Gelato Messina Cone ★ 4.5
Sydney's most-walked-past gelato counter on Victoria Street, Darlinghurst. The salted caramel and white chocolate cone is the takeaway icon.
Try: Salted caramel and white chocolate gelato cone
Fishermans Wharf Seafoods is a street-food stop in Pyrmont, Sydney.
Sydney Fish Market takeaway counter at Bank Street, Pyrmont. Fish and chips, salt-and-pepper squid and prawn rolls in paper boats; daily 7am-4pm.
Address: Bank Street, Pyrmont NSW 2009, Sydney
Sydney's most-walked-past gelato counter on Victoria Street, Darlinghurst. The salted caramel and white chocolate cone is the takeaway icon.
Try: Salted caramel and white chocolate gelato cone
Thai sticky-rice and dessert counter at Chat Thai's Haymarket flagship, Sydney. Mango sticky rice, coconut sago, pandan-leaf cakes; daily 10am-10pm.
Try: Mango sticky rice
Lebanese manoosh flatbread shop on Illawarra Road, Marrickville, Sydney. Za'atar, lamb-spice, halloumi-and-tomato flatbreads from the wood-fired oven.
Try: Lebanese manoosh flatbread
Pork-belly sandwich shop on Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney. The roast pork hot roll with crackling and applesauce is the signature lunch.
Try: Pork belly hot roll
Black Star Pastry's iconic strawberry watermelon cake at the Newtown counter, Sydney. Rose-syrup soaked watermelon, pistachio crumb, cream layers.
Try: Strawberry watermelon cake slice
Sydney's canonical banh mi counter on Illawarra Road, Marrickville. Pork roll with house pate at A$5.50, queues from 12pm; open daily from 7am.
Try: Pork banh mi