Take the hassle out of cooking during lockdown with these delicious DIY kits
Billie Eder and Callan Boys
Jul 11 2021 at 12:30 AM
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Tired of stroganoff? Sick of bolognese? Given up on perfecting that Russian honey cake? Facing a third week of COVID lockdown, many Sydneysiders may be looking for a change to their usual cooking routine, but without the hassle of making a soup, sauce or wonton from scratch. Here are some of the best do-it-yourself restaurant meal kits available for takeaway and delivery this week.
Ramen from Rising Sun Workshop 1C Whateley Street, Newtown
Sydney s only noodle house and motorcycle workshop launched its ramen kits during last year s lockdown, and Rising Sun restaurant manager Rebecca Shave says the kitchen has spent the past 12 months perfecting the packs. $40 kits are designed to feed two and come with recipe cards and essential ingredients such as rib-sticking free-range pork broth, noodles, pork belly, black fungus, bamboo, blackene
What to do in Sydney this winter
City of Sydney
04 Jun 2021, 17:21 GMT+10
The heart of Sydney is once again pulsing with music, art, festivals and food. From ice-skating rinks to heated outdoor igloos and the inaugural Sydney Solstice Festival, there s plenty to see and do in the city this winter.
So zip up those coats and get ready to rediscover the myriad charms of the harbour city with a slew of activities and events for people of all ages. YCK Laneways Night Over Light for Sydney Solstice
Explore the brand-new Sydney Solstice Festival
8 to 20 June
Move over Vivid - there s a new winter festival in town, and it s set to become a major fixture on Sydney s cultural calendar. The Sydney Solstice Festival is a celebration of food, arts, nightlife and culture leading up to the shortest day of the year on 21 June. Events are spread across several hubs: the city centre, Darling Harbour and surrounds, the Oxford Street precinct, and Newtown and the inner west. The packed program
By: Christie Eliezer
Live Sector Calls For Extension Of Jobkeeper Subsidy Scheme
Dean OrmstonThe live sector is calling on the Australian government to extend its Jobkeeper subsidy scheme for its members. Introduced March 2020, it offered pandemic affected companies A$1,500 ($1,157) per fortnight for each employee. In September, it was extended it to end of March 2021 at a cost of A$100 billion ($77.1 billion).
The sector, which relied heavily on the subsidies for its survival, argues it is unable to restart trading following COVID-19 outbreaks, quarantine breaches and sudden state border closures.
“(These) mean that any local live music events and national touring is impossible to plan. Hospitality and tourism dollars generated from our sector remain stifled. We are an industry in crisis,” said Dean Ormston, chief executive of APRA AMCOS, a major rights association which includes the Live Music Office.
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Listed pub owner and operator Redcape Hotel Group has extended its post-COVID buying spree, after snapping up O’Donoghues Hotel in Penrith in western Sydney for $31 million amid a flood of new deals in the fast-recovering sector.
Alongside the acquisition of the large-format Irish-themed pub – the group s fourth purchase since November – Redcape said it expected earnings for the six months to December 2020 to be ahead of what it delivered in the prior half-year period despite higher compliance costs due to the pandemic, and declared an interim distribution of 1.83 cents per security.
O Donoghue s Hotel was sold by long-term owners FAL Hotels.