Good Eats in Newcastle, NSW, australia

hey chowhounds,

i am making a huge 25 hour flight from ireland to australia for my brothers wedding. i am looking for all things edible and delicilous in this city just north of sydney.

i was looking for any good restaurants that do old, traditional, authenic and modern australian cuisine.

when i go on holiday, i set my self three targets to truely explore the cusine of that country and they are:

Experience the cuisine of the streets, i.e the street vendor food

The cuisine passed down from generation to generation or the old school, homely traditional australian food

Finally, being a young chef also wanting to learn new modern cuisines, i would like to experience the modern cuisine, that all the city chefs experiment with evry day in their restaurants.

in order to get a true feel and experience of a countries cuisine, i think you should taste the good, the great and the excellent of australia.

So if you have any suggestions, please help me

P.S: do you know of any farmers or food markets in newcastle city or surrounding hunter valley.

Thanks

Irish Chowhound

Irish Chef in Australia/New Zealand

farmers' markets in ireland

St georges Market in belfast city, best and most famous food market in the north of ireland, every saturday from about 10.30 until four in the afternoon.

Irish Chef in U.K./Ireland