Two new worthy BYO restaurants
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Inside Aberdeen Dining in Haberfield. Aberdeen Dining
As restaurant wine prices have flown into the stratosphere, the ongoing search for good BYO restaurants has intensified.
The food is superb and very good value, and the wine policy is extraordinary (but don’t tell the owners that).I’m lucky enough to live near a new one: it’s a pan Asian (but mainly Cantonese, with some Japanese inspired dishes) restaurant called Aberdeen, in Haberfield. It’s on the site of the former longstanding pizzeria, Napoli In Bocca. Aberdeen is the name of Hong Kong’s harbour, which explains the somewhat occidental name.
The food is superb and very good value, and the wine policy is extraordinary (but don’t tell the owners that). They charge AUD $5 a head. That’s not per bottle, but per head. AND they also have a pretty decent little wine list, in case that’s your wont.
The second bit of good news (and heaven knows, we need some these days) is that the former One Penny Red in Summer Hill, an old post office building which is now Postino Osteria, has a Raid Your Cellar night on the first Monday of each month. I was there on February 3, and was pleasantly surprised the place was brimful and humming, and there were several familiar faces in the place, all wine nerds with their special bottles in their carry-bags. The food was unfussy and good, the vibe was upbeat.
There’s a set menu and the corkage fee is AUD $20 per bottle. And even better news: Raid Your Cellar night is going weekly from March 3. And you’ll be able to choose the sharing menu or select dishes from the à la carte menu.
Postino Osteria is at 2 Moonbie St, Summer Hill.
Aberdeen Dining is at 73 Dalhousie St, Haberfield.
Thanks for the tip, Peter.
Any others readers’ BYO restaurant tips would be gratefully received.
Good to hear of Postino Osteria’s “Raid the Cellar” event on 1st Monday each month, to be encouraged!
And the same must be said for Restaurant Viand in Woolloomooloo where chef Annita Potter has run BYO 1st Mondays for the past 3 years – an opportunity to match your cellar with her wine friendly modern Thai cuisine