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Kara Monssen
Kara MonssenFood and wine editor

Kara Monssen is the Herald Sun’s food and wine editor. She is a restaurant and wine critic, and reports food and hospitality news in Melbourne, Victoria. Kara also contributes lifestyle video content for the Herald Sun and delicious.

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Taste restaurant review: Atlas Diningwagyu beef pho ricePicture Andrew Tauber

Atlas

Charlie Carrington’s globetrotting Atlas takes a round-the-world trip every four months.

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DELICIOUS 100 2017Duck bao at Supernormal, Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Supernormal

Supernormal has good times in spades. Under the same Flinders Lane roof you can punch out a Street Fighter II arcade game, sing karaoke and score Pocky (Japanese biscuit sticks) from vending machines.

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DELICIOUS 100 2019: Movida mejillones spring bay mussels

Movida

A bite of MoVida’s pressed pork tostada may take you back to Christmas lunch, where the roast pork crackling is brilliantly crunchy and the meat has just the right amount of salt and fat to keep things delicious.

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Delicious 100 2019 Bar Tini quail with mahon cheese and jamon

Bar Tini

Lip-smacking snacks and Spanish wines are at the heart of Frank Camorra’s Bar Tini, the bodega-inspired eatery is a slice of Europe slotted in touristy Hosier Lane.

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Delicious 100- Dinner by Heston- Crown Complex, Southbank. Venison and Bottled Cherries' - a main course featuring smoked beetroot, grilled red cabbage and pickled cherries. Picture Rebecca Michael.

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

Dinner by Heston has plenty of ‘wow’ moments: the aperitif whisky cocktail that tastes of mushrooms and beef jerky. The juiciest chicken breast you’ll ever try.

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DELICIOUS 100 2019 ATTICAAn imperfect history of Ripponlea in tarts

Attica

Chef and owner Ben Shewry heroes homegrown produce to lure visitors from home and abroad to his world class Ripponlea restaurant, Attica

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Delicious 100 2019 Annam waffle coated fried ice cream

Annam

Could the city’s best Vietnamese spring rolls be found on the northern cusp of Chinatown?

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