Purveyors of Good Food

Where do you get it?

If you live in a city as big as Sydney, you'd think that there was nothing that you couldn't get. As much as this might be true, you will need to know WHERE
to go.
Here are some invaluable suppliers for your Gastronomic Delights:

Herb Heaven on Earth:
Is it a spice? Is it a herb? If it exists then Ian or Liz Hemphill at Herbies Spices will not only know about it, but will likely have it in stock. Your "One-Stop-Spice-Shop" is:
Herbies Spices
Ian and Liz Hemphill

745 Darling Street
Rozelle NSW 2039
Phone: 02 9555 6035
Fax: 02 9555 6037
E-mail: herbie@herbies.com.au
Visit Herbies website at: http://www.herbies.com.au for the latest information and special offers.

If it is cheeses you desire, then you can't go past:

Simon Johnson Purveyor of Quality Foods
181 Harris Street
Pyrmont NSW 2009
Phone: 02 9552 2522
Fax.: 02 9660 0060
E-mail: admin@simonjohnson.com.au

55 Queen Street
Woollahra NSW 2025
Phone 02 9328 6888

and

Shop 1 - Quadrangle Shopping Centre
100 Edinburgh Road
Castle Crag NSW 2068
Phone: 02 9967 9411

Visit Simon Johnson's website at: http://www.simonjohnson.com.au for the latest info, specials and mail order.

Beyond cheese there are thousands of absolutely top quality products. I suggest you go when you have lots of time, and an empty credit card, you will need both. The complimentary coffee, served whilst you are shopping, is a great idea, too!

Food Stuff

Mark and Louise Holland run this fantastic food store in Mona Vale. Fabulous cheese, great pasta, yummy sauces and dips, condiments, fresh bread, imported fresh buffalo mozzarella from Italy, table and glass ware, coffee, tea, chocolates, you name it the list goes on.. This is a place to browse for hours and get ideas for table settings, dinner parties or simply to spoil yourself.
9/11 Bungan Road
(off Akuna Lane, opposite Woolworth's ramp)
Mona Vale
Tel.: 02 9999 3033

There is always some extra tummy space for chocolate

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First is was wine, then coffee, now it's chocolate's turn to educate the Australian palate.
Based in Melbourne, Definitely Chocolate's European-trained chocolatiers hand-craft high quality chocolates using both blended and Single Origin Chocolate imported from Belgium. Single Origin Chocolate, crafted from cocoa beans sourced from single, unique regions of the world, is the cocoa equivalent of a single malt whisky or a grand cru wine. Single Origin Chocolate allows us the pleasure of tasting cocoa grown in specific regions under different conditions (rainfall, heat and humidity), the terroir equivalent for chocolate.
Check out and order the products on-line at: Definitely Chocolate

For the freshest fruit and vegetables on the North Shore you can't go past:

ripe grocer
8 bungan street
mona vale
tel.: 02 9999 6899

If it is home delivered top quality fruit and vegetables you are after, then I'd suggest:

Snow Goose Orchards Pty. Ltd.
P.O. Box 160
Tumbarumba NSW 2653
Tel.: 1 800 803 570

Speak to Tony or Margaret. They do a fabulous job of sourcing top quality produce and they'll ship it to you, no fuss, no effort. Great service!

Growing up in Europe makes you rather blasé about cold-cuts and hundreds of different sausages. Like many wonderful things, you only miss them once you don't have them any more. When I discovered Bavarian Smallgoods I was in heaven.
They stock a huge variety of cold cuts, sausages, smoked meats, aged beef, etc. If you go there and need a bit of help with some of the more "esoteric" items, ask for help, they will be only too happy to oblige.

Bavarian Smallgoods
39 Bartlett Street
Ermington NSW 2116
Tel.: 02 9638 7809

Further suppliers of top quality charcuterie and superb aged meats:

Penny's Butchery
880 Military Road
Mosman NSW 2088
Tel.: 02 9969 3372
and
18 Bungan Street
Mona Vale NSW 2103
Tel: 02 9997 1581

AC Butchery
174 Marion Street
Leichhardt NSW 2040
Tel.: 02 9569 8687

Australia's demand for organically grown produce has prompted:

Cleavers the organic meat store
The Grove Shopping Centre
Military Road
Neutral Bay NSW 2088
Tel.: 02 9953 2129

