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Good Food tried hot chips from 32 Melbourne venues.

Good Food ranked Melbourne’s best hot chips, and a surprise westside fish and chipper took top spot

From Mount Waverley to Maidstone, chicken shops to burger bars, we tasted 32 different hot chips. These 11 are the ones to know.

  • Good Food team
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The 50 combos at this Italian-inspired panino shop are all ‘killers with delicious fillers’

More than 50 sandwich options have been created for tiny regional paninoteca and wine bar Arno Deli.

  • Callan Boys
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Ho Jiak’s Fish Market spin-off embraces the kitsch with a subversive take on surf-and-turf

Tam Jiak’s concept could’ve landed like a bad joke writes David Matthews, but Junda Khoo explores the full spectrum of Malay cooking, starting with the fun tom yum “bombs”, a sequel to Ho Jiak’s laksa bombs.

  • David Matthews
Sour cherry pie.

Savour the ‘unbeatable tongue-twang’ of fresh fruit pies at this nostalgic bakery cafe

It’s all about fruit, not sugariness, at Miller Street’s Blessed Fruit Pies, which bakes its juicy, glistening sour cherry, blackberry, blueberry and mixed berry pies each morning.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Roberto's Pizzeria in Robertson.

Roberto’s Pizzeria

Chewy, charred, Naples-style pizza in Robertson.

  • Callan Boys
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The beer garden at the Sutton Forest Inn.

Sutton Forest Inn

The Southern Highlands’ best all-rounder pub.

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Produce from Moonacres Farm is on the menu at Moonacres Kitchen.

Moonacres Kitchen

A spacious cafe-restaurant built on produce from nearby Moonacres Farm.

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The Studio by The What If Society in Moss Vale.

The Studio by The What If Society

A coffee shop by day and wine bar by night.

  • Callan Boys
Vietnamese egg coffee and iced coconut cacao drink.
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Try Vietnam’s viral coffee at this new Sydney restaurant opened by a Mad Max stuntman

Michael Tang was repeatedly blown up in Furiosa, but now torches his popular beverage until brulee-like.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Enjoy a breakfast bowl on the Alby and Esthers terrace.

Alby and Esthers

A charming cafe tucked down a cobblestone alley.

  • Erina Starkey