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If you think you’ve been busy, Chef Opel Khan’s likely been busier. His Sydney restaurant Khanaa, which opened this September, is his 53rd restaurant. He’s also behind Potts Point spots Pizza Boccone, Acqua E Farina and Metisse.
Located on leafy Crown Street in an elegant dining room with white walls, dark timber tables and bay windows, Khanaa taps into the flavours Khan tasted as a kid growing up in Bangladesh.
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There is a lot to get excited about on the streets of Sydney at the moment. The calibre of restaurants making their grand debuts is nothing short of awe-inspiring.
And while there are more openings than you could poke a stick at, Time Out Sydney's Food & Drink Writer Avril Treasure has rounded up her picks of the ones she thinks should be at the top of your hit list, including stunning French restaurant Charlotte Bar and Bistro, top chef Opel Khan's new Bengali spot Khanaa, and Amalfi Coast-inspired trattoria Nico.
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From new bar and restaurant openings to the latest innovations in technology, design, fashion and the arts, we like to keep our finger on Sydney's pulse.
Below, we've collected the biggest stories from the past week that may have escaped your attention. Consider yourself back in the know.
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Khānaa is the new Bengali restaurant from Chef Opel Khan. Located on Crown Street in Surry Hills, Khanna's menu is inspired by the food that he ate growing up in Bangladesh but elevated with a choice of a la carte and tasting menu.
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You can now get avant-garde Bengali cuisine in Surry Hills with the opening of Khanaa, the flash new spot from the Ok Group spearheaded by top chef Opel Khan (also Métisse, Acqua E Farina and Pizza Boccone). Born in Bangladesh, Khan has drawn on his heritage and childhood memories to create the menu. Tinged with nostalgia and combined with Khan’s trademark experimental style, the elevated dishes look like works of art.
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Khanaa has just arrived on Crown Street, shaking things up with unrivalled Bangladeshi cuisine by Chef Opel Khan.
Khan has worked with over 20 restaurants across Australia, Asia and Europe and runs Métisse, Acqua e Farina and Pizza Boccone in Sydney. The notable chef is known for pushing culinary boundaries and leading the charge with cutting-edge cuisine. His latest restaurant is no exception — the menu fuses Khan's love of gastronomy and his mastery of fine-dining techniques with his Bangladeshi culture and childhood.
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Deconstructed singara pastries, fall-off-the-bone sticky beef ribs and shami kebabs draw on classic Bangladeshi cuisine reimagined in a hot new Surry Hills venue.
Sitting down to dinner on a cognac-coloured leather banquette at European-trained chef Opel Khan’s slick contemporary diner in Surry Hills, it’s hard to imagine the dishes originated in the kitchens of homes across Bangladesh. At Khanaa, singara and double-breadcrumbed shami kebabs – recipes passed down through generations and cooked intuitively – are served deconstructed and precisely plated. Khan’s Bangladeshi heritage is put through a contemporary lens by his daughter Lucinda Khan, who’s heading up the kitchen.
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From the talented father-daughter duo behind Métisse, Khānaa is a stylish homage to Bengali food.
Restauranteur and chef Opel Khan is a master of artful, storied dishes and, at Khānaa, his heritage and childhood in Bangladesh are the chief inspiration.
Leading the kitchen is Khan's daughter and head chef Lucinda Khan (Acqua E Farina), while Jasmine Khan is front-of-house.
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From the talented father-daughter duo behind Métisse, Khānaa is a stylish homage to Bengali food. Restauranteur and chef Opel Khan is a master of artful, storied dishes and, at Khānaa, his heritage and childhood in Bangladesh are the chief inspiration.
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High-wire restaurant Khanaa has opened in Crown Street, bringing inspiration from Bangladesh, including fancy potato bhaji and a rice pudding brulee with saffron ice-cream.
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Chef Opel Khan of Métisse is opening the doors to his latest venue Khānaa today in Sydney’s Surry Hills.
Khan is drawing upon his heritage for his latest venue, which will feature dishes, ingredients, and flavours the chef experienced during his childhood in Bangladesh.
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Chef Opel Khan of Métisse is opening the doors to his latest venue Khānaa today in Sydney’s Surry Hills.
Khan is drawing upon his heritage for his latest venue, which will feature dishes, ingredients, and flavours the chef experienced during his childhood in Bangladesh.
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High-wire restaurant Khanaa has opened in Crown Street, bringing inspiration from Bangladesh, including fancy potato bhaji and a rice pudding brulee with saffron ice-cream.
Sydney restaurateur Opel Khan is in the midst of the most dramatic week of his career. Last Sunday, he closed the doors at his chef-hatted Potts Point French fine-diner, Metisse. This week, he opened Khanaa, a high-wire Bangladeshi restaurant, in the original site of Billy Kwong in Crown Street, Surry Hills.
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Sydney has long played second fiddle to Melbourne when it comes to the city’s hospitality scene. While there’s no disputing that Melbourne is the country’s cultural capital, in recent years Sydney has upped the ante on the dining front. And while Melbourne is also home to Australia’s only restaurant to nab a spot in the World’s 100 Best Restaurants list in 2022, a slew of clever creatives, from chefs and restaurateurs to mixologists and sommeliers, are increasingly putting Sydney on the hospitality map.