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Brunch

Vadouvan eggs: Poached eggs drizzled with spiced ghee and garnished with zaatar over herbed carrot puree and lemon labne.

Is breakfast the new dinner? This rooftop cafe adds fine dining touches to brunches

Perched atop a suburban shopping centre, Rombe serves a daytime menu with dinner aesthetics and patisserie-style desserts.

  • Dani Valent
Fish burger made with hoki, cucumber pickles, mustard seed, lettuce and American cheddar.

A cafe so tranquil (and a fish burger so good), how can it be so close to chaotic WestConnex?

Menu stars at serene and clean-lined Alexandria cafe Ellen include a cracking fish burger and a brilliant emerald halloumi and pea salad.

  • Lenny Ann Low
A cinnamon-and-cardamom bun with pearl sugar.

Stop by this sunny cafe for its Scandi-style coffee happy hour

Lilijana embraces the Swedish “fika” tradition of slowing down for coffee and a pastry, and for less than $10.

  • Dani Valent
Han Li Khor’s pastries.
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Naughty and calorific, this might be Perth’s most interesting (and delicious) brunch spot

It’s hiding in plain sight, and it’s got the goods. The baked goods, that is. Why pay for brunch? Here’s why.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Barbacoa estilo Hidalgo (lamb barbacoa tacos with chilli consommé).

‘The best tacos Melbourne has ever seen’: This inexpensive Fitzroy diner is changing the game

The most memorable, soul-quenching single bite of food I’ve had in weeks was at modest shopfront diner El Columpio.

  • Besha Rodell
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Bacon and egg roll with spinach.

Beeline for the bacon and egg roll at this trove of home-cooked food treasures

Eye-popping cafe and food store Little Stevies Shop brims with sweet and savoury goods.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Tasmanian produce-focused restaurant Pure South celebrates two decades in business this year.
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This 20-year-old restaurant showcases Tassie, but its riverside setting is pure Melbourne

Pure South has matured into a great Melbourne restaurant: committed, consistent, creative and, in the right light, prone to making a person emotional.

  • Dani Valent
Brian and Sabrina Dias, the proud proprietors of Baked at Bina’s.

The suburban bakery pulling in customers from Melbourne, Perth and even further for a taste of home

Treats abound at Baked at Bina’s in Earlwood: fried, sugar-dusted Portuguese doughnuts, just-baked custard tarts and soft-centred Brazilian rolls.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Roti banjir - roti bread in curry sauce with two soft-boiled eggs and sambal.

‘I’m full of praise for this Malaysian canteen in a suburban megachurch’

There’s something mysteriously good about Terry’s Kitchen’s chilli sambal that will keep me coming back.

  • Dani Valent
The toasted pastrami sandwich.

‘Ramen shop’ vibes, gooey croque monsieur and pour-over brews flow at this inner west coffee spot

The owner behind Ashfield Apothecary has created an intimate sun-drenched cafe with a special focus on coffee.

  • Lenny Ann Low

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