Concrete Jungle adds ‘clean, green’ dining to Chippendale
Good Food by Scott Bolles, 3 April 2017
Concrete Jungle swings open its doors in Chippendale this week with an absentee star from the breakfast menu.
“We won’t serve bacon with our eggs, as the owner (Moe Mrad) wanted the menu to be halal,” says chef Bryan O’Callaghan. “It was a small bomb – I grew up on bacon sandwiches – but I started to see the opportunity.”
The chef, a 10-year veteran at the Tilbury and most recently head chef at Harry’s Bar & Dining in Bondi, uses wagyu bresaola as a bacon substitute. He’s also introduced a wider “clean, green menu” and consulted a nutritionist.