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Behind the scenes of Lune Croissanterie

A former designer of Formula One racing cars, Lune Croissanterie’s Kate Reid now goes full throttle at the business of baking, writes Maggie Scardifield.

Longsong opening date, details announced

David Moyle returns to Melbourne to open a bar and eatery atop Longrain.

Donovan Cooke opens new restaurant Ryne in Melbourne

Classic technique in a comfortable local that rewards regular visits.

The World’s 50 Best Bars 2017

The global ranking of watering holes includes two Australian stalwarts.

A new gin event from Bombay Sapphire

Travel to the source of the distiller’s botanicals through an event that combines food, drink and virtual reality.

Osteria Ilaria Melbourne review

It's double the fun with the opening of Tipo 00's sibling, Osteria Ilaria, writes Michael Harden.

REVIEW Three guys with fine-dining experience walk into a North Fitzroy pub. The punchline? A local with all its hospitality fundamentals in place, a cracker of a wine list and a menu that includes name-brand steak (Hopkins River, O’Connor) with chips and snags with barbecued onions alongside more complex dishes like superb blood pudding and […]

Ricky & Pinky

REVIEW Andrew McConnell strikes again at Ricky & Pinky, a Hong Kong-style diner inside the Builders Arms Hotel. Exposed gold pipes, pastel banquettes, and paper napkins project casual glam, and there’s a snacky, shareable menu to match. Using high-end ingredients, such as free-range meat from McConnell’s nearby Meatsmith butchery, his head chef ArChan Chan puts […]

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Project Forty Nine

REVIEW Project Forty Nine is a love letter to Beechworth. That’s where owners Rocco Esposito and Lisa Pidutti have a farm, make wine and own a food and wine store, also called Project Forty Nine. They’ve brought that region to this smartly converted warehouse space in Collingwood, showcasing its produce in dishes like mushroom and […]

Pascale Bar & Grill

REVIEW There’s much to admire at QT Melbourne. The parquetry ceilings in the foyer, the rooftop terrace (perfect for an apéritif), and a glass-cased book tower flanking the stairs to Pascale Bar & Grill. In a city rich with fine restaurants, Pascale’s calling cards are bold design and a Robert Marchetti menu of trendy share […]

Osteria Ilaria

REVIEW After wowing Melbourne with Tipo 00, chef Andreas Papadakis has opened a second restaurant right next door, proving that his prowess with Italian food extends beyond spaghettini and rigatoni. But don’t panic, there’s still pasta at Ilaria. Nettle and blue cheese gnocchi and paccheri with prawns, sorrel and perfectly pitched prawn oil are seriously […]

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Neptune

REVIEW There’s a relaxed swagger to Neptune, the kind you get in a place being run by people who know what they’re doing. The confidence and experience is clear the moment you step into this well-designed wine bar-bottleshop and scan the shelves: you’ll find a smart range leaning towards the natural without ignoring the classic. […]

Camus

REVIEW Fans of the Algerian chef Pierre Khodja will be thrilled to know he’s moved to town from The Flinders Hotel on the Mornington Peninsula, bringing his Turkish delight soufflé with him. It’s just one of many highlights at Camus. Diners are welcomed warmly by gracious black-clad staff and the chef beaming from his open […]

Lee Ho Fook invites friends into the kitchen this spring

Melbourne, get ready: out-of-town chefs want to show you their take on Chinese.

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Meet Your Maker: Tanto, QT Melbourne

A boutique blade with your bao? Sign us up.

Bar Americano wants you to buy a stranger a drink

It’s all part of an effort to make Melbourne a friendlier city.

Pinot Palooza returns for 2017

More than 250 pinot noirs will be on offer.

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Maha

REVIEW Maha is Melbourne’s buzziest Middle Eastern restaurant: a cave-like space splashed in copper and gold that attracts celebrities and celebrating diners in equal measure. Underpinning the atmosphere is the excellent service (credit to the sommeliers for making great wine matches with labels from Chile to Israel) and Shane Delia’s modern take on Middle Eastern […]

Melbourne is now home to a Champagne vending machine

Take home bottles of Dom Pérignon after dinner at Vue de Monde’s exclusive new dining suite.

