An update from your favourite foodie podcast! Unfortunately due to the extension of Sydney's lockdown we are unable to bring you new and exciting episodes currently. However we will be doing our best to keep you entertained across our socials, so make you are following us on Instagram at @obviouslygoodpodcast. Now is also a perfect time to catch up on any episodes you may have missed this season or revisit some classics. To all our listeners, especially those of you in lockdown we are sending...

On our third episode of Obviously Good Foodie Friends we chat with Lucy Samuels!    A rural pilot, journalist and all around very impressive human.    You might recognise her from her days where she was the Cash Cow on Sunrise- or even her time as a Prime News reporter. Lucy now resides in country NSW telling stories of people of the outback on her Podcast that she co-hosts with Lucy Taylor “Extra Ordinary Outback Stories”.    @lucesamuels  https://linktr.ee/extraordinaryoutbackstories See...

This week we took a visit to the Australian award winning Lebanese restaurant Al Aseel (metaphorically speaking that is). With 22 years under their belt it comes as no surprise that the restaurant has venues in 6 different locations.  Making our way to the Alexandria venue, we were certainly not prepared for what lay in store. The menu is filled with an overwhelming amount of tasty Lebanese dishes and the square footage of the venue would fill any covid marshals social distancing dreams. With...

Please note: This episode was recorded prior to Sydney’s current lockdown. This week we embarked on Bea’s first Korean BBQ. And all we can say is thank the lord for Libby. A little PSA for everyone out there who is also thinking about enjoying Korean BBQ, make sure you have at least one party who knows what they are actually doing. There will be fire, coal, scissors, spatulas, and self-adjusting Range-hoods. Coined as a global franchise introducing Korean flavours to the world, 678 Korean...

On our second episode of Obviously Good Foodie Friends we chat with beauty influencer, content creator, style icon and colour QUEEN Rowi Singh. Join us as we chat all things food, fried chicken, culture and fabulousness. Trust us when we say you do not want to miss this episode!  Follow her at https://www.instagram.com/rowisingh/https://www.instagram.com/theartives/https://www.instagram.com/rowisroom/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we headed to Zetland to visit one of the many, much loved Kickin'Inn restaurants. The story of Kickin'Inn starts back in 2017 in Dubai when two friends Sami, a fast-food chain owner, and Ravi, a management consultant, came up with a plan to spread fresh, high-quality seafood at affordable prices throughout Australia. The pair have transformed the seafood dining experience by removing cutlery and plates, replacing them with mallets and scissors. Kickin'Inn is no ordinary seafood...

Lights, camera, action! Because it literally felt like we were on the set of a movie walking into Franca Brassiere. The dim lighting, green leather booths and effortless charm simply had us transported. Located on the iconic MacLeay St Potts Point, Franca Brasserie is not your classic French Brasserie. The menu orchestrated by former Bathers Pavilion head chef Alexis Besseau favours the modern and Mediterranean showcasing regional France and neighbouring coastal towns.  With a 2.5 million...

As autumn reaches cold peaks we thought what better way to warm ourselves than to indulge in some hearty Italian food. We know what you’re thinking, wow they’re at Italian again. But...our dear friends, this is not just any Italian joint. Perched up on Macleay St in Potts Point lives a restaurant that goes by the name of Ria Pizza + Wine. This beauty is part of the Bentley group and lives up to its siblings reputation. With an interior that’s been flicked with fluoro paint and an industrial...

On the first episode of Obviously Good Foodie Friends we welcome Lindsay Fordham. Food photographer, recipe developer and low fodmap follower. Known for her Instagram page @thatlofolife, Lindsay is promoting health and wellness one deliciously photographed low fodmap recipe at a time! We chat to Lindsay about what the F low fodmap is, how she came to it and all the juicy bits in between. Follow her at - https://www.instagram.com/thatlofolife/ Try thatlofolife at -...

Located on one of the busiest streets in Marrickville, Pepitos is already making its mark. Self-described as a rocking neighborhood taberna, first-time restaurant owner Jose Alkon and his team are serving up traditional South American cuisine as we have never seen. The drinks are not to be missed with an extensive wine list featuring local minimal intervention wine, however, the Peruvian Pisco is certainly front and centre. With a fresh white aesthetic with walls covered in posters and family...

There’s fuh and then there’s fuh and Eat Fuh is where it’s at. Before the opening of its permanent venue in Marrickville in 2016 and a second in Darlinghurst in 2018, Eat Fuh was known only to its dedicated market stall followers so when word got out they were moving to bricks and mortar it was a feeding frenzy. But this isn’t any old fuh joint, unlike other Vietnamese restaurants that have passed down recipes owner Hoang Nguyen says he is from a new generation of Vietnamese, reinventing and...

