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Lagoon Dining.
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Lagoon Dining

Raucous flavours in a refined room

Roti John.

This street food with eggs and mince slathered on French bread is ‘a joy to eat’

Cooking expert, teacher and author Tony Tan shares how to make a baguette with herbs, spices and omelette, plus two dumplings from his latest cookbook.

  • Tony Tan
The winery development housing Re’em (pictured) also includes a cellar door, barrel room and accommodation.
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Yarra Valley’s deluxe new winery restaurant is shaking things up, and we’re here for it

Most winery restaurants steer towards the cuisine of traditional wine-making countries. Not so at Re’em.

  • Dani Valent
Butchers Buffet, the largest KBBQ in Sydney, has opened in Haymarket.

Chinatown is back, but not as you remember it (and here are five new spots to try)

From the city’s largest Korean barbecue restaurant to its first kakigori shop, here’s why diners are queueing for Chinatown eateries.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Servers lift the blinds to deliver dishes to solo diners.

Have a hot date with a hotpot at this solo dining sanctuary in the city

There’s only one restaurant like this in Melbourne, and it’s only for solos. Dani Valent nabs a cubicle.

  • Dani Valent
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Go-to dish: Tiger prawns, jungle curry, brown butter, pictured with a side of idli (steamed rice and lentil cakes).
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It ditched its crowd-pulling roti with Vegemite curry and has a new head chef. Is this CBD favourite still fabulous?

This new iteration doesn’t feel as game-changing, but does feel perfectly judged for now (and you can eat some of Melbourne’s coolest food at a steal).

  • Dani Valent
Roti John tiger roll filled with lamb shoulder and omelette.

Sick of smashed avo? Head to this suburban cafe for a playful taste of Singapore instead

An ex-Copper Pot chef’s brunch menu is inspired by the South-East Asian comfort foods of her childhood.

  • Dani Valent
Fried octopus sando.

This Japanese cafe in an old milk bar is worth a trip to the ’burbs

Sure, you can get eggs and extras, but wouldn’t you rather have a spicy octopus sando or a chicken karaage rice bowl?

  • Dani Valent
Flabour bombs at Emily Taylor.

Emily Taylor: Where the flavours create a bar brawl in your mouth

Emily Taylor is a large scale restaurant carved out of the combined backyards of 150-year-old worker’s cottages adjacent to the Freo Markets.

  • Rob Broadfield
Comforting chicken baked rice.

This is the kind of comfort-food joy that reiterates why stretchy #cheesepulls dominate Instagram

This inner-west tribute to Hong Kong cuisine is dedicated to nostalgic diner-style comfort food.

  • Lee Tran Lam

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