Whether you’re looking for a quick cheap bite, Sunday brunch by the sea or a dining room with a view, we’ve got it covered. TrueLocal.com.au Ultimate Sydney has taste-tested the top 10 trends around town:

1. The best things in life are shared with a friend. Great for Sydney’s number one hip way to eat out – tapas – where small share plates are big news.
2. Fun foodie experiences. Hop on a toadstool on the street, pull up a carton and enjoy Asian tapas hawkerstyle.
3. Giggle at a good gimmick. Peruse your lunch menu on an iPad, season rice crackers with your own ‘spritzer’, cut up pizza with antique scissors. Are you a nice person and will you clean your plate? That’s a code of entry for one place…fun times ahead.
4. Cosmopolitan Asian flavours – less about local Thai or fried rice, more a taste test of the hot pot of South East Asian cuisines. Order up yum cha, Japanese tapas or chowdown at a Korean noodle slurperie.
5. Hot chips are not just about potato; discover polenta, parsnip, kipfler, and chickpea chips. Some cooked in duck fat and others deep fried thrice, as if once wasn’t enough…
6. Chefs mean seriously sweet business, dreaming up new spins on crème brulée.  Custard is fluffed and creamed and infused with everything from lime to bay leaves, sauternes, chai and chocolate.
7. Creative kitchen cleverness at Sydney’s top-notch places puts MasterChef to shame. Think foam, liquid nitrogen, jellies, deconstruction and reconstructed stacks.
8. Gourmet burgers are back in food fashion. Wagyu and fish patties piled high with
   layers, the more beetroot, cheese, bacon, lettuce and sauce, the better.
9. The new romantics. Bistros and brasseries, baby. Candle lit and cosy. Book a corner seat with the one you love.
10. 1Mix it up – cocktails with a twist… chilli infusions, anyone? The new aperitif.

On the cutting edge of culinary trends, Sydney has plenty to suit all tastes, moods, occasions and budgets. Bon appétit!