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Vegetarian-friendly

Meat is marinated overnight in garlic, lemon and toum (garlic sauce).

‘Not a kebab’: It’s all about chargrilled Lebanese chicken at Tawooq

The Brunswick East eatery brings Beirut street food flavours to Lygon Street.

  • Quincy Malesovas
Egg and vegetable kottu roti.
13.5/20

Don’t miss the ‘chopped roti’ dish at this Sri Lankan eatery in western Sydney

Chef Ceylon’s kottu roti crackles with deep-fried curry leaves and coconut shreds.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Molli has reopened after a reboot.
13.5/20

This office block restaurant was rebooted within a year. Does Molli 2.0 hit the mark?

It’s helmed by an exciting new chef, but feels like a small neighbourhood restaurant trapped in an airport lounge.

  • Besha Rodell
Times New Roman’s napolitana pasta.

The hot new Lygon Street Italian restaurant where pasta starts at $6

Times New Roman is difficult to Google but easy to love for its affordable spaghetti, wine and penchant for Cheezels.

  • Dani Valent
Splitting a matcha flavoured daifuku with a piece of string at Sydney Daifuku Store.

Split your mochi with a piece of string at this hidden Japanese cafe

Our reviewer has never encountered a more expansive offering of these squishy pastry desserts than at this spot. It’ll cure your wish-I-was-in-Japan blues.

  • Lee Tran Lam
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Maalu Maalu specialises in all-you-can-eat Sri Lankan buffet.

Maalu Maalu

One of the best all-you-can-eat Sri Lankan buffets in Melbourne.

  • Tomas Telegramma and Dani Valent
Shanghai Chinese is a soft-lit capsule of longevity symbols, floral wallpaper and red lanterns.
14/20

This old-school regional Chinese restaurant is a delicious time-warp to the 1970s

Prawn toast, fried ice-cream and red lanterns abound at a Southern Highlands institution still going strong after 50 years.

  • Callan Boys
Nine trolleys roam the 200-seat dining room at Golden Dragon Palace on weekends.
14/20

‘Like the MCG on game day’: Why this 200-seater is the king of Melbourne’s yum cha belt

Dim sum is as entrenched in the Melbourne DNA as a love of footy, and Golden Dragon Palace kicks plenty of goals.

  • Larissa Dubecki
Inside the Bridge Road restaurant.

Richmond’s Love Letter is an ode to Yorkshire puddings, gravy and chaos

After a slow start, the Bridge Road restaurant is now pumping most nights of the week with a feel-good menu that makes you glad it’s winter.

  • Dani Valent
Field Day’s mortadella baguette.

Field Day

A sunny community cafe serving chewy, loaded baguettes.

  • Tomas Telegramma

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