FEASTINGwith Zen
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Where to eat.
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Where to go next.

Personal restaurant, food and travel recommendations from Zen, from Queensland and beyond.

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LATEST REELS

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The meals, little detours and discoveries I’m sharing on Instagram. When there’s a longer story to tell, you’ll find my full recommendation here too.

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The Queensland Edit.

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Brisbane is home, but the best recommendation might be a few kilometres, or a full road trip, away.

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Brisbane

The deepest collection of Zen-approved restaurants, cafés, bars and new openings.

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Gold Coast

Beachside breakfasts, date-night dining and places worth leaving Brisbane for.

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Sunshine Coast & Noosa

Long lunches, local producers and Queensland detours that earn the drive.

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Regional Queensland

From Toowoomba to Townsville, food-led reasons to explore beyond the south-east.

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FIVE PLACES · ONE STORY

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Tightly edited food stories built around a place, a month, a craving or a memory. Every guide contains five recommendations, no more.

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THE QUEENSLAND EDIT

Around the world in Queensland: five July tables

Five Queensland restaurants, five cuisines and one month of eating around the world without leaving the state.Read the story
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DESSERT QUEEN

Five sweet obsessions I would cross Queensland for

Five Queensland dessert venues for gelato, doughnuts, chocolate, frozen yoghurt and the sweet orders Zen still thinks about.Read the story
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FROM THE ARCHIVE

Five Queensland tables I still remember from 2023

Five very different Queensland food memories from 2023, revisited through Zen’s archive.Read the story
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THE BALI EDIT

Five Bali meals that shaped my 2026 trip

Five restaurants from Zen’s 2026 Bali travels, woven into one food-led journey through Seminyak, Sanur and Ubud.Read the story

FEAST FINDER

Every memorable meal,
pinned in one place.

Explore my favourite feasts from Queensland and around the world. Search the map, follow a craving across cities and open the stories behind every pin.

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MEET ZEN

I plan trips around meals, take detours for restaurants and usually leave with a list of places I still wish I’d eaten.

This is the useful version of the story: what stood out, what I’d order again and what you should know before you go.

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