The Well-Fed Bong

I did not land in Sydney with any great expectations of the food. No imperial traditions, no street food, no ancient cooking traditions; Australia's culinary greatness rested (in my mind) on a flashy television show where cameras were more important than tastebuds.   As it turns out, I was spectacularly wrong.   Yes, cooking in Sydney is all modern urban stuff with no distant roots into any past greatness. Yes, it is food of restaurants rather than streets or palace courts. Yes, it was invented by people still alive rather than great great great grandmothers of people long dead Yes to all that but... its some of the most spectacular food I've eaten.  I'm all about culture and history and tradition and all that, but its really hard to argue with great food, especially with your mouth full. First day first dinner show in Sydney, and Aniruddha Paul (a man whose passion for the great meal rivals mine) took me straight to the top - Quay Restaurant by Peter Gilmore w...