Dani Valent
Dani Valent is a food writer and restaurant reviewer.
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Berwick
Is this tucked away buffet the cheapest feast in the south-east?
In a time when many people are watching pennies, Sri Lankan buffets offer extraordinary value and great variety.
- by Dani Valent
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Melbourne
This Flinders Lane newcomer with flex is the all-day diner the CBD has been missing
For a food city, Melbourne could do better at all-day dining. Elio’s Place ticks many boxes.
- by Dani Valent
Ramen, Russian cold cuts and bullfrog: The street where you can find – and eat – almost any delicacy
Decades ago, this strip was where many Melburnians discovered bibimbap. It’s since boomed into arguably the city’s most diverse eating street.
- by Dani Valent
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McKinnon
Brownie bombs, chilli-cheese pastry wands: Lumos bakes up some magic in the suburbs
Nothing happens at this luminous local bakery without Hagrid, reviews Dani Valent.
- by Dani Valent
‘Life-seeing’: Could this travel trend be the antidote to overtourism?
Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.
- by Greg Callaghan, Nicole Abadee, Barry Divola, Sharon Bradley, Dani Valent and Damien Woolnough
Seven don’t-miss dishes at Collins Street’s huge new Italian food hub, Il Mercato Centrale
With 23 artisans across three sprawling floors it can be hard to know what to eat first. Here are Good Food’s recommendations.
- by Dani Valent
‘Extremely frustrated’: Karen Martini and Guy Grossi’s pub restaurants facing uncertainty
Two Melbourne venues backed by Sydney’s trouble-plagued Public Hospitality group are waiting to confirm who will take ownership.
- by Dani Valent
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Torquay
This newly two-hatted Torquay restaurant delivers zero-waste and maximum enjoyment
Chef Graham Jefferies’ compelling, startlingly creative waste-not cooking sees his rejigged Samesyn restaurant gain a second chefs’ hat.
- by Dani Valent
Everything you need to know about the city’s new mega Italian food hub, Il Mercato Centrale
The much anticipated food hall and market finally opens today. Here’s the low-down.
- by Dani Valent
‘We need to be part of the tide that lifts’: How hospitality is tackling its dark side
A new Good Food Guide award will shine a light on positive initiatives. And after explosive coverage of toxic behaviour, many are hopeful that change is afoot.
- by Dani Valent
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Malvern
Let’s give this sophisticated Italian restaurant a quiet clap for its lovely acoustics
Sincero is a charming high-street restaurant with high-concept dishes from the team behind Buono in Melbourne’s bayside.
- by Dani Valent
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