Food

PIGNOLET RETURNS TO BISTRO MONCUR

Posted on June 1st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Public House has announced that Sydney’s original gastro pub chef will return to the Group’s celebrated Bistro Moncur at the Woollahra Hotel, beginning tonight. On 3 March 1993 Damien Pignolet opened the doors to his French-style Bistro Moncur, and the

SCANDALOUS WIN FOR BEST STEAK SANDWICH

Posted on May 18th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The hotly contested competition to find the best expression of the humble Steak Sandwich throughout WA has been fought – and controversially won by a ring-in. Every year the Australian Hotels Association (WA) proudly sponsors the quest for WA’s Best

ALOHA TO POKÉ

Posted on April 27th, 2018 by Jane Louise
If you haven't yet heard of it, you're not alone, but poké is slowly making waves across our shores. Pronounced "poh-kay," this Hawaiian dish has been dubbed as the new healthy trend food. With its Japanese influence, it can be

TERMINUS HOTEL CHANGES DIRECTION WITH FASSNIDGE

Posted on April 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The time-warp Terminus Hotel is making up for lost time, engaging celebrity chef Colin Fassnidge to revamp its menu after just six weeks of operation. The Hotel was established in 1841, a Federation-style two-storey structure built in the early 1900s,

MERIVALE CUTS PAPI CHULO FOR QUEEN CHOW

Posted on April 16th, 2018 by Jane Louise
After four years, Hemmes is shutting Merivale’s BBQ meats venue Papi Chulo in Manly Wharf, to open an instalment of its successful Cantonese concept, Queen Chow. Papi Chulo opened in 2014, offering a mix of South American barbecue and Latino

MOMENTO’S HILLSIDE OPENS TO FIRE & BRIMSTONE

Posted on March 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The Colosimo family’s Momento Hospitality has expanded its successful Hillside Hotel, with an impressive on-trend low-and-slow BBQ and bourbon bar now open. Strategizing on how to better activate the upper level of the Hotel, with its retractable rooftop and underutilised

PHMG CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF GASTRO AT BISTRO MONCUR

Posted on March 2nd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
A quarter century after he jump-started the gastro pub movement in Australia, chef Damien Pignolet returns to PHMG’s Woollahra Hotel and Bistro Moncur for a special event and commemorative month. On 3 March 1993 the doors first swung open to

PUB-GRUB AND CASK ALE HITTING THE SPOT WITH SYDNEYSIDERS

Posted on February 19th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The unmistakably British Duke of Clarence in inner Sydney reports a great response to its themed pub, serving up a new home-style menu and flirting with serving warm(er) beer to Aussies. Liquor industry stalwarts Mike Enright and Julian Train are

SHR’S PRAHRAN GETS MENU MAKEOVER TO BEFIT ITS BEAUTY

Posted on July 14th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Not content with international awards for its design, Sand Hill Road has “stepped up” the menu at its Prahran Hotel, bringing a specialty chef and rustic menu to match the ‘wow’ factor. Since the group’s extensive makeover of the 1940s-built

HOTEL SPECIALTY CHEF SEEKS VENUES FOR ‘SOCIAL SERIES’

Posted on May 31st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Continuing his legacy to the pub kitchen, international chef James Metcalfe will soon be rolling out the JRM Social Series of fine-dining pop-ups at pubs. [caption id="attachment_9857" align="alignright" width="278"] James Metcalfe[/caption] UK-born Metcalfe has worked in Michelin Star and Hatted