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Deep-fried chicken thigh with hot oil garlic sambal.

Choose from 20 chilli sambals at this hot and spicy eatery where most dishes are under $12

Australia’s first Waroeng SS Spesial Sambal restaurant celebrates the Indonesian obsession with the condiment.

  • Dani Valent
Beef noodle soup.

This $20 beef soup was so popular it spawned a whole new noodle bar

Sisters Rowena and Kate Chansiri of Ickle Cafe in Kingsgrove share lovingly made bowls of goodness at this light-filled spot in Surry Hills.

  • Terry Durack
Curried egg sandwich.

This fun Surry Hills cafe slings old-school sangers (and killer pythons) for all ages

Bite-sized Surry Hills cafe It’s Recess is bringing back tried-and-true sandwich fillings alongside Samboy chips, lolly snakes and excellent coffee.

  • Lenny Ann Low
A wall of vending machines at Gacha Cafe.

Getcha self to this fun gacha spot for snacks that taste just like Japan

Visiting this George Street spot is like cracking open a toy capsule as it swooshes down the machine.

  • Lee Tran Lam
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
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

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