Gourmet Traveller (Australia) - 1 Sep 2025
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Star chef exclusives
Plus Neil Perry’s favourite restaurants worldwide
Liquid gold
Star of the show
Dress it up
Honey and pomegranate lamb skewers with
Persian jewelled rice
Grilled citrus and radicchio salad with labne and honey walnuts
Chocolate honeycomb shards with fragrant raspberry salt
Honey-sesame simit with whipped mascarpone and macerated fruit
Baked beef manti with garlic yoghurt and spiced honey butter
Roasted salt and pepper chicken drumettes with cucumber salad
Anchovy and dill char-grilled chicken with fennel and walnut salad
Pan-fried barramundi with sugar snap pea and couscous salad
Quick dark chocolate mousse with olive oil and salted pretzel crumb
Nadine Ingram’s full butter sourdough puff pastry
Stir-fried asparagus with shiitake mushrooms and chilli
Everyday
Fillo-wrapped kefalograviera with Aleppo hot honey
Harissa-honey glazed ocean trout with herb yoghurt
Sticky lemongrass and pork belly rice bowl
Farfalle with zucchini, leek and Sicilian olives
Báhn xèo with pork larb and herbs
Spiced lamb rack with pickled cumquat relish
Roti canai
Chicken satay
Hainanese chicken
Braised beef brisket with chilli-oil sauce
Char kway teow
Perfect soy dressing (with stir-fried zucchini)
Charred green chilli gribiche (with seared salmon)
Cumin buttermilk ranch (with broccoli grain salad)
Crispy shallot and yuzu tartare (with fried calamari)
“Crack” sauce (with grilled pork scotch)
GT Annual Restaurant Guide
ON THE COVER
Small wonders
And the winners are…
Around the world in 10 restaurants
The dining report
Best of both worlds
Passage to India
COMMUNITY X KYLIE
DRINKS NEWS
MEET THE MAKER
THE ART OF TRAVEL
NEW WAVE TASSIE
OBJECT OF DESIRE
UPFRONT
COCKTAIL HOUR
FOUR OF A KIND
CHECKING IN
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EDITOR'S LETTER
LARISSA DUBECKI Small wonders, p58, words
MICHAEL HARRY Annual Restaurant Guide, editor
CLARE MAGUIRE Liquid gold, p92, recipes
Hayman Island.
Hayman Island celebrates 75 years of guests
Spring on the farm with Matt Moran
What’s new on the GT dining radar
Essential Australian vinegars
Restaurant news
DIAMOND ISLAND
MAGIC IN MEANJIN
MAYO MOMENT
SPICE UP YOUR LIFE
PERFECT PAIR’D
SMOKE SHOW
FIRST NATIONS FLAVOURS
ISLAND TIME
SPINNING PLATES
WHAT GT LOVES THIS MONTH
ISOBEL WHELAN-LITTLE
THREE TO TRY
Australian vinegars
Yibeltal Tsegaw and Rahel Woldearegay
Meet distiller Sarah Prowse of Four Pillars
Tasmania’s thrilling wine evolution
Drinks news from around Australia
How to mix a Plum Club Sour
Drinks
SPRING FORWARD
SPOTLIGHT ON
TRIPLE THREAT
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CLOCK OFF
SADDLE UP
SPIRIT GUIDE
Sarah Prowse
New wave Tassie
Plum Club Sour
3 DAVIDSON PLUM GIN
The Intuitive Kitchen
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AI assistance to perfect your dish
AI assistance to perfect your dish
The power of choice
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The Dining Report
Small wonders
Small wonders
Saint Peter
Saint Peter
The Agrarian Kitchen Restaurant
Marmelo
State Winners
Staġuni
Lunetta
Essa
Gibney
Nik Hill
Maison Bâtard
Berowra Waters Inn
Ozge Kalvo
OLYMPUS DINING, REDFERN, NSW
Angie Giannakodakis
TAVERNA, MELBOURNE, VIC
+81 Aizome Bar BRISBANE, QLD
Staġuni
Tony Tan
Gourmet Traveller uses free-range pork supplied by Australian Pork in the GT Test Kitchen and in all our photo shoots.
