Tarrawarra has long been famed for its pinot and chardonnay and modern art museum but, thanks to chef Mark Ebbells, this Yarra Valley stalwart is now also worth visiting for some of the most creative and downright delicious food you’ll find in a winery setting.
A year on and Lesa – the quieter, more refined upstairs yin to ever-bustling Embla’s downstairs yang – has shaken its little sibling status and is proudly making its own mark
Navi might have given the inner west its first taste of fine dining but, with his brilliant brik pastry, Julian Hills is also giving Melbourne its first taste of posh possum.
Dan Hunter’s little farmhouse in Birregurra might increasingly cater to gastro-tourists from near and far but this is no po-faced, pinky-up affair
Some things never get old. And the view from Wickens, the signature restaurant at Dunkeld’s Royal Mail Hotel, is as timeless as it is spectacular.
It might’ve lost some of its Big Night Out Appeal to Melbourne’s newer players, but Neil Perry’s classically good-looking Rockpool remains a reliable go-to when you need to impress a date, your boss or your better half.
In terms of tiny towns that punch above their weight in the eat-drink stakes, Port Fairy stands above all others.
Sure, you could take a window table at Bourke Street’s Grossi Grill just for the best people-watching Melbourne has to offer, but those in the know will tell you it’s the pasta that’s the real attention seeker.
An Anatolian adventure awaits at Yagiz. High on Toorak Rd, young chef Murat Ovaz is reinterpreting the cuisine of his homeland into the food of Melbourne today.
For the best pisco sour this side of the Andes, all roads lead to ACDC lane.
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