Sydney Opera House - photo by Hai Linh Truong from Sydney, NSW, Australia under CC-BY-2.0
Sydney Opera House - photo by Hai Linh Truong from Sydney, NSW, Australia under CC-BY-2.0

Anthony Bourdain Sydney: All Of The Restaurants Picked On No Reservations

When Anthony Bourdain visited Sydney on his show No Reservations Season 9 Episode 2 (originally aired September 10, 2012), he and his crew picked many restaurants. Here are all the addresses and the dishes showcased on Anthony Bourdain Sydney, all in a convenient list. These can offer great breaks when spending 5 days in Sydney.

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DISH – Argentine Cuisine

WHAT IS IT?

Argentine cuisine is a blend of Mediterranean and Native American culinary traditions that uses agricultural products found all over Argentina. Perhaps the most popular example Argentine cuisine is the asado or Argentine barbecue. Other popular examples include chorizo, morcilla (blood sausage), and lechon (whole roasted pig).

WHERE IS IT?

Porteño
50 Holt St
Surry Hills, Australia

NOTES – Anthony Bourdain Sydney

Porteño is an Argentine restaurant in Surry Hills, an eastern suburb of Sydney. It offers Entrana, a black opal wagyu skirt steak served with salsa asada.

DISH – Meat Pie – Anthony Bourdain Sydney

WHAT IS IT?

Meat pies are filled with meat and other savory ingredients. They are quite popular in Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, Nigeria, Ghana, and Zimbabwe.

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WHERE IS IT?

Harry’s Cafe de Wheels
Cowper Wharf Rd & Dowling St
Woolloomooloo, Ausralia

Unfortunately, this restaurant has since closed its doors.

NOTES – Anthony Bourdain Sydney

Harry’s Café de Wheels in Woolloomooloo (an inner suburb of Sydney) is famous for its meat pies and hotdogs. Anthony Bourdain recommends their Curry Tiger Pie – a meat pie of curried beef, mashed potato, mushy peas and brown gravy.

DISH – Grilled Steak – Anthony Bourdain Sydney

WHAT IS IT?

Steaks are grilled at different temperatures over different periods of time. This can result to steaks that range from very rare (blue) to overdone. The outside of the steak is grilled until brown, while the inside is often cooked according to the preference of the diner.  

WHERE IS IT?

Chiswick
65 Ocean St
Woollahra, Australia

NOTES – Anthony Bourdain Sydney

Chiswick is a local community restaurant that has its own garden where it grows ingredients. Other ingredients, like lamb, pork, chicken and beef, come from the Moran Family farm.

DISH – Chinese Seafood – No Reservations Sydney

WHAT IS IT?

Chinese seafood dishes have crabs, lobsters, oysters and other seafood as main ingredients prepared in Chinese style. Popular Chinese seafood dishes include raw seafood platter of minced lobster mean, lobster “brain”, raw salmon and oyster, wok-fried mud crabs with ginger and shallots, and batter-fried lobster with Szechuan peppercorns.   

WHERE IS IT?

Golden Century Seafood Restaurant
393-399 Sussex St
Sydney, Australia

Unfortunately, this restaurant has since closed its doors.

NOTES – Anthony Bourdain Sydney

Golden Century is a popular Chinese seafood place in Sydney. It has various kinds of live fish, crustaceans and other marine life in glass tanks.

DISH – Charcuterie – No Reservations Sydney

WHAT IS IT?

Charcuterie refers to the preparation and assembly of meat products, typically cured meat, into a platter. Some people include slices of cheese, fruit, crackers and slices of bread in a charcuterie.

WHERE IS IT?

Victor Churchill
132 Queen St
Woollahra, Australia

NOTES – Anthony Bourdain Sydney

Victor Churchill has the distinction of being the oldest butcher shop in Sydney. Anthony Bourdain enjoyed a charcuterie of bresaola, jamon Iberico, prosciutto, fennel and garlic salami, ham in parsley aspic terrine, duck rillettes and a ballotine of rabbit.

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