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No. 27 in the world · November 2026

Ester

46-52 Meagher Street, Chippendale · Sydney, Australia

grilled flatbread and dipsNo. 27
A photo like it · Andy Li (CC0) (grilled flatbread and dips, not from Ester)

The one to order off the fire

The fermented potato bread, then the blood sausage sanga

Where to sit: Book a counter seat near the oven, or try walk-ins early on a weeknight.

What it burns: A wood-fired oven at the center of the kitchen

Mat Lindsay runs the whole menu through one wood oven; the room is loud and the oven is the star.

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Cook it at home

Blistered skillet flatbread (a home stand-in for the wood oven)

Blistered skillet flatbread (a home stand-in for the wood oven)

2 hr 30 min (2 hr rising), 30 min hands-on · 6 flatbreads. Ester's bread comes out of a wood oven blistered and smoky. A screaming-hot cast-iron pan or a pizza steel under the broiler gets the same char on a simple yeasted dough.

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