Sips & Bites is a new section featuring bite-sized information on new restaurants and bars including what’s on in Sydney. This new feature replaces the monthly “New Restaurant and Bars Openings” and is published on a regular basis.
Cirrus Barangaroo
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Brent Savage and Nick Hildebrandt have opened Cirrus at Barangaroo, a sustainable seafood focused restaurant and bar the site vacated by the Noma pop up. Open seven days a week for lunch and dinner, the venue seats 100 including 40 outside. The seafood focused menu includes Moreton Bay bugs with house-made XO, Northern Territory mud crab with green garlic and tarragon; a ‘Cirrus Platter’, Savage’s take on a seafood platter of oysters, Skull Island prawns, cobia and honey bugs; whole flathead and chips; and what might be Sydney’s best take on a Caesar salad – grilled cos lettuce, whipped mullet roe, cured egg yolk and Ortiz anchovies.
Cirrus, 10/23 Barangaroo Avenue, Barangaroo
How to Batch a Negroni with the Star of Bombay
The Star of Bombay hosted a delightful Star Soiree with Global Brand Ambassador, Raj Nagra, and Australian Brand Ambassador, Sean Forsyth. Guests were guided through the art of cocktail entertaining in summer using batched cocktails. Here’s a recipe on how to batch a Negroni using the Star of Bombay gin.
Mama’s Buoi Tramsheds
Mama’s Buoi is opening at Tramsheds Harold Park in November 2016, serving a menu of their signature home-style, authentic dishes. More to come.
Sir Chapel Tramsheds
Sir Chapel has also opened in Tramshed, a Bistro and Brewery by founder and owner, Tom Chidiac.
Also at Tramsheds: Bekya Middle Eastern Kitchen
Heineken Bar at Sydney Airport
Heineken Flagship Bar is opening at Sydney Airport’s T1 at the end of September. Travellers can enjoy is Heineken served Extra Cold, delivered through a partly frozen draught column, where the beer is served up between -1 and -3 degree Celsius and poured into a frozen Heineken glass.
A Night with the Nail at The Swinging Cat
Drambuie, has announced a relaunch of the brand at a 3-month bar activation, ‘A Night with the Nail’, each Thursday at The Swinging Cat bar in Sydney’s CBD. Sip on The Rusty Nail, along with a range of Drambuie cocktails as you listen to live jazz music at the New Orleans inspired underground bar. If you upload a social pic enjoying a Rusty Nail using the hashtag #nightwiththenail, you can be in the running to win a Rusty Nail Kit including a bottle of Drambuie, a bottle of Monkey Shoulder Scotch Whisky, a mixing spoon, ice mould and tumblers.
The Swinging Cat, 44 King Street, Sydney
Other News
- The Barber Shop in Sydney has launched the Martini Project with a range of tinctures that you’d want to try them all.
- What Sydney is drinking right now
- The Australian Spirits Guide is out on October 1st. We speak with the author, Luke McCarthy.
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