Australian Gourmet Traveller - (08)August 2020 (1)

Editor’s letter

Banoffee trifle

p 76

butdevastatingbattlewithcancer.

Willspentmostofhislifeworking

inthewineandhospitalityindustry

andwaspassionateaboutboth.He

lovedtosharegoodfoodandgood

winewithhisfriendsandtosupport

thosewhomadeit.

ReturningtoTheOldFitztoshoot

ourcoverstorywasbittersweet– but

I knewWillwouldbetickledtoknowwe

werethere.Hewasenormouslyproud

ofhismateNikandwouldbethrilled

toknowhehadplayedsucha central

roleinmakingthisissuehappen.

So this one is for Will. Vale, my friend.

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neofthethingsI missed

mostduringlockdownwas

anafternoonatthepub.

LongSundaylunchesspent

solvingtheworld’sproblemsand

laughingawayyourown.Thefirst

timeI wenttoSydney’sOldFitzroy

Hotelwasoneofthoseafternoons.

It camejusttwoweeksaftermy

husbandandI hadmovedtoAustralia

lastyear,whenourfriendWillarrived

onourdoorstep,readytoshowus

somethingspecial.HisfriendNikHill

hadtakenoverthekitchenearlier

intheyearandwasreinventingthe

historichotelasSydney’shomeof

Englishpubclassics.Knowingmy

husband’sloveofa goodpintand

myexactingstandardswhenit comes

to a Scotchegg,Willwascertainwe

wouldloveTheFitz.Hewasn’twrong.

Whenit cametimetoplanthis

issueandcelebratemodernclassics,

I immediatelythoughtofNikand

TheOldFitz.Inmyhead,I wasalready

planninga reunionlunchatthepub

tocelebratethecomingtogetherof

goodfriendsandgoodideas.

Crushingly,WilldiedthedayNik

filed his recipes, following a short

Fingerlimecerveza,Sobah

Thesezippyalcohol-freebrewsfrom

BurleighHeads-based,Indigenous-owned

labelSobahareconvincinglyhoppyand

makefora refreshingdrinkalternative.

Jordan Kretchmer, writer

Whatwe’re

drinking...

TashSultanacocktail,Eileen’sBar

Ginaficionados,rejoice!FourPillarshave

openeda ginhavenin Sydney’sSurryHills

completewitha barandlaboratory.Stop

byfora funandsophisticatedcocktail.

Karlie Verkerk, deputy editor

DomainedeSulauze,HyperModeste

I’vebeendreamingaboutthisbiodynamic

petnatsinceI firsttriedit.Fresh,fruity

andfragrant,it wastheperfectdropto

enda Sundaylunch.GeorgieMeredith,

writer& editorial coordinator

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PHOTOGRAPHY ALANA LANDSBERRY (PORTRAIT) & BENITO MARTIN (BANOFFEE TRIFLE).