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Crown Sydney has unveiled another three restaurants for its food and beverage arsenal at the soon to open 2.2bn Barangaroo tower, including Silks, a direct import from its Crown Melbourne operations. Nobu at Crown Sydney Internationally renowned Chef, Nobu Matsuhisa - known to the world as 'Nobu' will open his new restaurant at Crown Sydney as part of the much-anticipated culinary line-up. It will join sister properties Crown Melbourne and Crown Perth as the exclusive Australian destinations for Nobu’s sublime dining experience.

Crown Sydney has just revealed more of its soon-to-be restaurant residents. The towering, sparkly Barangaroo spire will be the city’s tallest building and it's set to open in December with a hotel, a mini high roller casino, spa facilities, luxury apartments and 14 new restaurants and bars all in the mix.

Details of what we can expect to eat and drink at Crown Sydney have been drip-fed month by month—first up was Michelin-starred Irish chef Clare Smyth, a former Gordon Ramsay Chef Patron and caterer of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding. In June, we learned Sydney would score its very own Nobu outpost.

Later in July, we heard there’d also be an Italian from Ormeggio’s Alessandro Pavoni (called a’Mare), a fiery new venue from Ross and Sunny Lusted of The Bridge Room (Woodcut), and an intimate 12-seat “chef’s choice” restaurant within a restaurant at Nobu, led by Sushi chef Ryuichi Yoshii (called Yoshii’s Omakase at Nobu).

And today, a further three venues have been revealed.

Silks, already a regular fine dining fixture at Crown properties, will offer traditional and finessed Cantonese cuisine. You can also expect fancy yum cha, with scallop and lemon myrtle dumplings, Lobster Cheong Fung and sea urchin dumplings on the menu, all within an opulent dining room designed to reflect the natural earthy tones of the Blue Mountains (which, on a clear evening, you’ll be able to see from your table).

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Epicurean will be a very luxury spin on the classic casino buffet—a series of nine “live kitchens” plating up cuisines from all over the globe. With views of the harbour and the Harbour Bridge, you’ll be able to feast on anything and everything from fresh seafood, Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Italian and other western dishes that hero the freshest local produce. Oh, and there’ll also be a chocolate fountain, of course.

And the third reveal for August is TWR‚ an ambitious hotel lobby bar set to rival some of the world’s best. Designed by Meyer Davis (the New York City firm responsible for the likes of the Ritz Carlton Restaurant in Mexico City and design hotels like Dream Printers Alley in Tennessee), it will feature an outdoor terrace and an indoor space akin to a moody piano bar.

“We wanted to create a dining destination that’s diverse and eclectic—and a destination that really has something for everyone in Sydney to enjoy. From a fine dining experience to great, authentic Chinese, right through to just being able to sit by the water and enjoy a drink—we wanted this to be a place that Sydney wants to return to time and time again,” Crown Sydney Executive General Manager Mark Holmes said.

There are just two final venues to be revealed at Crown Sydney’s—and we're guessing they're going to be as opulent as the first 12. Stay tuned.

Crown Sydney is slated to open in December 2020.

For now, here's everything you need to know about Sydney's new cognac-focussed small bar.

Image credit: Silks at Crown Sydney, Epicurean at Crown Sydney

Crown resorts has been hit by a major setback after the New South Wales gaming regulator blocked next month's opening of a new multibillion-dollar casino in Sydney.

Crown announced to the ASX on Wednesday it wouldn't open on schedule, less than 24 hours after its lawyers submitted information that showed it probably allowed money laundering to happen.Source:Supplied

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As midnight approached on Tuesday, lawyers for Crown Resorts sent an email.

Attached were two reports which led to bad news for the company as it neared the opening of its $2.2 billion casino and resort at Barangaroo in Sydney’s Darling Harbour – which may no longer be able to operate as a casino.

Advisory firm Grant Thornton and anti-money laundering compliance solutions group Initialism had concluded evidence of money laundering could be seen in accounts of two Crown subsidiaries.

The email, and specifically its late night arrival at 11pm, didn’t impress former NSW Supreme Court judge Patricia Bergin, who said it was “incredible … this is happening in the middle of the night”.

“This material should have been produced last year or at the beginning in February when the material was summonsed,” she added.

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Ms Bergin is chairing an inquiry by the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) seeking to determine whether Crown remains suitable to hold a restricted gaming licence in New South Wales.

The ILGA has now blocked the casino from opening on schedule.

It was slated to start opening on December 14, but the inquiry is not due to deliver its decision until February.

ILGA chair Philip Crawford said the Authority was “not comfortable” letting Crown operate gaming before the inquiry handed down its findings.

At 2.05pm on Wednesday, Crown announced a pause in trading of its shares on the ASX “pending a further announcement”.

A mere 38 minutes later it upgraded that trading pause to a halt.

At 5.03pm the market was informed the Crown “board has determined that gaming operations at Crown Sydney will not commence in December 2020”.

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Crown announced to the ASX on Wednesday it wouldn't open on schedule, less than 24 hours after its lawyers submitted information that showed it probably allowed money laundering to happen.Source:Supplied

It said because the ILGA “deferred its consideration of a number of applications required for the commencement of gaming operations” until February, “Crown will continue to focus on opening the non-gaming operations at Crown Sydney”.

Those operations include 14 bars and restaurants, a 350-room hotel, and 82 “bespoke” luxury apartments.

A rendering of a luxury Crown Residence with views of the Opera House.Source:Supplied

James Packer has already paid $60 million for levels 48 and 49 of the 72-storey spiral tower, which was originally going to be six apartments.

Emails have already landed Mr Packer in trouble during the inquiry.

In October, he agreed the threatening emails he sent to an anonymous businessman were “shameful” and “disgraceful” and said it was due to bipolar that he’s now being treated for.

During the inquiry there have been calls for Mr Packer to be banned from associating with Crown, which he was formerly chairman and director of until resigning in 2018, citing “mental health issues”.

On Thursday morning Crown’s share price had sunk more than four per cent in early trade before rebounding to be down closer to two per cent by noon.

– With NCA NewsWire