Around the world in a day at the Sydney International Food Safari

by Ian Lloyd Neubauer

Back in the noughties, you would’ve been hard-pressed finding a table at any of the dozen-odd restaurants and bars lining King Street Wharf.

A former maritime industrial area on the east shore of Sydney’s Darling Harbour entertainment precinct, it was the venue of choice for professional sportsmen, high-flying business types (or so they thought) and the odd wealthy tourist.

Today, though, King Street is a very different place.

Coupled with the impact of falling international arrivals to Australia and the resurgent popularity of other city-fringe entertainment precincts, you’re more likely to see tumbleweeds on a wintry weeknight than the throngs that once minted this golden mile.

That’s why, in a drive to bring back the glory days, King Street Wharf will this month launch its International Food Safari, a two-week-long celebration of global food that kicks off on June 25.

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