Max Veenhuyzen

Adelaide Hills winery Anvers has made three wines for Belgian electronic music festival Tomorrowland – a project that’s been almost a decade in the making. No ticket? No worries. You can get these drops in Australia, but only for a limited time.

From wallet-friendly snacking (and video gaming) to new ways to see the state.

From a 500-person tavern on the harbour, to a bistro that’s serving up melt-in-your-mouth eight-hour slow cooked beef. Start planning your weekend away.

From baked goods on Christmas Eve to fine dining in the CBD and where to buy prawns at 3am, these options will help the time-poor save the day.

A wine bar owner, a talented chef and Noma’s former service director walk into – and reboot – a former Piccadilly coffee shop. The results are very, very pleasing.

“I’m looking forward to broadening our focus on the whole of South Australia and showcasing small producers around the state.”

The intimate 35-seater will be as suited to special occasion dining as it is a drink and a snack. While Japanese thinking has helped shape the restaurant, the menu is a celebration of local produce and producers.

To celebrate, the new owners are throwing a bar-warming party featuring one of the country’s most exciting cooking talents and a wine list showcasing hard-to-find Australian producers.

From a burger bar with its own butchery to “pretty legit” suburban noodle shops, these eateries exemplify the diversity of Perth’s dining landscape. “I feel we don’t give enough [attention] to the places we can confidently go to when we don't know what we want or there’s not some new place to check out.”

Northern Japanese-inspired curries, Italian spots serving fresh takes on familiar fare, plus Mediterranean menus that steer clear of cliché. 2023 has been a bumper year for the Perth dining scene.

One of the country’s best food festivals is thinking and going big, from creative collaborative dinners, the return of Tasting Australia Airlines, and an intimate train journey between Melbourne and Adelaide featuring lunch cooked by a South Australian legend.

Slabs of pizza, shatteringly crisp croissants, plenty of panini and – of course – coffee. This has been a very good year.