Fancy Hank’s August hawker market

The Melbourne barbecue restaurant is embracing the wok with a second pop-up this month.

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Is Kisumé’s new upstairs menu Melbourne’s most luxurious dégustation?

Fifteen courses of premium seafood, wagyu and foie gras.

Geoff Lindsay takes over South Melbourne pub Lamaro’s

And he’s bringing back favourites from Pearl, Stella and more.

The Recreation, Melbourne Review

Experience. Know-how. Old-school hospitality. The Recreation is a polished operation with a firm focus on flavour and style.

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Fancy Hank’s weekend hawker market

The Melbourne barbecue restaurant is embracing the wok.

Gourmet Institute event 10: Shannon Bennett

Join Vue de Monde chef Shannon Bennett for a taste of his home-cook favourites.

The Producers: Sunday Muesli Company

Muesli laden with spice and grain puts flavour and flair back into breakfast.

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What to eat at Osteria Ilaria

Michael Harden gives us a rundown on the menu at Tipo 00's new "not pasta" sibling. Surprisingly, his recommendations include a few killer pastas.

The Long Room makes way for The George on Collins

Is this a return to glory for a glamorous Melbourne address?

New Indian restaurant breaks new ground in breakfast and lunch

Café Southall, a contemporary all-day Indian eatery from the family behind Bombay by Night, opens in St Kilda.

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Long songs to listen to while you await Longsong

The opening of David Moyle’s new restaurant, Longsong, has been delayed; here are his favourite long songs to tide you over.

Meet the pezzo

The love child of pizza dough and a pita pocket.

Ben Shewry has fallen in love with a chair

Attica chef Ben Shewry has been thinking about your buttocks, and wants to introduce them to an Australian design classic.

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Food writing school at Ricky & Pinky

Andrew McConnell’s Cantonese-inspired restaurant will become a classroom for a night during the Emerging Writers’ Festival.

Supernormal Canteen finds a permanent home in St Kilda

Andrew McConnell’s yakitori, buns, dumplings and lobster rolls head south of the river.

Three floors of opulence at Chris Lucas’s Kisumé

Chris Lucas has flown in talent from all over the world, including Eleven Madison Park, for his bold new venture. Here’s what to expect from Kisumé.

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Atlas Dining, Melbourne review

Atlas Dining transports diners to a new culinary destination every four months and pulls it off with aplomb.

Osteria Ilaria by the team behind Tipo 00

Here’s what to expect from the new Italian diner by Melbourne’s masters of pasta.

Chido Govera on Hope

Zimbabwean farmer and campaigner Chido Govera is heading to Melbourne and Sydney to discuss women's empowerment through sustainable farming.

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Negronis with The Godfather

Bar Americano is hosting a screening of The Godfather at the grand old Astor Theatre in St Kilda.

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants circus arrives in Melbourne

Pat Nourse walks us through fine dining’s night of nights, and the pre- and post-awards festivities.

Sepia moves to Melbourne

Closing the doors on their Sydney three-star restaurant, Martin Benn and Vicki Wild set their sights south.

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All-Star Yum Cha

What happens the morning after the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards? We treat the chefs to a world-beating yum cha session, as Dani Valent discovers.

Honey Fingers, Melbourne’s inner-city beekeepers

Single-source honey putting community and sustainability next to sweetness.

Where Melbourne’s finest will take the World’s Best Chefs

Leading chefs descend on Melbourne in April for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. We asked local hospitality folk who they’d abduct for the day and where they’d take them to show off their city. There may be coffee, there may be culture, but in the end it’s cocktails.

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Momofuku takes over Lee Ho Fook

Lee Ko Fook? Or Momofooku Ho? However you slice it, Melbourne’s in for a treat.

