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Junior’s Deli Sandwich

One of the great trends to emerge from lockdown has been the increased demand for simple comfort food that we could enjoy every day. Before Covid, there had been mumblings that food trends had got way too complicated, with all those foams and frills. Not only restaurants were changing, the retail sector was too. The...
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It’s a well-known truth that the very first spoonful of any dish satiates our palate. After that, enjoyment drops away. This fact alone should give menu writers cause to ponder. Why don’t we eat dessert as the first dish on a menu? Great sweets speak of skill mastery in composition, balance of flavours and textures,...
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Italian kitchen Mozza Mozza recently opened at Southport Sharks, giving the Northern Gold Coast ‘more to love’ in the dining arena, the spacious ambient venue taking over the area formerly occupied by Carmody’s Restaurant. Renowned hospitality identity, Dave Galvin of Crafty’s Sports Bar fame (and the new charcoal chicken hot spot Bird Royale at The...
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Nothing shows us love more than a great Italian meal. It’s not just the food, it’s also the atmosphere and the service. They’re parts of a story that together adds up to more than the sum of its parts. Follow the smell of pizza from down the street, the sound of music and laughter lilting...
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Take a well-known restaurateur, an iconic beach location, a young chef with a modern fresh take on classic Italian cuisine, and chances are that an exciting new dining venue will emerge. After twenty years of waiting, when the opportunity finally arose for Sydney restaurateur Maurice Terzini (founder of Icebergs Dining Room and Bar, CicciaBella and...
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The Gold Coast gained a touch of European style when Sofia’s Broadbeach opened on the ground floor of The Oasis late in 2020. As spring arrives in 2022, Sofia’s has moved location and doubled in size to a venue that better accommodates the four seasons. Now situated between Mario’s and Grand Dynasty, owner Henry Hunt...
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Every so often we are blessed with dining venue that is truly different. A year ago, Sens Coffee, at the base of the Meriton Broadbeach, transformed their café into Goya Café, a modern, ultra-sexy Japanese street food café. But after shouting ‘Revolution!’ and taking the coast by storm, it could not have been a more...
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While travel has been off the agenda for a couple of years, The Brooklyn Wine + Tapas, with its intimate downtown bar vibes and stunning food is a venue that brings an international dining experience to us. Husband-and-wife duo, Shaun Dunn and Leisa Provost opened The Brooklyn Wine + Tapas in January 2021, their first...
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We have chefs we love, and Chef Yusuke Ito is one of them. You have probably eaten Chef Yusuke’s food before. Chances are, though, that unless you’d been paying close attention, you may not have known that Yusuke had cooked the food on your plate. Quiet and unassuming, as are many Japanese chefs, Yusuke worked...
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Born and raised on the coast of NSW, the founders of Japanese-inspired salad bar, Fishbowl recently jumped state to launch their second Queensland store in James Street, Burleigh Heads. In Fishbowl they serve up fast food with a difference, the group starting in 2016 with a simple goal to change fast food, change the culture,...