm in Japan. Try it in five signature dishes, including tsukemen (dipping noodles) with an umami-heavy beef broth. Plus, Wagyu gyoza and char siu bao.

Run by a husband-and-wife duo on a leafy harbourside street, this cosy ramen shop does soups in a way Sydney has never seen before. Come for the show, plus handmade Wagyu gyoza and a drinks list that’ll transport you to Japan.

One of the only Malaysian restaurants in Sydney to specialise in Malaysian food.

French-Japanese fusion eatery Tokyo Bistro is a little bit bar and a little bit fancy.

Dressed up and unconventional all-day meals in a laid-back and sunny setting.

A sweet little bakery on Harris Street.

Chinese tea ceremonies by day, gin cocktails by night. And a pot of 24-karat yellow-gold tea for $120 served by a bona fide tea master.

Doughnuts and nitrogen coffee until 10pm? Hello.

Serving breakfast crème brûlée, salmon terrine and brown-butter scrambled eggs.

Parisian cakes with Asian flavours.

At this laid-back bar, most wines are Australian, many are French, and several are natural, but there are no rules about provenance or style. The food here also takes a slightly different direction to the well-trodden Euro-leaning path that most other wine bars go down. It’s all in a minimalist art-deco space flush with marble and timber.

A destination for lovers of craft beer.

Craft beers downstairs, and DJs, cocktails and views of the CBD upstairs on the sunny verandah.

Craft beers downstairs, and DJs, cocktails and views of the CBD upstairs on the sunny verandah.

Old meets new in the lobby of Pyrmont’s Ovolo 1888 hotel, where you can snack on pintxos and wine.

Cocktails and seafood at night and Sensory Lab coffee and Scotch eggs in the morning.

You may double take when you see Wagyu steaks at the fish market, but stop here for a personal and comprehensive meat shopping experience.

Crustacean and fish fans will tell you that there’s nothing on God’s Earth quite like a fish market in the morning. If you want to take that to the next level, book a behind-the-scenes tour of Sydney’s Fish Markets, where you’ll get to experience everything the seafood Mecca has to offer, including its infamous auction floor. Make sure to book this one in advance.