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The Muffin Top with omelette, beef patty, zucchini pickles, American cheese and chilli Kewpie mayo.

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Your June hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

Cheesy sandwiches, fresh new sushi, hot dog ‘sausage rolls’ and French bistros both old and new, catch up on what’s hot in Melbourne food.

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The Muffin Top with omelette, beef patty, zucchini pickles, American cheese and chilli Kewpie mayo.

Nouns deli was built by a virtual community, but its breakfast muffins and burgers are the real deal

  • Dani Valent
If you drink and ride, you’re at Moon Dog Wild West.

Fans of fast food and bucking bulls, Moon Dog Wild West is for you

  • Besha Rodell
Moon Mart’s kimchi jaffle.

Moon Mart’s molten kimchi jaffle will take you to Funkytown

  • Tomas Telegramma
Elka nigiri in Footscray; Muli Express lobster roll; chirashi-don at Sachi in Hawthorn.

Three freshly shucked spots to get ‘crazy good’ (and affordable) seafood and sushi

  • Tomas Telegramma
Backstreet pub the North Fitzroy Arms is back open after a gentle renovation.

Beloved backstreet boozer North Fitzroy Arms is back, complete with pie floater

  • Tomas Telegramma
Assorted dishes including grilled prawns and watermelon ceviche at Amphora.
12.5/20

Does Marvel Stadium’s new fine-dining restaurant Amphora beat a meat pie?

  • Dani Valent
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Butter-poached cod fillet topped with beer-batter bits.
14/20

Fish and chips get fancy at Omen, a new neighbourhood wine bar by the beach

  • Dani Valent
The doors are back open at late-night bar Arlechin in the city.

Guy Grossi’s late-night bar Arlechin reopens – serving a cult dish worth staying up for

  • Tomas Telegramma
The Gorda tigelle at Emilietta layers mortadella, balsamic onion and pistachio.

Hatted city restaurant’s spin-off Emilietta is serving a rare Italian-style sandwich

  • Tomas Telegramma
The reina pepiada, aka the “curvy queen”.

Colourful cafe Papelon is a taste of Latin America on the edge of Footscray market

  • Dani Valent
Go-to dish: The oyster selection is fun to slurp your way around the Australian coast.
14/20

There isn’t a house wine at The Walrus, but there are ‘house oysters’ (and they don’t get better than this)

  • Dani Valent
Chef Luke Mangan is opening his first restaurant in Melbourne in more than a decade.

Sydney chef Luke Mangan brings French flair to the city with Bistrot Bisou

  • Emma Breheny
The “fried sausage roll” (centre) is wrapped in milk bread rolled in panko crumbs.

Self-serve Manna Bakery’s sweet-savoury ‘sausage roll’ snack pushes every button

  • Dani Valent
The clashing colours and patterns of Bibi Ji are set to turn heads in Carlton.

Riotous Indian diner Bibi Ji revives a legendary Lygon Street location

  • Emma Breheny
King prawn dumplings with tapioca “caviar”.

Charlong’s ‘genius’ dumplings are not what you might expect at a typical Thai

  • Dani Valent
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France-Soir in South Yarra.
14/20

Melbourne icon France-Soir divides food snobs – but our critic keeps going back

  • Besha Rodell
Peek inside Bistra to find white-clothed tables and whitewashed walls.
14.5/20

Not too fancy, not too casual, Bistra hits the Goldilocks zone and brings the ’90s back

  • Besha Rodell
Gemini is a cafe by day, and wine bar by night.
13.5/20

Why crowd-funded community cafe and wine bar Gemini is a local gem

  • Dani Valent
Sushi platter.
Good Food hat15/20

A little Japanese, a little French but a lot to love at passion project Bansho

  • Dani Valent
Chef Jun Oya cuts and cooks in front of guests at Shusai Mijo.
Good Food hat15.5/20

Shusai Mijo’s affordable omakase is up there with those that cost double

  • Besha Rodell
The steak-like lion’s mane mushroom dish.

Ballard’s meaty main is so convincing, vegans have sent it back to the kitchen

  • Dani Valent

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