Eating out
‘We want to pass the tongs on’: Beloved hatted Bendigo restaurant is closing after 12 years
Popular regional restaurant Masons of Bendigo has been a champion for local produce for more than a decade, but for the owners, it’s time to move on.
- Richard Cornish
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Top local hospo talent bring classics - and a curveball - to the grand old Daylesford Hotel
The team from much-loved Cliffy’s Emporium have brought their magic touch to the local landmark – and added some top cooking talent to the mix.
- Tomas Telegramma
Coming in hot: 10 soon-to-open restaurants to make a booking at this spring
Including a fancy French behemoth six years in the making and a 1500-person “island-themed oasis” in the middle of the city.
- Tomas Telegramma
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- Gruyere
‘An utter thrill’: Re’em − and its not-as-you-know-it gnocchi − shakes up the winery lunch
Most winery restaurants steer towards the cuisine of traditional wine-making countries. Not so at Helen and Joey Estate.
- Dani Valent
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Melbourne’s favourite Thai restaurant is exiting the car park, and adding a second venue
Melbourne’s best-known Thai restaurant is about to move, with a new home that’s less hidden but holds plenty of other perks.
- Emma Breheny
- Review
- Port Melbourne
Stop by this sunny cafe for its Scandi-style coffee happy hour
Lilijana embraces the Swedish “fika” tradition of slowing down for coffee and a pastry, and for less than $10.
- Dani Valent
Treasured West Melbourne cafe closing due to ‘circumstances beyond our control’
Much-loved cafe Moon Mart, famous for its excellent Japanese- and Korean-influenced sandwiches and rice sets, is closing this month. But it’s not all bad news.
- Tomas Telegramma
- Review
- Melbourne
It’s super weird, fun and accessible, but a few things almost send this big-name sushi train off track
The Bossa Nova pitch sounds like a drunken late-night thought bubble. But it’s a welcome measure of weirdness for this great restaurant town.
- Besha Rodell
Five must-try dishes at Tombo Den, Windsor’s hot new Tokyo-inspired diner
Head chef Dan Chan shares the absolute must-orders at Chris Lucas’ new split-level diner, plus the food and travel experiences that inspired them.
- Tomas Telegramma
Come early for coffee, stay late for feta butter pitas and cocktails at Yarraville’s new cafe/mezze bar
Greek is the word at Tzaki, the buzzy new all-day diner with a menu that makes the most of its roaring wood-fired oven and a top chef at the helm.
- Tomas Telegramma
- Review
- Camberwell
Eating this extra-special tofu dish is like being softly covered by a blanket
Hakka Cuisine is on a mission to expand Melbourne’s understanding of Chinese food, one burbling claypot, sticky dumpling and pork-stuffed tofu pillow at a time.
- Dani Valent
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