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The caviar coconut dish is a beguiling mix of creaminess, soft saline and nutty umami.
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Yiaga

Luxury through a pointedly Australian perspective.

  • Besha Rodell
East Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens are part of the room at Yiaga.
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Melbourne has a new three-hat restaurant that’s beautiful and pointedly Australian

Vue de Monde “wunderkind” Hugh Allen’s ambitious Fitzroy Gardens project achieves a significant accolade out of the gate.

  • Besha Rodell
East Italia’s Roccella at 150 Clarendon Street.

Roccella

Friendly, flexible and efficient pizzeria plus grocer.

Smoky pineapple pizza.

Is it OK to put pineapple on pizza? If it’s Roccella’s smoky spin, yes

The version at this East Melbourne Italian restaurant is a sweet-salty-sour-smoky argument-stopper.

  • Dani Valent
The 'Dat is kaas door ieder' cheese course is not to be missed.

Don't miss this cheese dish at Lekker, Melbourne

The name of chef Rob Kabboord's pop-up restaurant is a cover-all Dutch word for tasty, yummy, cosy and nice.

  • Dani Valent
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'Asian carbonara': Smoked duck hokkien noodles at Honcho.

Honcho noodle pop-up, Hotel Windsor

This pan-Asian noodle pop-up is bringing the warm and fuzzies to Melbourne's long winter.

  • Dani Valent
Poached eggs with spiced goat's curd and 'chilli hair' at Square and Compass.

Square and Compass

This new cafe in the East Melbourne medical precinct is just what the doctor ordered.

  • Matt Holden
Beef short rib with roasted celery vinaigrette and garlic flowers is chef Peter Gunn's signature dish at his monthly pop-up dinners.
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IDES pop-up at Persillade

It takes eight months to get a seat at chef Peter Gunn's pop-up at Persillade, but it's worth the wait.

  • Gemima Cody
Cuban sandwich

Hard Pressed

Melbourne might not have a Cuban sandwich food truck yet, but Hard Pressed fills a void.

  • Matt Holden
Stupendously naked: Wood-roasted bonito.
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Radii

Radii remains among the ranks of big hotel restaurants where soul is just about the only thing you can't buy.

  • Larissa Dubecki