When I was doing all the trials, I cried for months because I couldn t get it right, the award-winning chef says.
He initially attempted it in late 2018 at his Pyrmont restaurant, LuMi Dining. When Zanellato served his first successful pithivier there three months later, the tears might ve stopped – but the pain didn t.
He was using a rolling pin to incorporate butter into the dough and it was a nightmare , Zanellato says. All my hands were destroyed. Another chef had bruises all over his fingers and palms. Alyce Bennett and Ben Milgate at Humble Bakery in Surry Hills with their pink finger buns.
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Despite the general tenor of last year ( ugh is a universal descriptor), a lot of good things happened. And a lot, surprisingly, in the restaurant world. Even more surprisingly, a lot happened in the city – an area of Sydney widely reported to have suffered the most. That s something to be celebrated.
Restaurants in the CBD and surrounds need your support more than ever, so Good Food is putting out an all-points SOC (Save Our City) call to anyone who is hungry.