Epocha, Melbourne review — CLOSED

The kitchen crew ushers in a new era at Epocha with a European menu that’s big on flavour and crowd-pleasing comfort, says Michael Harden.

Melbourne’s best cafés

Our favourite cafes in Melbourne, as seen in our 2017 Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide.

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The Future Laboratory’s predictions on the future of food

From pods to delivery-only dining, here are the things we learnt at the Future Laboratory’s Food and Drink Futures Forum.

Reader dinner: Stokehouse, St Kilda

Join us to celebrate the reopening of St Kilda’s landmark Stokehouse. We’ve saved you a seat.

Pontoon’s sweet potato with goat’s curd, seeds and grains

"My pit-smoked sweet potato is inspired by the hangi dinners I used to enjoy with my family in New Zealand," says Pontoon chef Lance Cameron. "It's served with sheep's milk yoghurt or goat's curd and lots of interesting textures, including toasted buckwheat, puffed wild rice, sunflower seeds, pepitas and crisp coconut. Feel free to add nuts, too - almonds, cashews and walnuts all work really well."

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50BestTalks brings World’s best chefs to Sydney and Melbourne

Massimo Bottura and more are coming to the Sydney Opera House.

On the Pass: Danielle Rensonnet

Bellota chef Danielle Rensonnet talks us through the current menu at the restaurant and her favourite summer ingredients.

Melbourne’s Tomato Festival is back in 2017

Returning for another year, Melbourne’s Tomato Festival is ripe with cooking demonstrations, talks, and produce stalls dedicated to plump produce.

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What’s happening in South Yarra?

The Melbourne suburb lost some of its lustre in recent years, but is now bouncing back.

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival’s chef collaborations

Some of Australia’s finest chefs are teaming up with hot talent from all over the world when the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival descends on Melbourne this April.

Melbourne’s best bars

Our favourite bars in Melbourne, as seen in our 2017 Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide.

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Ricky & Pinky, Melbourne review

Fun, flavour and sharp cooking are on the Chinese menu at the new Hong Kong-style diner at Fitzroy’s Builders Arms, says Michael Harden.

Pontoon’s grilled sardines and harissa

Pontoon’s Lance Cameron guarantees that his grilled sardines and harissa are the ideal snack for all sardine lovers - especially with the butter puff pastry.

Three new spots in Melbourne to try

From pasta to souvlaki to a decent glass of wine in Prahran, try these three new venues we’ve had our eye on this week.

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Australia’s new crop of urban wineries

Get a taste of vintage as well as the vine with the new crop of urban wineries, writes Max Allen.

Moon Park takes over Luxembourg Bistro, Melbourne

Sydney's long lost Moon Park is popping up down south for a Korean-Mexican collaboration.

Can you match these Melbourne restaurants to their signature dishes?

Text your knowledge with our quiz.

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Tom Cooper’s cured and smoked seafood

A Canadian with a flair for fish keeps Melburnians supplied with the best in cold-smoked seafood.

Jackalope hotel opens on the Mornington Peninsula

Glamour, sophistication and luxury have arrived on the Peninsula, with a crack-team of staff assembled to make it a success.

Stokehouse, Melbourne review

An Australian dining landmark rises from the ashes: the Stokehouse is back ready to please the crowds for at least another generation to come, writes Michael Harden.

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A taste of Algeria in Northcote

Pierre Khodja’s Camus opens this week, bringing the vibrant flavours of his Algerian homeland to Northcote’s High Street.

Out of the ashes: An interview with Stokehouse owner Frank van Haandel

Destroyed by fire in 2014, the Stokehouse has returned as an elegant foreshore precinct. Michael Harden talks to owner Frank van Haandel about the rebirth of a landmark.

Long Chim Melbourne opens today

Melbourne, it's finally your turn for a taste of David Thompson's uncompromising Thai cooking.

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Pascale, Melbourne Review

There’s never a dull moment at ultra-glam, slightly mad Pascale, QT Melbourne’s dazzling flagship diner, writes Michael Harden.

