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Your April hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month
From newly hatted diners in Melbourne’s CBD to kebab vans worth travelling for, these were the venues that caught our attention in March for you to try this month.
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Hush hour: 20 of Melbourne’s best restaurants for quiet conversation (and great food)
Because sometimes you just want to be able to hear each other speak over a fabulous meal and a great glass of wine, or three.
Melbourne’s best places eat and drink
Drawing influence from around the world, the city’s dining landscape is nothing if not diverse.
- Ellen Fraser
Review: Moody laneway pasta bar Alt says hasta la vista to salt
A thought experiment – how much flavour can you extract without using salt? – becomes a reality at this CBD pasta restaurant.
- Besha Rodell
‘Big Middle Eastern energy’: Shane Delia’s Maha Bar becomes Maha North brasserie
The chef’s Smith Street venue is reopening as a destination for dinner and wine, rather than snacks and cocktails.
- Emma Breheny
On the MCC waiting list? Here’s a delicious trick: book in for lunch
One of Melbourne’s most iconic chefs is now in charge of one of the city’s most iconic - and not so exclusive - rooms with a view.
- Besha Rodell
Review: Beef rendang meets baked eggs at Dale La Pau
The idea of somehow combining shakshuka and rendang was so alluring, even world-shaking, that Dani Valent had to get herself to Camberwell for a taste.
- Dani Valent
New owner in the driver’s seat, but Albert Park Deli’s winning formula remains
Jeanette Barker brings her decades of experience at Grossi restaurants to this nearly 50-year-old neighbourhood fixture. But she knows not to mess with the formula.
March hit list: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out in Melbourne, right now
From fried chicken to hatted lasagne, here’s what’s hot this month.
Review: This Japanese snack stalwart serves Melbourne’s best fried chicken
The batter is so startlingly crisp it’s like eating fine crystal stemware, reviews Larissa Dubecki.
- Larissa Dubecki