Gourmet Traveller

Each issue is packed with great dish ideas, hot restaurants and bars, entertaining tips, the best hotels and lavish spreads on some of the world’s most intoxicating travel destinations - everything you should expect from the Australia's premier food and travel magazine.

Masthead

Editor's Letter

Restaurant news • Fresh openings on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, joined by a restaurant redux in Tasmania and a Sydney import for Melbourne.

Dishes Of Discovery • In this new series, Antoni Porowski explores the powerful family histories of A-listers, through food.

The Style Vault

Grill City • Restaurant royalty Chris Lucas announces upcoming Sydney launch.

Ubud Calling • A serene mountaintop retreat recalls Bali’s halcyon days in the island’s spiritual heartland.

Natalie Murphy • We chat to the new head chef ushering the longstanding Hilton Sydney restaurant into a new era.

New City, Old Mates • An Australian pub lands in NYC with proper parmas, pints and more.

Hoor Al Qasimi • Kylie Kwong celebrates the individuals helping to grow a stronger community. This month, we meet the president and director of Sharjah Art Foundation and artistic director of the 25th Biennale of Sydney.

Tahini • Nutty and versatile, sesame seed paste is a staple of Middle Eastern and Japanese cooking. Here, we showcase four of our favourites.

Review

Eleven Barrack • The Bentley Group’s new seafood and steak grill delivers a grand old time in one of Sydney’s most stately dining rooms, writes ALEXANDRA CARLTON.

Station Road • French fare with a redeveloped Festival Plaza view lands in Adelaide’s CBD, writes KATIE SPAIN.

Jayden Ong Winery & Cellar Bar • This excellent winery’s food offering is on par with its vino, writes MICHAEL HARDEN.

Bar Soma • More than three hours north of Brisbane, this tiny wine bar is proving well worth the drive, writes ELLIOT BAKER.

Drinks news • TOP DROPS, NEW OPENINGS, AND INSIDE TIPS FROM THE EXPERTS

Natillie Johnston • This month we catch up with the Yarra Valley-based winemaker behind Tillie J Wines.

Take Two • We explore the origins of some of Australia’s signature drinks and learn how to recreate them at home.

Ready, steady, go • Long-weekend lounging is all about pre-batched cocktails, bagged wine and crafty cans, writes SAMANTHA PAYNE.

Where The Wild Things Are • Three chefs converge for a masterclass in sustainable cooking at a wilderness retreat in Tasmania’s Currawong Lakes. As MICHAEL HARDEN discovers, a nose-to-tail feast awaits.

Counting beans • Following in the footsteps of craft beer and specialty coffee, Australia’s bean-to-bar chocolate movement is beginning to thrive, explains LUKE OWEN SMITH. With it comes a vast new flavour landscape for chocolate connoisseurs to explore.

Flavour trip • Long weekends are too short for a global getaway but they are the perfect window to eat your way around the world. JESS HO takes us on a culinary odyssey of Melbourne.

Give a fig • The autumn harvest of figs calls for sweet and savoury dishes that take advantage of the luscious nectar and vibrant leaf of this glorious fruit – perfect for a long weekend of feasting.

Everyday

Four Ways With Roast potatoes • From the irresistible crunch of a classic roast spud to the softness of sweet potatoes, nothing spells comfort quite like a tray of roast potatoes.

Peking duck • It’s a labour of love to create this beloved Chinese classic. Brisbane chef LOUIS TIKARAM shares the technique behind this statement dish.

The Long Lunch • Long weekends provide the perfect opportunity to host long, lazy lunches. Here GT shares the best recipes designed to share and...