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ReviewGood Food Guide (Vic)Port Melbourne

Lilijana

Scandi cafe for slowing down with a coffee and pastry.

“Sea” plate with Danish cured salmon, ricotta dill spread and jammy egg.
1 / 6“Sea” plate with Danish cured salmon, ricotta dill spread and jammy egg.Chris Hopkins
Lilijana is a sunny Scandi-inspired cafe in Port Melbourne.
2 / 6Lilijana is a sunny Scandi-inspired cafe in Port Melbourne.Photograph by Chris Hopkins
“Deli snack” with pastrami and pickled mustard sauce.
3 / 6“Deli snack” with pastrami and pickled mustard sauce.Chris Hopkins
A cinnamon-and-cardamom bun with pearl sugar.
4 / 6A cinnamon-and-cardamom bun with pearl sugar.Chris Hopkins
Sardine roll with pickled onion, gherkin, preserved peppers and crisps.
5 / 6Sardine roll with pickled onion, gherkin, preserved peppers and crisps.Chris Hopkins
Breakfast plate with kransky, black pudding, Nordic egg spread and more.
6 / 6Breakfast plate with kransky, black pudding, Nordic egg spread and more.Chris Hopkins

Scandinavian$

It’s all very Melbourne: a Scandi cafe by a Hong Kong-born ice hockey pro and named after a Slovenian grandmother. Lilijana’s salmon is house-cured and served with ricotta, pickles, eggs and sourdough. Buns are baked out back for $9 snack-size pastrami rolls, and cinnamon and cardamom twists are perfect for fika, the Swedish tradition of slowing down for coffee and cake.

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