This is Sydney's first, fully organic butchery. Organic meat can be produced only from a certified organic farms which must have been free of all chemicals for at least 5 years. The animals must live on free-range pastures and consume organic feed, which is their natural diet.

deli verde is an online retailer of premium quality food. Based in Katoomba; they are committed to providing local residents and visitors to the Blue Mountains and Central West with Australia's finest range of home grown and imported quality foods from Sydney's leading purveyors.
There is no physical shop front, nor do they hold any stock; all orders are processed with the relevant Providores and delivered to your door at a time that suits you..
Go to deliverde's web site

If Designer Ice Creams are your weakness then stay away from:
Misto
127 Kent Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Tel.: 02 9251 9669

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When in Melbourne be sure to pay a visit to Wangara Poultry & Game. With products ranging
from quail to emu, crocodile to wagyu beef, snails to rabbits and everything in between, they
boast?one of the largest ranges of gourmet poultry and game products in Australia.?

Wangara Poultry & Game
Unit 1-321 Arden St
Kensington, Victoria,
3051, Australia
T: (03) 9376 8188
F: (03) 9376 8177

Visit the Wangara Poulty & Game Web Site

For superb European style sourdough breads talk to Freddie at:

The Brezel House
Dee Why Food Hall
Shop 6
22-24 Oaks Ave'
Dee Why NSW 2099
Tel.: 02 9972 1937

and don't forget to check out Phillip Searle's endeavour:

Infinity Bakery
225 Victoria Street
Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Tel.: 02 9380 4320

and it's always a lot of fun to talk to Franck Francois from the French bakery

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and sample his breads and pastries which are excellent indeed. Apart from what you expect to find in a French bakery, they also sell wonderful savoury dishes for take-away. Try the Cassoulet, the Daube Provencale or the Rillette de Canard and you'll be lip-schmacking happy.

La Gerbe d'Or
255 Glenmore Road
Paddington NSW 2021
Tel.: 02 9331 1070
La Gerbe d'Or

Everyone's favourite addiction, COFFEE, can be satisfied at:

Argosini Micro Roastery
9 Atchison Street
Crows Nest NSW 2065
Tel.: 02 9906 6981
info@argosini.com

or at:

Toby's Estate Coffee

129 Cathedral Street
Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
Tel: 02 9358 1196

or contact:

Luke Mcsweeny of
Caffe Colombari
P.O. Box 975, Manly NSW 1655
Tel: 02 8966 9420 or Mob: 0410 755 150
luke@caffecolombari.com.au

For Asian groceries and superb Chinese take-away on the Northside, visit:

PK Superstores
303 Penshurst Street
Willoughby NSW
Tel.: 02 9882 1822

Burlington Centre Supermarket
285 Penshurst Street
Willoughby NSW 2068
Tel.: 02 9417 2588
Fax.: 02 9417 2202

and Sydney's top spot to buy all of the ingredients for that Thai meal:

Hong Lee Food Store
21 Campbell Street
Haymarket NSW 2000
Tel.: 02 9212 6793

for the best selection of Japanese specialities:

Tokyo Mart
Shop 27, Northbridge Plaza
Sailors Bay Road
Northbridge NSW 2063
Tel.: 02 9958 6860

But maybe you're an armchair chef and would rather just read about food? You will find the most comprehensive range of cook books at:

The Cookery Book
44 Sailors Bay Road
Northbridge NSW 2063
Tel.: 02 9967 8211

Books for Cooks
233 Gerturde Street
Fitzroy VIC 3065
Tel.: 03 8415 1415
e-mail:shop@booksforcooks.com.au
Visit their website: Books for Cooks

Tim and Amanda White run this absolutely amazing culinary bookstore in Melbourne. Their passion and knowledge is legendary!

