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“Forget everything your mother told you about avoiding Strangers with candy: this cute corner pit stop’s polished floors and red banquette make for an intimate supper seduction.”
Rachel Smith
Dining Secrets Sydney
(01/10/2005)
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“Willingly seduced by a funky little number.”
Keith Austin
Sydney Morning Herald
Good Living (18/11/2003)
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“Can’t resist Strangers with
Candy - Putting the flavour back in food.”
Jordan Kerr
SX Magazine
Devine Dine (25/08/2005)
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Never mind the bollocking.
Helen Greenwood
Sydney Morning Herald
Good Living (23/11/2004)
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“Strangers with Candy
– We love it!”
The Restaurant Club (26/02/2004)
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"I'm not afraid of Strangers with Candy, not when the candy is as tempting as this."
FiFi
Sunday Telegraph Magazine - Glutton
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"Strangers with Candy is a dining experience not to be missed".
The Australian Pork Newspaper
(15/10/2004)

“One of those rare finds, the food is just beautiful.”
2UE - Restaurant Review (20/03/2004)

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"Strangers is already popular
with the locals (so be sure to book), and Veronica Stute's adventurous cooking deserves a wider audience."
Sydney Morning Herald
Good Food Guide 2005

Strangers with Candy

Yes, it's true, this the name of a restaurant. It is also a US TV sitcom about "a 46 year-old bisexual high school freshman, who has returned to school after being a teenage runaway prostitute and drug addict. With nasty wrinkles, bad hair and bad dress, she forges her way into a foreign world". Lovely. Let's name a restaurant after it. Please explain. Sorry, I can't. All I can tell you is, although the place is packed, I don't see anyone like this at all. (Except that I am having a bad hair day and have nasty wrinkles.) And the menu is not like a "freshman" but as sophisticated as a modern cosmopolitan, such as my good self. So where will we start?

For entrees we go French with duck liver and brandy pate ($12.50), then Asian with steamed prawn wontons in lemongrass broth ($14.50). A culture clash but an excuse to dink more to clear the palate and both are delicious. Formidable! So for main course, I go Fresh again and order the succulent duck confit with apple and ginger agrodolce ($26.50). It melts in my mouth and I wolf down every bite. Sensational! And now it's time for dessert . Oh! I can't. Oh! I shouldn't. Oh! OK, twist my arm. And I indulge in the Italian ginger infused pannacotta ($12.50). Oh! It slips down like silk and is sooo creamy, I feel like I'm going to blackout. But then I realise it's a real blackout, oops - and were all left in the darkness. A bit scary. But I'm not afraid of Strangers with Candy, not when the candy is as tempting as this.

FiFi
Sunday Telegraph Magazine - Glutton

Score 14/20
"You could happily spend all day here, including dinner, but weekends start with a brunch bruschetta laden with prosciutto and balsamic mushrooms, or smoked salmon and horseradish crème, assured coffee and service as bright as the sunshine."
Sydney Morning Herald
Good Food Guide 2008
Breakfast Top 10

Score 14/20
"This former shopfront is home to an engaging eatery. The eclectic charm of comforting wood tones, candle-lit tables and burgundy walls and the warm welcome from staff; not to mention the food, which is consistently appetising."
Sydney Morning Herald
Good Food Guide 2007

Score 14/20
"The colours are bold and the name is cheeky, the service chirpy and the food striking. So take something perky or quirky to quaff, chill out in the courtyard or cosy up at the front, and let the pleasures wash all over you."
Sydney Morning Herald
Good Food Guide BYO Top 10 2006

"This smartly named restaurant is newly refurbished with banquettes in the front room and other comfy changes."
Sydney Eats 2006

"Never mind what your mother told you - this is one time you should say yes to strangers with candy."
Sydney Eats 2005