Pure South returns to its roots

All-day dining in a completely refurbished location is the new name of the game for Melbourne’s Pure South.

Black Star Pastry to open in Melbourne

Instagram’s most famous cake, plus a few other sweet hits, is heading south.

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Da Noi

REVIEW Sardinian warmth meets assured technique and an Italian-leaning wine list in this cosy South Yarra dining room. Pietro Porcu may not be in the kitchen full-time these days, but his mark is still on every meal. His farm at Yarck informs much of the menu, showcasing sweet Dorper lamb, suckling pig and kid goat. […]

Dandelion

REVIEW Geoff Lindsay’s celebration of Vietnamese cuisine has been popular with Bayside locals since opening in 2011. The long, narrow space – exposed brick walls, light-well garden feature and polished concrete floors – is a regular hangout for wannabe yachties and young families, who graze through an extensive menu offering everything from pho five ways […]

Dainty Sichuan

REVIEW Regional Chinese food options have improved significantly over the past decade, yet Dainty Sichuan remains a red-chilli standard for things hot and numbing. And although the Dainty empire has expanded and diversified, its Toorak Road mothership remains a holy site for loyalists. This two-storey house of chilli and lacquered timber serves an exhaustive menu, […]

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Ezard

REVIEW For the past 18 years, any serious survey of Melbourne dining has included Ezard. In itself, that’s testament to Teage Ezard’s vision (Australian food with both eyes on Asia). That he’s now allowing head chef Jarrod Di Blasi more sway is further proof of his acuity. The food leans more to Japan than Thailand […]

The European

REVIEW There are few Melbourne experiences more Melburnian than shouldering through the narrow doors of The European on a cold afternoon. The long, wood-lined “carriage on the Orient Express” feel of the bustling room, stocked with smart staff, a hissing coffee machine and Portuguese tarts on the curved bar has instant appeal. Same goes for […]

Donovans

REVIEW “Easy” might be the best way to describe Donovans. Staff greet you like old friends on arrival at their beach house. Wines are poured with care and conviviality and there’s plenty to love by the glass. Go in the early evening. The curtains may be drawn – the reflection off the sand into the […]

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Elyros

REVIEW “You’re not going to finish that?” a waiter asks in mock horror about the fragment of fillo-framed custard with berries left on a diner’s plate. After being assured the dish was fabulous, he shrugs: “We’re a Greek restaurant, no one goes home hungry.” Elyros, from the team behind Carlton’s Epocha, is actually Cretan, hence […]

Emilia

REVIEW If you want to start a fight with an Italian, strike up a conversation about spaghetti Bolognese. At this charming laneway trattoria, scores can be settled over a bowl of tagliatelle ragù – the hand-cut pasta ribbons in a lusty pork and beef sauce leave no room for debate. Not that you’ll want to […]

Epocha

REVIEW There have always been plenty of reasons to go to Epocha. Housed in a beautiful terrace across from the Carlton Gardens, run by two of Melbourne’s most experienced hospitality players and sporting an atmospheric upstairs bar, an all-European wine list and trolleys for both cheese and dessert, it knows how to show you a […]

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Estelle by Scott Pickett

REVIEW You could say ESP goes its own way. A swirling Christopher Boots chandelier, darkly glamorous room and showcase open kitchen all swim against the tide of casualisation; so does Scott Pickett’s dégustation menu, which grows more theatrical and experimental without ever stooping to twee, or losing sight of flavour. Even the salvo of snacks […]

On the Pass with Abla Amad

Abla Amad has served traditional Lebanese food at Abla's in Carlton for the past 37 years. Here, she chats about how she's kept afloat - and sane - across four decades of service.

Hot Plates: Atlas Dining, Melbourne

Time to get your skates on. Atlas Dining’s take on modern Vietnamese cooking finishes on December 23 when the South Yarra restaurant closes for a couple of weeks. It’ll re-open in January, reinvented as an Israeli diner. Change is the way Atlas rolls. Chef Charlie Carrington switches cuisine completely every four months. So when Israel […]