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Put a chef somewhere with incredible ingredients and no WiFi, and something good is going to happen. The Gold Coast food scene is the kind of thing you only find when you're not staring at your phone – bug rolls, freshly caught prawns straight off the boat, a gin distillery, and an award-winning restaurant where the seafood was still in the ocean that morning. Incredible food.
Check out the videos and get booking. Or just show up hungry and see where the day takes you.
PHONES OFF. DIG IN.
Markets, bug rolls, cocktails, and a next-level dinner. The Gold Coast food scene is totally worth going offline to find. Best meals I've had in ages, and I didn't read a single review to find them.
BUG ROLL CRAWL
Three bug rolls. One gin distillery. One tasty cocktail I'm now calling the Bugroni – and yes, I'd like to think it'll be on menus one day. The Gold Coast's most underrated delicacy had me on a mission across the city, from KBH to Rick Shores to the legendary Miami Marketta, and somehow I ended up distilling gin at Grandad Jack's along the way. No scroll of the feed needed. Not a single star rating checked. Just asking locals and following my nose – which, honestly, is how it should always work.
OCEAN TO ORCHARD TO TABLE
Met legendary chef Dayan Hartill-Law at Miami Fish Market – where produce is sourced responsibly from local fishermen & suppliers. Then headed to Tropical Fruit World for an incredible day hunting and gathering. This really is the best job in the world[KF9.1]. By that evening I was behind the counter at Palette, getting a look at one of the Gold Coast's best kitchens before sitting down to a tasting menu built around what we'd seen that morning. Ocean to table doesn't really cover it. Incredible.
SWITCH OFF, SEE MORE.
Followed my nose (and some locals) and ended up eating some of the best food I've had in years. Explore my trip or use it as a starting point for your own Gold Coast food adventure.
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