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Salt 229 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst (9332 2566) CityRail Kings Cross. Open 8-10am, noon-3pm, 6-11pm, daily. Average $75. Licensed. Credit AmEx, BC, DC, MC, V. A stark silver tube with lilac spattered walls designed by Ian Halliday is the new home to Sydney wunderkind Luke Mangan. He's been banging pots and pans since he was 14 (and for a while with the Roux Brothers) and has learnt a thing or two about technique and flavour. Currently as hot as jalapeÒo. Book Jonah's 69 Bynya Road, Palm Beach (9974 5599/fax 9974 1212) Bus 190. Open noon-3pm, 6.30-10pm, daily. Average $75. Licensed. Credit AmEx, BC, DC, MC, V. Your chance to see how the other half lives. Admire sweeping views across Palm Beach and eat French-accented Med food. You can stay the night (book well in advance) and breakfast before a splash in the surf below Lucio's 47 Windsor Street, Paddington (9380 5996) Bus 380, 382. Open noon-2.30pm, 6.30-10.30pm, Mon-Sat. Average $55. Licensed. Credit AmEx, BC, DC, MC, V. An institution with its fervent following - especially the artists who hang in the nearby galleries and their well-heeled clientele (much of the work of the former graces the walls and plates). Enjoyed for the convivial atmosphere and good Northern Italian tucker The Pier 594 New South Head Road, Rose Bay (9327 4187) Bus 323, 324, 325. Open noon-3pm, 6-10pm, Mon-Sat; noon-3pm, 6-9pm, Sun. Average $60. Licensed. Credit AmEx, BC, DC, JCB, MC, V. Sublime seafood on breathtakingly beautiful Rose Bay is hard to beat - another one of those must-see-and-eat Sydney spots for the visitor wanting to get to the essence International 14th Floor, 227 Victoria Street, Kings Cross (9360 9080) CityRail Kings Cross. Open 5.30-11.30pm, 7-11pm, daily. Average $60. Licensed. Credit AmEx, BC, DC, JCB, MC, V. An elegantly understated glass walled bar looking down at the Cross (hey look, there's Baz Luhrmann's office) serving Lustau sherry and Lutece beer, snacks like sevruga and rabbit rillettes, and a restaurant following the current bias towards Europe under the guidance of former Level 41 chef Brian Duncan. 'The' place in '99. Go early in the week. Hugo's 70 Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach (9300 0900) Bus 380, 382. Open 6.30-11pm daily; 9am-4pm Sat, Sun. Average $50. Licensed. Credit AmEx, BC, DC, MC, V. Spunky-looking staff and (somewhat surprisingly, given the short life hip factor) seriously good food are still dragging them in at this Bondi hangout. Get near the window - all the better to leer at the undulating underdressed along Campbell Parade Bayswater Brasserie 32 Bayswater Road, Kings Cross (9357 2177/fax 9358 1213) CityRail Kings Cross. Open noon-midnight Mon-Sat. Average $35. Licensed. Credit AmEx, BC, DC, JCB, MC, V. A long-time favourite hangout for glitterati, literati and arterati, which doesn't stop the food from being first-class (oysters a speciality) and ever-changing, with a leavening of old favourites and always a good veggie dish. A very useful Friday night bar Banc 53 Martin Place, CBD (9233 5300) CityRail Martin Place. Open noon-2.30pm Mon-Fri; 6-10.30pm Mon-Sat. Average $70. Licensed. Credit AmEx, BC, DC, MC, V. This Manhattanesque space in an art deco bank on the edge of the serious money end of town was a hit with the real power brigade from day one (the Archbishop of Canterbury dropped in the first week), with very fine chef Liam Tomlin in the kitchen and super sommelier Remi Bancal popping corks and stocking the cellar. Downstairs there's Wine Banc, with a separate kitchen from the main game upstairs serving superior snacks for the hungry and thirsty money hunter gatherers of the region. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||