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• Recommended
• South Yarra

Portside Market

A fishmonger with a fine dining difference.

• Emily Holgate

• Review
• Canley Vale

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

• Recommended
• Castlemaine

Johnny Baker Uptown

A bakery so good they opened two in one town.

• Recommended
• Preston

MKS Spices’n Things

For South Asian short eats, dry goods and more.

• Sanka Amadoru

• Review
• South Melbourne

As Melburnians, we know our coffee, but have you tried this strong coconut one?

There are a dozen different coffees and meals are mostly under $20 at this cosy new Indonesian eatery.

• Dani Valent

• Review
• Hurstville

‘Warm hug for your stomach’: This eatery takes three days to make its tofu noodles

This Hurstville venue is one of the few places in Sydney serving the traditional and “unapologetically bold” cuisine of Myanmar.

• Helen Yee

• Review
• Welshpool

Welshpool Eatery

A multi-cuisine destination and literal “fuel stop”.

• Roslyn Grundy

• Review
• Camperdown

‘Heart-thumpingly good food’: This corner spot puts creativity back into cafe fare

Forget the big breakfast or bacon and egg roll. Cafe Baby Finger ditches cookie-cutter menu items in favour of eggplant curry and chicken pot pie.

• Lenny Ann Low

• Recommended
• Carlton

Madeleine De Proust

Cute name, cuter shop, specialising in the shell-shaped French baked treat.

• Review
• Brunswick East

Charrd

A hole-in-the-wall window selling just two types of burgers.

• Emma Breheny