Best things we ate in Melbourne in June 2023
A garden salad on steroids, gooey potato doughnuts dunked in a cheese sauce and the best steak you’ll eat all year — here’s what won our tastebuds this month.
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These are the best things we ate at Melbourne restaurants in June.
Zucchini flower
Mahob by Amok, 234 Riversdale Rd, Hawthorn East
Mahob by Amok chef Woody Chet riffs on Cambodia’s stuffed pumpkin blossom obsession with his fried zucchini flowers. It’s a mixed bag of flavours and textures that surprisingly stick the landing. Ricotta and toasted peanuts? Poppin’ pomegranate, pomelo citrus and honey yoghurt? And a golden outer coat packs some serious crunch? Try it and believe the hype.
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10x Garden Beetroot
Ten Minutes by Tractor, 1333 Mornington Flinders Rd, Main Ridge
Mornington Peninsula fine diner Ten Minutes by Tractor is kicks things up a gear with its glorified garden salad. All sorts of crazy textures and temps run wild: both hibachi-grilled and sorbet chilled beetroot, goat’s cheese foam, bouncy kombucha pearls and puffed grains — what a wonderful way to eat your greens.
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Tuna tartare and sobrasada
Apollo Inn, 165 Flinders Ln, Melbourne
Gimlet’s sister bar, Apollo Inn, has many bragworthy snacks. But the tuna tartare and sobrasada (spreadable Spanish sausage) on a crunchy toasted baguette will be a solid money maker. Pair me with an ice-cold martini or gimlet.
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Potato Doughnuts
The Social Quarter, 1341 Dandenong Rd, Chadstone
The French call it pomme dauphin. The gooey potato creation has a crisp fried outer casing dusted in a green saltbush powder moss. It’s even better dunked in a cheesy fondue riding alongside.
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Beef Wellington
Le Méridien Melbourne, 20 Bourke St, Melbourne
The food at Le Meridien’s Dolly restaurant may be a little overdone, but chef Christian Graebner’s beef Wellington is a scene stealer. The deconstructed dish champions those full flavoured tenderloins and shattery puff pastry crusts – it’s what dreams are made of.
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