If on the other hand you want to get your hands dirty and need a place to spend some money on the "kitchen item you just can't live without" then I'd suggest a trip to any of the following shops:

Accoutrement
611 Military Road
Mosman NSW 2088
Tel.: 02 9969 1031
Fax.: 02 9969 7929

The Chef''s Warehouse
252-254 Riley Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010
Tel.: 02 9211 4555
Fax.: 02 9212 5609

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The Essential Ingredient
477 Pacific Highway
Crows Nest NSW 1585
Tel.: 02 9439 9881
Fax. 02 8905 0678
Have a look at The Essential Ingredient's Web Site

Kitchen Kapers Commercial
160 Willoughby Road
Crows Nest NSW 2065
Tel.: 02 9906 4655
Fax.: 02 9906 4691

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Villeroy & Boch
A name that speaks for itself. A combination of tradition and innovation: This has always been the way they conduct their business and even after almost 300 years they stay at the cutting edge.
Browse their fantastic products on line, at their Australian on-line Store
You' will probably find exactly what you're looking for!

and if you are after cutlery, plates, serving dishes, knick-knacks and other food related items, have a look at a newcomer to this town:

Wheel & Barrow Homeware
Level 2
Chatswood Chase Shopping Centre
Chatswood NSW 2067
Tel.: 02 9413 9530
Fax.: 02 9413 9531
e-mail: wb@wbhomewares.com.au

and if you would like some of your gastronomic masterpieces preserved forever, then call:

Danny Kildare Photography

17 Haig Street
Chatswood NSW 2067
Tel.: 02 9417 5237
Fax.: 02 9417 5564
e-mail: dkphoto@bigpond.com

Great Food Photography at competitive prices.
Check out some of his work

Verona Wood Fire Ovens
After having spent endless hours researching wood fire ovens, I am satisfied that Verona Ovens are my pick of the lot!

Find out more:: Verona Wood Fired Ovens

Sydney Fish Market
Bank Street, Pyrmont
Open from 5.00am to 4.00pm every day
Watch the live auction early in the morning, choose from an amazing selection of fresh seafood, enjoy the hustle and bustle of a working market or have a meal on one of the many tables right by the water. This is indeed a special spot.
The auction at the Sydney Fish Market has the widest range of seafood in the Southern Hemisphere , second in the world only to Tokyo's Tskiji Markets.

Sydney Food Markets

The Farmers Produce Market
For the freshest home grown produce, gourmet foods,
cooking demonstrations & international hot food.
Every Wed 10am-3.30pm
Every Sat 10am-4pm
Fox Studios
Lang Road
Moore Park

The Sunday Market
A Unique Shopping Experience with homewares, artworks,
fashions and accessories, natural therapies and international hot food.
Every Sunday 10am-4pm
Fox Studios
Lang Road
Moore Park

Ph. 9383 4163 or 0407 067 178
E-mail reception_eq@gandel.com.au for more information

Good Living Growers' Market
First Saturday each month, 7am - 11am
Pyrmont Bay Park
Pyrmont

The Organic Market
Sunday 8am - 1pm
Parkway Hotel
Frenchs Forest Road East
Frenchs Forest

Leichhardt Farmers' Market
Saturday 9am - 1pm
Orange Grove Public School
Cnr Balmain Rd and Perry St
Leichhardt

Northside Produce Market
Third Saturday each month
8am - noon
Civic Centre Park
200 Miller Street
North Sydney

and if all this food stuff made you seriously thirsty, then it might be time to buy the right wine at:

Ultimo Wine Centre
Shop 99
460 - 480 Jones Street
Ultimo NSW 2007
Tel.: 02 9211 2380
Fax.: 02 9211 2382
e-mail: ultwine@ozemail.com.au
Whatever you are after, they will probably either have it in stock or be able to procure it for you.

For individual wineries and interviews with the wine makers go to: Australian Vineyards and Wizards of Wine

Perigord Truffles of Tasmania

Tasmanian Truffles

Australian Fresh Truffles are finally a reality!

Perigord Truffles of Tasmania, started in 1992, is the first company in Australia to develop a truffle industry.

Today they are producing truffles from just six-year-old hazel trees, in free-draining, grainy, relatively poor soil with a pH of 7 ½ to 8.

The French black truffle is produced when the spores of the fungus Tuber melanosporum attach to the roots of oak and hazel trees to form a symbiotic relationship. The edible portion forms during autumn, and harvesting takes place in the winter once the French black truffle has matured. Trained dogs do all the finding and man does all the eating.

Contact details:
Mr. Duncan Garvey
Co Chairman, Perigord Truffles of Tasmania
Phone: 03 6266 4213
Mobile: 0419 341 906
Fax: 03 6266 4012

Want to know more about the Australian tuffles from Tasmania? For the full story go to: Perigord Truffles of Tasmania

Visit Duncan Garvey's website at: http://www.perigord.com.au for the latest information on this quest for gastronomic excellence!

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