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Castle Hill

Brown butter strawberry cake.

Luca Bakery

A Castle Hill bakery where family recipes become the specials.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Luca Bakery’s Monte Carlos.

This MasterChef winner’s bakery is a must-visit for its ‘IMAX version’ of the Monte Carlo

At Luca Bakery, Larissa Takchi also invites customers to submit their own family recipes, and she’ll recreate them as specials.

  • Lee Tran Lam
The former MasterChef winner Larissa Takchi at her Luca Bakery.

This big-hearted bakery will recreate your grandmother’s cake or aunty’s slice

Former MasterChef winner Larissa Takchi’s new venture aims to foster community through time-tested family recipes.

  • Daniella Scotti
Fregola alla vongole.
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Modo Mio

Proud suburban Italian restaurant ignores trends in the Hills district.

The focaccia di polipo pizza with a layer of octopus carpaccio, rocket, lemon and oregano.
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‘Pizza unlike any I’ve tried before’: Proud suburban Italian restaurant ignores trends

A Naples-born head chef brings heavyweight credentials to Modo Mio, a local favourite that has quietly held its own in the Hills district since 2018.

  • Kevin Cheng
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Youeni Foodstore

In this Hills outpost with a mock industrial fit-out, friendly if somewhat unfocused

Full Moon

Who needs a glowing full moon when a hundred globes twinkle and shine to

Castle Taj

Tucked in the back of a quiet business complex there’s a family waiting to serve

Blu Ginger

Memories of the busy shopping centre outside are quickly washed away by the

The Baron

The name might suggest nobility but there’s nothing quite so posh or proper