Mark Olive standing in front of the Sydney Opera House
Photograph: Yazzen Omar

Midden by Mark Olive

Indigenous restaurant Midden by Mark Olive is now open at Sydney's favourite house
  • Restaurants | Indigenous Australian
  • Sydney
Avril Treasure
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Time Out says

Indigenous restaurant Midden by Mark Olive is now open at The Sydney Opera House. Olive (aka 'the Black Olive') is a legendary Indigenous chef and Bundjalung man with more than 30 years of experience, who's renowned for his hit TV shows, including The Outback Café. A celebration of his Indigenous heritage, Olive’s Sydney restaurant joins the stellar line-up of Opera House bars and restaurants, including Bennelong, Opera Bar, House Canteen and the theatre bars. Dinner and a show, all under one glorious roof.

Operated by Doltone Hospitality Group, Midden by Mark Olive is located in the Western Foyers. The produce-driven menu showcases Aussie native ingredients like wattle seed, bush honey, saltbush and succulents.

Menu highlights include damper with native herbs and whipped eucalyptus butter; blue gum-smoked barramundi; wallaby shanks braised in bush tomato; and quandong-glazed chicken with warrigal greens.

“Opening a restaurant at the Sydney Opera House on Tubowgule, Gadigal country is a dream come true,” says Olive. “Of course, the land on which the Opera House stands was a gathering place for ceremony and culture for thousands of years before the building itself was ever conceived, and I hope the menu we’ve created will give guests a real taste of that millennia-old history, and maybe even inspire some to cook with our vibrant native ingredients at home, too.”

Sydney Opera House chief customer officer Jade McKellar says: “Midden by Mark Olive will be integral to the Opera House and all it stands for, and I can’t wait for our visitors and audiences to enjoy this unique food offering that celebrates our First Nations’ heritage.” We can’t wait, either.

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Details

Address
Western Broadwalk Sydney Opera House
Sydney
Sydney
2000
Opening hours:
Mon-Sun 11.30am-2.30pm; Mon-Sun 5-8.30pm
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