Opened in 2018 by the team who brought us Grandma’s Bar & the Wild Rover, James Bradey and Warren Burns have taken the status quo and thrown it out the fire door exit. Bistecca the backstreet basement restaurant has chins wagging as it has been coined one of Australia’s most unique dining experiences. The Italian classic cocktail bar and restaurant is purely dedicated to Tuscany’s admired cut of steak the Bistecca Alla Fiorentina. The wine list solely features Italian wine, the meat saws...

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This week we visited “A Bondi institution” as Raw Bar have so humbly coined themselves. Nestled on the corner of Warners Ave in Bondi Raw Bar is very well known amongst the locals and no stranger to the influencers. Serving up a delicious, fresh and sustainable Japanese menu head chef Shintaro Honda has been heroed for his work in the now iconic venue which since its birth in 1995 has paved the way for the Japanese food scene in Sydney. But is Sushi just Sushi...? See acast.com/privacy for...

This week we hustled our way to Oxford street where we introduced ourselves to a building that will most likely see our faces again...Cafe Freda’s. It has only been a few hot minutes since the Chippendale nightclub Freda’s shut their doors after a fun nine years. And now, much like the original venue, Cafe Fredas has an emphasis on expression, art, and music. Which if you know us here at the OG headquarters well, you know those are three things we absolutely love. With a bright yellow...

This week’s hunt for the best food in Sydney took us to the main street of Redfern and whilst you might walk past the small neon sign, this venue is not to be missed. Kinhboy is another brainchild from the beautiful people who brought us Marble in Barangaroo and Tokki in Surry Hills. This time with a Vietnamese twist. Head chef Peter Wu, who hails from Sunset Sabi and Phomo, has given us his own spin with this “Vietary” trying to fuse together the way Australian’s like to eat with traditional...

Farmer wants a wife or in this case a feed. Originating 40 years ago in Milton a humble little Pilgrims opened its door to the local community. Today the vegetarian café which originated as a simple veggie burger joint has venues in Huskisson, Cronulla, Corrimal, and as of July last year Bronte. With a slogan of “healthy, wholesome and hearty food that tastes simply delicious” there was no doubt Pilgrims would attract that coveted Easty following See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out...

We’re back and we thought it was only fitting to bring in the new year the way we came into last year, and let’s be honest, probably every other year...by eating pasta. Hidden in a nook within Angel Place is a magical little restaurant that goes by the name of Ragazzi. If you close your eyes you could almost be transported to the backstreets of Rome. Inside the Italian style wine bar you’ll find a dim somewhat mysterious room lined with leather booths, surrounded by imperfect painted walls...

Don’t worry OGers we weren’t going to leave you without a buffer between Christmas and New Year! Join us this week as we recount our favourite venues from 2020 and discuss our Foodlutions for the new year. As we head into what is already shaping up to be another wild year we wish everyone a cracking start to 2021. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For our Christmas special, we decided to go somewhere a bit special. A slight detour past Nomad we landed at the beautiful Ezra, located in Potts Point just a stone's throw from Kings Cross Station. Opening in late August, the restaurant has already begun to cause a stir which is exactly what owners Nick and Kirk Mathews Bowden wanted to do with this Tel Aviv inspired venue. Whilst they both admit to not having any Israeli roots, they were so taken with the electric nightlife and the...

Italian street food meets the streets of King Cross. Until this week none of us had heard about Friggitoria, an Italian Eatery that apparently serves some of the best pasta in Sydney and yet when asking our colleagues and friends they had! So we had to see what all the fuss was about. Nestled amongst a row of quick dine-in options on Bayswater Rd, Friggitoria is serving up fried snacks and a make your own pasta menu. The chef behind it all, Flavio Tosolini, hails from Fourth Village...

This week we trialled and can now confirm a bit of a life hack for all our CBD workers out there. And by life hack we mean we’ve found you your new weekly lunch spot obsession. And it goes by the name of... drum roll pls... Joe's Sandwich Bar! You can find this heavenly hole-in-the-wall on Kent street where it will be dishing out all the essential work day cravings such as coffee, treats and of course, sandwiches. To make things more fun, it’s vegan! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and...

This week we visited a Surry Hills staple, Forrester's. Established in 1921 this neighbourhood calling card has been given a facelift by hospitality giants Applejack. Known for the likes of SoCal and The Butler, we expected to see some beautiful spaces and a well designed drinks menu, both which the middle bar Phylli’s delivered. Decorated in fresh greenery and terracotta toned murals, with a menu taking inspiration from the Americas, this is really a step up. In the rest of the venue they...

Health food beach babes that’s who we were channeling this week at Blackwood Pantry in Cronulla. Co-owners Rob Lechowicz, Daniel Sorridimi and Paul Pisani, contacted the best of the best when opening this establishment in 2016 and coffee sits at the centre. In the coffee machine is some of Sydney’s top roasting beans and on the all day menu lives a mixture of colourful sweet and savoury dishes. Aesthetically we didn’t think the venue lived up to the hype it had generated and yet it appears to...