Canberra continues to dish up some of the most delicious offerings in the country but there is only so much one person can eat on a single trip! Add these dishes to your food itinerary for a true taste of the city.

Monster Kitchen and Bar − yabby jaffle

This isn't your ordinary jaffle. Packed with yabby, crème fraîche, gruyere and horseradish, it was named one of the top Australian dishes to try before you die by the Good Food Guide.

Akiba − pork belly bun

Also recommended by the Good Food Guide, the steamed pork belly bun with Asian slaw is the perfect snack to eat one-handed.

Brodburger – Broddeluxe

Brodburger's flagship flame-grilled burger, the Broddeluxe, is the super-supreme of Aussie burgers with its two half-pound beef patties, eggs, crispy bacon, homemade aioli, your choice of cheese and more!

Frugii Dessert Laboratory – dark chocolate ice cream

It's not all about savoury in the capital. Canberra's favourite ice-cream maker John Marshall uses his impressive skills to create desserts such as peanut butter jelly cheesecake with cacao nib streusel, but some say his handmade chocolate ice cream is the best in the world.

Chairman & Yip − duck pancakes

The menu may be tweaked at this upscale Asian restaurant's new location, but the roast duck and mushroom pancakes with a sweet and salty hoisin dressing always prove a popular choice.

Silo Bakery – chocolate tart

Featuring some of Australia's finest cakes and breads, Silo has a selection of tarts that will tantalise even the most scrupulous of tastebuds. Silo's chocolate tart is renowned for its crispness and integrity of the pastry, with medium-density, excellent-quality chocolate filling topped with tiny, exquisite poached winter fruits. 

Eightysix − black chicken with buttermilk slaw

Cooked in a Southern barbecue-style jam and then charred, the juicy chicken is perfectly complemented by the crunchy slaw. 


Pialligo Estate – Australia's best bacon

For food-lovers, bacon is serious business. Pialligo Estate Smokehouse won Best Artisan Bacon at the Australian Bacon Awards in 2014 and 2015 for its smoked and dry-cured bacon. Put some on your fork at the Farmhouse Restaurant at Pialligo Estate or sample some of this award-winning bacon at one of the many local cafes where it's on the menu.

Capital Region Farmers Market – Bomboloni doughnuts

Canberra has quickly become renowned for its amazing bombolini  - light, fluffy doughnuts that explode with homemade flavoured custards and jams like Madagascan vanilla with wild flowers and dark chocolate with shaved chocolate curls. They're literally custard bombs – seriously tasty.

Don't leave Canberra without trying one (or all) of these iconic dishes. For more tasty travel inspiration, subscribe to our monthly newsletter.