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Rock oysters and prawns from the fish market, barramundi, the meat pie, lamingtons, pavlova and a flat white: what to eat in Sydney.
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Image courtesy of © Pelagic · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsSydney eats from the sea first. The new Sydney Fish Market on Blackwattle Bay is the place to see the catch; around it, the city’s food is a meeting of ocean, farm and a century of migrant kitchens, with a few dishes every visitor should try once.
From the sea
Rock oysters and king prawns are Sydney’s celebration food, eaten cold with lemon; barramundi is the fish you will see on menus everywhere. Buy them at the Sydney Fish Market, open daily 7am–10pm.
The bakery
The meat pie, eaten from its paper bag, is the national snack; the city’s bakeries, Bourke Street Bakery among them, make their own.
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Image courtesy of © Maksym Kozlenko · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsThe sweet things
The lamington is a square of sponge dipped in chocolate and rolled in coconut; the pavlova is a meringue crowned with cream and fruit, the dessert of summer and Christmas.
Start at the fish market, and finish with a flat white.
The coffee
Sydney’s cafés take coffee seriously; the flat white is the order.
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Image courtesy of © philip.mallis · CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsOur advice: eat oysters at the market, then walk back across Pyrmont Bridge.
Why it's on our list
- From the sea
- The bakery
- The sweet things
- The coffee
Location
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