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The Friend in Hand's spice bag.

Where to get your spice bag fix in Sydney this St Patrick’s Day

Kickstart your festivities with this addictive late-night Irish dish born out of Chinese takeaway shops. It might be beige, but there’s chips, fried chicken and “curry sauce”.

  • Isabel Cant
Chipflation is on the rise.

Cheap as chips? Not in Australia, where a side of fries costs up to $20

How chipflation has made the nation’s most-ordered dish more expensive, from McDonald’s to fine dining.

  • Bianca Hrovat
The spice bag at St Kilda’s Northern Soul comes with prawn crackers.

Ireland’s answer to the HSP? The spice bag and where to find it in Melbourne

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with the popular Irish late-night takeaway dish. Here are 10 of the best for lovers of loaded chips with a Chinese-ish twist.

  • Emily Holgate
The author hard at work.

18 fast-food chips tasted and ranked from worst to best

We taste-tested all the major franchises to find the best, but also found the worst, and discovered sog, salt, surprises and a winner that takes its chips very seriously.

  • Callan Boys
Eat Streets Marrickville, Sydney.

Good Food’s guide to Illawarra Road, Marrickville: Where to eat, drink and shop

A local recommends the best places to get pistachio biscuits, hand-cut chips and sandwiches the size of your head.

  • Bianca Hrovat
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Owners Dom Gattermayr and Rose Richards outside Florian To-Go.

Queue-magnet cafe Florian’s new spot gives you more of the food you love, and then some

The Carlton North favourite adds a takeaway outlet and providore that will act as a pressure valve, feeding people from breakfast through to dinner.

  • Claire Adey
Osteria Luna’s muffuletta is quite literally stacked with delicious deli meats.

Nine CBD lunches worth heading into the office for

Make going into the office the highlight of your week with lunches from $3.70, to a hefty muffuletta sandwich and a sashimi deal at a two-hatted restaurant.

  • Isabel Cant
The trio in costume with some of the panini they’re trialling.

Popular Johnny, Vince and Sam crew are opening a nonna-style sandwich shop in Lygon Street

Their restaurant always has lines stretching down Lygon Street. Soon, there’ll be a grab-and-go spot nearby that feels like walking into nonna’s kitchen.

  • Donna Demaio
Sandwiches are passed through the porthole window.

Find $11 chicken schnitzel rolls at a post office in Melbourne’s leafy east

Takeaway window Pop’s Postie Roll deposits fast, wallet-friendly chicken rolls inspired by those you can get in Ireland.

  • Tomas Telegramma
The pizza shop is housed inside a functioning laundromat in a glass-walled space that was about to be demolished.

A working laundromat is now home to a pizza shop with a difference

While you wait for your washing, dig into a toasted pizza sandwich with wood-fired flavour. You’ll also find St Ali coffee, matcha-misu and Tarts Anon tarts.

  • Tomas Telegramma