That’s a Wrap: Taste of Sydney's Top Dishes


Some of Sydney’s top chefs and their teams flocked to Centennial Park for Taste of Sydney on the weekend to spoil us rotten with fantastic food, delicious wine and good times.

In partnership with Electrolux, the festival showcased an incredible spread of food from the hottest restaurants in town, from Biota to 4fourteen, Thievery to Firedoor.

Taste of Sydney's lights have gone out, until next year. Photo: Instagram
Taste of Sydney's lights have gone out, until next year. Photo: Instagram

While each restaurants' dishes blew us away in their own way, there were three that won the heart and soul of the show.

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The top three dishes were:

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1. Porteño’s Charcoal BBQ’d Octopus
Charred to perfection and served with perfectly balanced sweet and acidic preserved beetroot, yoghurt and pickled chilli, this was the standout dish of the festival. Ben Milgate and Abrahanowicz didn’t only win number one dish, they also won best dressed.. Of course.

Porteño’s charcoal BBQ’d octopus with preserved beetroot, yoghurt and pickled chilli. Photo: Instagram
Porteño’s charcoal BBQ’d octopus with preserved beetroot, yoghurt and pickled chilli. Photo: Instagram

2. Firedoor’s Firedoor Fries
While some were disappointed they weren't getting potato chips, others raved about Lennox Hastie’s perfectly seasoned grilled butter beans with romesco ketchup.

Firedoor fries: Grilled butter beans with romesco ketchup. Photo: Instagram
Firedoor fries: Grilled butter beans with romesco ketchup. Photo: Instagram

3. Salaryman’s Prawn Toast Okonomiyaki
Chef Stephen Seckold nailed every part of the Japanese pancake, from its crunchy texture to its umami flavour. We’re definitely going back to the Surry Hills eatery for more.

Salaryman’s prawn toast okonomiyaki. Photo: Instagram
Salaryman’s prawn toast okonomiyaki. Photo: Instagram

Other delectable dishes that deserve an honourable mention:

Three Blue Ducks’ iconic fried chicken and hotsauce.

Three Blue Ducks’ free range fried chicken with The Farm's hot sauce. Photo: Instagram
Three Blue Ducks’ free range fried chicken with The Farm's hot sauce. Photo: Instagram

Biota’s salted seaweed pretzel with smoked cheese sauce.

Biota's salted seaweed stone cooked pretzel with dry seaweed and smoked cheese sauce. Photo: Instagram
Biota's salted seaweed stone cooked pretzel with dry seaweed and smoked cheese sauce. Photo: Instagram

Thievery’s Ice Cream Kebab.

Thievery’s Ice Cream Kebab with fig jam and walnuts ice cream, rose floss, almond and sesame. Photo: Instagram
Thievery’s Ice Cream Kebab with fig jam and walnuts ice cream, rose floss, almond and sesame. Photo: Instagram

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