Plus, eight other essential food news bites for the week ahead.
Start the year with soups, broths and smoothies at Bondi’s Mr Perkins. There is a new menu each day, which is crafted in collaboration with nutritionist Jessica Rutledge. Try a bone broth cube in your smoothie for that extra mineral boost.
The third cookbook from blogger and nutritionist, Ella Woodward, Deliciously Ella With Friends, features healthy recipes such as toasted buckwheat and coconut granola and chana masala. Available from Hachette Australia, $29.99, out now.
The Old Rum Store in Chippendale is now home to upscale steak house Eastside Grill. Chef Stanley Wong’s (Spice Market, New York) menu has US influences with a nod to Japan. Dessert includes dishes such as vanilla cream doughnut holes (as shown).
Artist Elizabeth Willing has teamed with QAGOMA executive chef Josue Lopez to create a sensory degustation dinner inspired by GOMA’s exhibition Sugar Spin: You, Me, Art And Everything on February 23, $300. Call 3842 9715.
Want to learn how to make macarons like a pro? Icon The Cookery School at The Kitchens Robina Town Centre will run a class on February 19 at a cost of $80, teaching three varieties. iconcookeryschool.com.au
After lengthy delays, Peter Gloftis’s The Lamb Shop will finally open this month in King St, Bowen Hills. The 50-seater is a sibling venue for his Greek-inspired eatery on the Gold Coast, and will offer bar snacks, souvlaki and meat on the grill.
South Melbourne Night Market is back from 5.30pm every Thursday until February 23. Be spoilt for choice with sliders, paella and pasta plus fresh coconuts to slake a summer thirst available at food trucks, carts, restaurants and bars.
Everyone loves an ice cream sandwich, and Movenpick’s newbie will have you at hello, combining your choice of ice cream flavour between two deliciously rich chocolate cookies. Insta-pretty, too. At Movenpick stores, $8.95.
Touch down for tomorrow’s Super Bowl action live from Houston, Texas, at TGI Fridays. From 9am, get your dude-food fill of ribs, buffalo wings, dogs and fries – and beer, natch – alongside the moves and tunes on the field.