Nadine Ingram’s sourdough puff pastry
Dial up Middle Eastern dishes with honey
Saucy secrets from Rosheen Kaul’s kitchen
Tony Tan shares his best recipes
Roasted salt and pepper chicken drumettes with cucumber salad
Everyday
COOKING TIP
Sticky lemongrass and pork belly rice bowl
DOUBLE BATCH
Anchovy and dill char-grilled chicken with fennel and walnut salad
WEEKEND LUNCHING
Pan-fried barramundi with sugar snap pea and couscous salad
PROTEIN SWAP
Farfalle with zucchini, leek and Sicilian olives
MAKE IT VEG
Báhn xèo with pork larb and herbs
PROTEIN SWAP
Spiced lamb rack with pickled cumquat relish
CITRUS SWITCH
Quick dark chocolate mousse with olive oil and salted pretzel crumb
CHILL TIME
Full butter sourdough puff pastry
REQUEST A RECIPE
Sourdough starter
DOUBLE BATCH
Liquid gold
Liquid gold
Grilled citrus and radicchio salad with labne and honey walnuts
Harissa-honey glazed ocean trout with herb yoghurt
Honey and pomegranate lamb skewers with Persian jewelled rice
Honey and pomegranate lamb skewers with Persian jewelled rice
Chocolate honeycomb shards with fragrant raspberry salt
Fillo-wrapped kefalograviera with Aleppo hot honey
Baked beef manti with garlic yoghurt and spiced honey butter
Honey-sesame simit with whipped mascarpone and macerated fruit
Honey-sesame simit with whipped mascarpone and macerated fruit
Star of the show
Roti canai
Braised beef brisket with chilli-oil sauce
Braised beef brisket with chilli-oil sauce
Chicken satay
Char kway teow
Hainanese chicken
Stir-fried asparagus with shiitake mushrooms and chilli
DRESS IT UP
“Crack” sauce
Charred green chilli gribiche
Cumin buttermilk ranch
Crispy shallot and yuzu tartare
Travel
Inside Hamilton Island’s latest hotel opening
Cruising around the subcontinent
Neil Perry’s global guide to dining out
A devilish Tasmanian road trip
The art of... spotting restaurant green flags
Best of both worlds
Best of both worlds
Exploring the East coast
Exploring the East coast
East coast to Launceston
Waubs Distillery, Bicheno
Tasting Northern Tasmania
Stillwater Seven, Launceston
Bread + Butter, Launceston
Stillwater, Launceston
On the road
Tasting Northern Tasmania
The Sundays FACILITIES
PASSAGE TO INDIA
PASSAGE TO INDIA
A TOUCH OF THE EXOTIC
Around the world in 10 restaurants
Gourmet shopping
Magic living room
Object of desire
Maroon mood
MAROON MOOD
CANDY CRUSH
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Scholé
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Stillwater
Lunetta
Minima
Onzieme
Such and Such
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New South Wales
Saint Peter
Ante
Aalia
Baba’s Place
A.P Bread and Wine
Bathers’ Pavilion Restaurant
Bessie’s and Alma’s
Cafe Paci
Bistro Livi
Eleven Barrack
EXP. Restaurant
Corner 75
Ho Jiak Town Hall
King Clarence
Firepop
Margaret
Olympus Dining
Megalong
Pipit
Pilu at Freshwater
Porcine
Porkfat
Quay
Postino Osteria
R by Raita Noda
Sixpenny
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Essa
August
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Agnes
Exhibition
Blume
Gerard’s
Gum Bistro
Jungle Fowl
Joy Restaurant
Pilloni
Restaurant Labart
Norté
Short Grain by Martin Boetz
Sushi Room
Supernormal Brisbane
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Staġuni
Allegra Dining Room
Kiin
LVN Restaurant at Bird in Hand
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Maxwell Restaurant
Magill Estate Restaurant
The Little Rickshaw
Thelma
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Victoria
Marmelo
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Chauncy
Carnation Canteen
Brae
Du Fermier
Embla
Di Stasio Carlton
Gimlet
Flower Drum
Etta
Kafeneion
Lake House
Lagoon Dining
Maison Bâtard
Lee Ho Fook
Manzé
O.MY
Minamishima
Provenance
Serai
Tedesca Osteria
Stokehouse
Toddy Shop
Vue de monde
Ah Um
Gibney
Glenarty Road
Casa
De’sendent
Lulu La Delizia
Hearth Restaurant and Lounge
Le Rebelle
Wills Domain
Oscar’s in the Valley
Wildflower
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