1. Featuring a casino, a day spa and 20 bars and restaurants, The Darling at The Star is just 700 yards from Cockle Bay. It offers modern rooms, some with views over the city skyline, while others look towards Pyrmont and surrounding suburbs.
2. We go about as upmarket as this blog gets at Luke Nguyen's Fat Noodle in Sydney's Star City Casino. We love trying upmarket and oz-modded versions of street foodie classics, and the parents are in town and keen to try some tv chef food, so we waddle down to Star City Casino to feast at Luke Nguyen's Fat Noodle.

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TheStar Sydney is excited to announce the opening of its new casual dining pop-uprestaurant Luke Nguyen Street Food thisSeptember.

Award-winningchef Luke Nguyen has today opened his eponymous pop-up restaurant in The Star’sCafé Court through to the end of November, serving up the very best in rusticSoutheast Asian street fare.

The opening of the pop-up coincides with the launch of Luke’s new SBS TVseries Luke Nguyen’s Street Food Asia,which will air eight episodes nationally Thursdays at 8.30pm from 1September.

The specially crafted menu is inspired by the vibrantdestinations visited in Nguyen’s TV series, including Saigon, Bangkok, Jakartaand Kuala Lumpur.

Each week the hole-in-the-wall pop-up will dish out a mix of Luke’sfavourite dishes from the series including lobster tom yumwith mussels, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and vermicelli noodles ($23), Vietnamese baguette with char-grilled lemon-grass, Kurobuta porkpatties, pork floss, pickled vegetables, coriander and chilli ($15), and Smashedfried crispy chicken with chilli sambal and rice ($15), just to name a few.

Theopening of Luke Nguyen Street Food pop-up follows the huge success of SokyoRamen by Chase Kojima and Singapore Hawker Style, two pop-ups that featured at The Star overthe last year. The pop-up builds on Luke’s existing relationship with The Star withhis Fat Noodle restaurant being one of the most popular venues at the diningprecinct.

ChefLuke Nguyen said: “I’m really excited to help build on the The Star’s pop-uprestaurant success, and look forward to offering food lovers some of the bestrustic dishes from my recent street adventures. I guarantee visitors an exoticmix of tastes, textures and flavours straight from the heart of SoutheastAsia.”

AndyNorth, General Manager of Food & Beverage, The Star said: “We are delighted to welcome Luke Nguyen Street Food to The Star’s casual dining precinct. It will be a rare and almost virtual opportunity for Luke’s fans and TheStar’s visitors to taste the sensationalstreet cuisine featured in his new show for themselves.”

The LukeNguyen Street Food pop-up will operate daily from Friday, 19 August until theend of November and will be open on Sunday to Monday 11.30am – 9.00pm, Tuesdayto Thursday 11.30am – 10.30pm and Friday to Saturday 11.30am – 11.00pm.

For more information on the Luke Nguyen StreetFood pop-up and The Star, please visit www.star.com.au.

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The latest restaurant from celebrity chef Luke Nguyen has opened at the Treasury Casino and Hotel in the city, just in time for last-minute work Christmas lunches and late-night feasts. Fat Noodle is Luke’s second noodle bar, with the first Fat Noodle having opened at The Star in Sydney two years ago.

Dishing up primarily Chinese cuisine, but also touching on Vietnamese, Thai and Malay fare, Fat Noodle draws on both Luke’s Vietnamese heritage and Chinese family history for menu inspiration. This contemporary noodle bar sees fresh produce channelled into both exotic and authentic noodle dishes amongst the revamped Treasury Casino setting.

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On the menu, small plates include Vegetarian Spring Rolls of glass noodles, wood ear mushrooms, tofu and carrots and Atlantic Salmon Sashimi with mandarin, perilla, lemongrass and roasted rice powder. Of the noodle soups on offer, the Fat Pho Noodle of Luke’s signature beef broth, thinly sliced Angus sirloin and brisket, bean sprouts, Thai basil, chilli and rice noodles is a stand out, while the Abalone & Chicken Congee with Chinese Rice Porridge tempts our penchant for sea-sourced rarities. Wok and rice dishes also feature in a mix of meat and vegetarian offerings, with a large selection also gluten free.

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Based at the casino, Fat Noodle is open late into the evening, allowing us to indulge in our love of Asian cuisine anytime of the day or night.

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Fat Noodle
Treasury Casino
130 William Street, Brisbane City
Ph: 07 3306 8888
Open: Monday to Thursday 10:00 am to midnight, Friday to Saturday 10:00 am to 3:00 am, Sunday 10:00 am to midnight
Note: No reservations required

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