Best restaurants to take your mum this Mother’s Day

From a lively Sri Lankan party palace, stalwart CBD pasta joint to a sleek Mediterranean eatery. We’re loving these Melbourne restaurants and we bet your mum will too.

Best places to take your foodie mum this Mother’s Day.

Looking for a restaurant to wow your foodie mum?

We’ve got you covered with these five delicious eats and treats.

A tiramisu, just not as you know it.

Tipomisu

Tipo 00, 361 Little Bourke St, Melbourne

Forget what you know about tiramisu. Tipo 00’s version is undoubtedly one of the city’s finest modern takes on the Italian classic. Don’t come for me, Grossi. Here they fill a rye brownie puck with mascarpone cream, coat it in chocolate and smother it tableside in a hot lava of salted caramel, coffee and chocolate. The tempered shell stands zero chances of survival.

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This is Mediterranean through and through.

Raw tuna, white anchovies

Lucia, 11 Eastern Rd, South Melbourne

Don’t call time on raw tuna until you’ve tried Lucia’s take. Whispering in fluent Italian, our sultry sea friend seductively wraps its way around your fork like leggy prosciutto. Fermented tomato dressing, romesco and white anchovies pop off like pizza – the salt, tang, pepper heat! Boom! It’s even more affordable now than it was last month, thanks to a seasonal menu change (from $32 to $30). Mediterranean through and through, it’s unlike anything you’ll eat. Kudos, chef Jordan Clavaron.

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You haven’t tried a scallop like this.

Scallops in fenugreek leaf butter

Tipo 00, 361 Little Bourke St, Melbourne

Another from Tipo 00 as this snack was unbeatable. Podgy Western Australian scallops come bobbing in a loud fenugreek leaf butter so unbelievably delicious you’ll lick the shell clean. Praise to the OG owners Luke Skidmore, Andreas Papadakis, Alberto Fava and head chef Manjot Khatra for your hospitality.

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Expertly cooked okra and hoppers for the win.

Sri Lankan curry and unlimited hoppers

Hopper Joint, 157 Greville St, Prahran

Hopper Joint is a feast for the senses — and the hoppers are the star of the show. Use the Sri Lankan egg pancakes as cutlery to scoop expertly cooked curry of okra, minus the slime. Maybe a marlin curry is more your style: firm and tuna-densely flavoured, with wonderful cumin notes. Every diner gets unlimited plain hoppers. Just ring the hand bell on your table and more will arrive hoppin’ fresh.

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Behold, your new favourite dessert.

Golden syrup dumplings

Hopper Joint, 157 Greville St, Prahran

One more from Hopper Joint, as those golden syrup dumplings are worth every minute of your time. Think stodgy gingerbread balls, soaked in a burnt butter molasses with cooling silky cardamom ice cream. Very filling, perhaps not the wisest move after all of those hoppers, though you won’t be disappointed.

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