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Bluestone serves its barbecue with arepas (maize flatbread)

Slow-cooked meats star at this barbecue joint where southern and South American cuisines collide

Bluestone American BBQ draws on the Uruguayan grilling methods co-owner Al Malel’s grew up with.

  • Quincy Malesovas
Egg and vegetable kottu roti.
13.5/20

Don’t miss the ‘chopped roti’ dish at this Sri Lankan eatery in western Sydney

Chef Ceylon’s kottu roti crackles with deep-fried curry leaves and coconut shreds.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Molli has reopened after a reboot.
13.5/20

This office block restaurant was rebooted within a year. Does Molli 2.0 hit the mark?

It’s helmed by an exciting new chef, but feels like a small neighbourhood restaurant trapped in an airport lounge.

  • Besha Rodell
Times New Roman’s napolitana pasta.

The hot new Lygon Street Italian restaurant where pasta starts at $6

Times New Roman is difficult to Google but easy to love for its affordable spaghetti, wine and penchant for Cheezels.

  • Dani Valent
The gamjatang soup is pretty much the only menu item at Guk’s Eedaero Gamjatang.

This slow-simmered Korean pork bone soup is best split with friends

Even the small size of gamjatang – priced at $40 – feeds two to three people, or go the large for $70 for groups of four or more.

  • David Matthews
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Stairway to Heaven.

On omakase restaurant in Redfern that turns dinner into a show

There’s a new rendition of Stairway to Heaven. You’ll find it at R by Raita Noda, a 15-seat Japanese fine diner on Redfern’s Wunderlich Lane.

  • Erina Starkey
Maalu Maalu specialises in all-you-can-eat Sri Lankan buffet.

One of Melbourne’s best all-you-can-eat Sri Lankan deals is found at this inner-north eatery

Maalu Maalu offers one of the best value buffets in the city.

  • Tomas Telegramma and Dani Valent
Sogumm’s wagyu bibimbap is more restrained than others.

Sogumm

Understated Korean cooking by a husband-and-wife duo.

  • Quincy Malesovas
Chef Tomotaka Ishizuka behind the counter at Tomo-An kaiseki restaurant.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16.5/20

This newly two-hatted laneway restaurant in an old warehouse is ‘a portal to Japan’

Tomo-An chef Tomotaka Ishizuka serves his Aussie-fied Japanese tasting menu to six guests at a time.

  • Dani Valent
Shanghai Chinese is a soft-lit capsule of longevity symbols, floral wallpaper and red lanterns.
14/20

This old-school regional Chinese restaurant is a delicious time-warp to the 1970s

Prawn toast, fried ice-cream and red lanterns abound at a Southern Highlands institution still going strong after 50 years.

  • Callan Boys

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