Jason King Part II: A Food Photographer's Ultimate Day of Dining

12 May, 2020

In Part I of our feature on Sydney food photographer Jason King (read here) we discussed the state of the Sydney food scene; where our city’s dining scene has been, its current state and where we can expect it to go. In part two Jason details his favourite dining area in Sydney, as well as his ultimate foodie day-out.

What is your favourite geographical dining area in Sydney and why?

This is a really hard question, and it is almost a tie between Newtown and the Sydney CBD. I love walking down King Street and eating at all the known venues; La Favola, Flour Drum and so on. However, the CBD just wins on the basis of versatility. There is so much on offer there, and it’s all over. There are so many good Korean BBQ joints that are spread throughout the CBD. Ho Jiak is a favourite of mine, and of course the big celebrity chef venues are there; Bennelong, Quay, Hubert, Mr. Wong. Then of course you have the burger greats nearby like Bar Luca. You could eat at a restaurant a day in the Sydney CBD and not get through them all in a year.

Photography: Jason King

Breakfast

Goodfields Eatery in Lindfield for Fried Chicken Truffle Waffles, and maybe a second Truffled Scrambled Eggs.

Goodfields Eatery

MON TO SUN : 6AM - 5PM

37 Lindfield Avenue, Lindfield, Sydney

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Lunch

Brae in Birregurra, Victoria for a 5 hours degustation with Oyster Ice Cream, Pork Jowl grilled over Red Gum and Dutch Cream Potato Cake, Cultured Cream and Brooke Trout Roe.

Brae

MON : 12PM - 5PM

TUES & WED : CLOSED

THURS : 630PM - 1130PM

FRI : 12PM - 5PM

SAT : 12PM - 5PM, 630PM - 1130PM

SUN - 12PM - 5PM

4285 Cape Otway Rd, Birregurra VIC

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Dinner

Ho Jiak in Haymarket for Jenga Chicken, Chilli Prawns, Chilli Chicken, Century Eggs and Char Koay Teow.

Ho Jiak

MON TO SUN : 11AM - 9PM (CLOSED WED)

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Dessert

Dessert is all about Jason's obsession for affogato, A trifecta of affogato starting with Hakiki Newtown for their Turkish Ice Cream and Turkish Coffee Affogato. A quick helicopter ride to Mollymook to grab an affogato from Rick Stein before a flight to Tasmania to visit Port Arthur Lavender Farm for a Lavender Affogato.

Hakiki

MON TO SUN : 1130AM - 1030PM

1/63-71 Enmore Road , Enmore

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Rick Stein at Bannisters

MON & TUES : 6PM - 9PM

WED & THURS : 6PM - 12AM

FRI TO SUN : 1230PM - 230PM, 6PM - 9PM

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Port Arthur Lavender

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