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This venue is a finalist for best tea in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Pastries are flavoured with matcha and calamansi.
1 / 5Pastries are flavoured with matcha and calamansi.Tim Harris
Savoury buckwheat taiyaki, a fish-shaped Japanese waffle.
2 / 5Savoury buckwheat taiyaki, a fish-shaped Japanese waffle.Bonnie Savage
Asian-inspired sandwiches are made with shokopan.
3 / 5Asian-inspired sandwiches are made with shokopan.Jana Langhorst
Assorted dishes.
4 / 5Assorted dishes.Tim Harris
Prawn scallop toastie.
5 / 5Prawn scallop toastie.Tim Harris

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As with its original name (Yugen Tea Bar), the tea list has contracted, but each is described with reverence. From “riesling-like” white (bai mudan) to sweet roasted red (da hong pa oolong) or smoky (Japanese wakocha, finished in whisky barrels), expect the traditional and rare. Melbourne-black teapots match the salon’s sculptural shards, the striking interior matte like the ganache of the showstopper “Bruce” chocolate cake.

Must-order dish: Egg-filled buckwheat taiyaki is a savoury spin on morning tea.

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