I Don't Eat, I Devour

I challenge you to scour all of Sydney and find such a good value meal in such a prime location. It cannot be done. The buffet at Don't Tell Aunty is incredible: for $25, you can eat a selection of curries to your heart's content - having said that, Don't Tell Aunty has such a variety of other goodies  that the existence of the Sunday buffet doesn't erase the reason to visit this bustling Surry Hills Indian restaurant on other days of the week. While the Sunday buffet is quite traditional, other items on the menu appear a lot more innovative - not to mention a killer cocktail menu. I am already planning a non-buffet return! Hot Sauce, Mix Pickle, Salad The curries weren't very spicy (to cater for those of us with a low spice tolerance, no doubt), but you can always remedy that with the addition of hot sauce (which I was not brave enough to try). I really enjoyed the mix pickles - these are a little spicy, very tart, and went well with pretty much every curry

Faux-marble stairs? Tick. Tacky interior? Tick. A disturbing photo of Tupac staring down at you in the toilet? Tick. From the ashes (not literal ashes) of a 90s club rises Don Peppino's, one of the most exciting pop up restaurants in Sydney, with a menu that changes on a daily basis. Don't be fooled into believing this restaurant-in-an-ex-club thing is a bit of a gimmick: the food is the real name of the game here, even though the sickly colour-shifting neon lights are a definite draw card. Because the menu changes every day, the freshness of the ingredients are guaranteed, and you are always pleasantly surprised by the home-style, yet creative dishes that get served up from night to night. Piled high on the corner of the counter are garlic bread - none of that generic pizza-shop stuff, thank you very much. The garlic bread at Don Peppino's is soft, fluffy, melty goodness. Garlic Bread, $4 Look at all that butter and garlic melting into the pores of a very beau