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Dani Valent

Dani Valent

Food writer and restaurant reviewer

Dani Valent is a food writer and restaurant reviewer.

The king-size thali at Namaste Haifa in Ormond.

This affordable, female-led eatery provides an ‘extraordinary’ discount to certain diners

Create your own vegetarian thali from the day’s 20 specials, all cooked by a team of mothers.

  • Dani Valent
Chilli crab linguine.
14.5/20

Well-heeled locals are lapping up this breezy restaurant (and its ‘bang on’ chilli crab pasta)

Every table at Henrys seems to order the linguine and I get it, I really do. But don’t miss the exemplary dessert, too.

  • Dani Valent
Inside Thai restaurant and Asian grocer, Thoong Thong.

This Thai takeaway tucked inside an Asian grocer is Thai Airways cabin crew-approved

Eddie Goosag’s food at suburban gem Thoong Thong is light, bright and fresh with dancing flavours.

  • Dani Valent
The duo base hot pot loaded with ingredients from the conveyor belt.

Hot pot meets sushi train for a new style of DIY dining

We’ve got sushi and cheese trains, but Divine Hotpot’s track boasts 50 trays of ingredients ready for DIY dipping.

  • Dani Valent
Amatrice Rooftop is a red velvet and stone salon up in the clouds.
13/20

This swanky rooftop Italian restaurant has a lot going for it, but leaves our critic baffled

Dani Valent reviews the views and set menus at Melbourne’s Amatrice.

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Gelato Lulamina

Up to 30 ice-cream flavours in a vibrant culinary strip.

  • Dani Valent
Hong Kong Boi threads Chinese flavour profiles through its creations.

Hong Kong Boi

Chinese-inspired gelato and street food.

  • Dani Valent
Billy Van Creamy

Billy Van Creamy

All-natural scoops near the beach.

  • Dani Valent
Indian-inspired ice cream at Icy Spicy in Clayton.

Icy Spicy

Indian-inspired scoops and street food.

  • Dani Valent
Earl Grey and candied pistachio ice-cream at Nuvoletta.

Nuvoletta

‘Gelato is necessary’ is the motto at this Carnegie ice-creamery.

  • Dani Valent

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