14 VIRTUOSO LIFE
(LANEWAY) DAVID HILL/GETTY IMAGES, (BENNELONG) NIGEL PAVITT/JOHN WARBURTON-LEE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD.oven: It’s a match made in
Hobart’s dining heaven.
28 Argyle Street, Hobart;
franklinhobart.com.au.Marrons and Local
Watercress at Orana
Chef Jock Zonfrillo, a Glas-
wegian of Italian descent,
might seem an unlikely
champion of indigenous
Australian culinary culture,
but one taste of his inspired
use of local ingredients at his
Adelaide restaurant brings
his arguments vividly to life.Balmain Bug Pikelets
at Bennelong
Native crustaceans meet
blini-like miniature pancakes
in a savory party under the
sails of the Sydney Opera
House. Bennelong Point,
Sydney Opera House;
bennelong.com.au.Franklin’s Abalone
Roasted in Bull Kelp
Tasmania’s most prized cold-
water shellfish, the rakish flair
of chef David Moyle, and the
magic of a wood-fired Scotch285 Rundle Street, Adelaide,
South Australia; restaurant
orana.com.Golden Century’s
Pippies in XO Sauce
Momofuku’s David Chang
says this signature menu item
from Sydney’s best-loved
late-night Cantonese eatery –
surf clams with stir-fried
vermicelli in spicy XO sauce –
is “the best dish in the world.”
No one in Sydney is arguing
the point. 393-399 Sussex
Street; goldencentury.com.au.Step Up to the Plate
Fresh off helping to host The World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards
in Melbourne, Sydney restaurant critic Pat Nourse picks the nine
iconic Australian dishes that travelers shouldn’t miss.DININGBennelong’s stellar location and (above)
Melbourne’s popular Centre Place laneway.