Local Food News: Reuben Hills’ Free Barista Course and Sydney Dining Specials
From complimentary barista training at Reuben Hills to retro-priced gelato and exclusive chef collaborations, Sydney's food scene is buzzing with new events this May.
What’s on around town • Looking to do a barista course?. For free?. The fine folk at Reuben Hills and Sit are here for you.. Learn the history of coffee and its provenance in a theory session one week, then get hands on the following week – tasting, making and practicing your speed.. Your guide is the talented Aaron Cunningham, Reuben Hills’ head of wholesale.. The course runs at Sit in Marrickville in two blocks:
May 14 and 21, and May 28 and June 4, all with 5pm starts.. The course is exclusively for Sit subscribers, no experience necessary.. • To celebrate the launch of her new cookbook, Tender, Lucy Tweed is popping up at the Shop & Wine Bar in Bondi on Wednesday May 13.. The author will be plating up choice recipes from the book with a glass of wine for just $35.. There’ll also be a few
surprises and copies of the book to purchase on the night.. Bookings are essential.. • Messina is making Mondays sweeter, with prices winding back to their 2002 equivalents – for two-scoop serves to one-litre tubs.. The retro pricing means $3.80 for a double scoop, $4.80 for a triple, and one-litre tubs for $18.. All day on Mondays throughout May.. • Fairfield grocer King of Pickles is collaborating with Zetland sandwich shop Delisia this month.. Find
The Pickled Mama – a focaccia stuffed with slightly spicy smoked turkey, stracciatella and tomato pesto, plus bespoke pickles – on the menu until May 31.. • Ibushi’s Chris Kim is collaborating with Morena’s Alejandro Saravia for two nights of dining, mixing their Japanese and Latin American roots on May 13 and 14.. The four-course dinner includes Apollo Bay lobster with acevichado sauce, Mallacoota sea urchins and rice pudding mousse – expect Nikkei flavours and
the char of Ibushi’s robata grill.. Bookings essential, $180 per person.. • The Boathouse has added $3 oysters to the menu all day throughout May.. Plus, find special prices on Veuve Cliquot (and Dom Perignon) by the glass or bottle.. Available at The Boathouse venues, Las Palmas, Barrenjoey House, The Mona Social, Manly Pavilion and The Espy.. • Throughout May, start a bar tab at the Keg & Brew, Hotel Coronation, The Edinburgh Castle, The
Harold or The Duke of Dural to go into the draw to have $200 shouted by the house.. • Are you a local in the 2010, 2021 or 2025 postcodes?. Nab your “locals’ table” at Caness to enjoy a carafe of wine on the house for groups of two to three, or a bottle for four or more.. Available Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday, from 5.30pm.. Bookings encouraged.. What we covered this week • One year
in, this banh mi shop is considered one of the city’s best (including by a top chef).. • Five to try: the Sydney spots Christina Tosi, of New York’s Milk Bar, loved while she was in town.. • Buoy Kiosk feels like a holiday, with bacon subs, cheesy “mousetraps” and an exceptional on-the-water view.. • Some of the best Ethiopian food in NSW is found in someone’s living room.. Each month, a handful of guests
gather to tear injera bread and tuck into delicious stews.. • Neil Perry is making big changes to his Double Bay precinct.. Pizza’s in, brekkie’s out – and there’s a $39 set menu on the way.. • 14 to try: all the new bakeries we’ve visited (and loved) this year.. You might’ve missed • Sugo Pasta Bar adds more of the My Mother’s Cousin special sauce to Bexley North.. • Razz Room, from the Odd
Culture team, dazzles with daiquiris and disco in a basement CBD space.. • Tokyo Lamington has added a cheffy sandwich shop to Australia Street.. Drop by for an outstanding egg sando or a four-cheese toastie with Sichuan-spiced hot honey.
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