The 2016 edition of Gourmet Traveller's Australian Restaurant Guide has just been released, so we sat down with Pat Nourse, Gourmet Traveller's chief restaurant critic and deputy editor, plus two of the people from the restaurant Pat named number one in the country: Momofuku Seiobo's general manager Kylie Javier Ashton and executive chef Paul Carmichael.  Together we discuss the importance of restaurant reviews and guides (and the difficulties faced by putting one together), the challenges Paul had to overcome when taking over the kitchen at Seiobo and which is the best state for dining in Australia (hint: it's not NT). - The Mitchen is a podcast about food in Sydney, hosted by Andrew Levins and Mitch Orr. Get in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start reading something we're missing out on. Email us at themitchenpodcast@gmail.com or find us at facebook.com/themitchen. If you like what you hear, please leave us a nice review on iTunes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.