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Tapsilog: beef skewers, eggs, garlic rice, banana ketchup and pickles.

Find real-deal Filipino flavours at this new Fitzroy spot

Palay offers affordable Filipino fare inside an old bluestone building.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Cressida is, fundamentally, a nice place to sit with a coffee and read the paper.
14.5/20

Our critic doesn’t like to eat out for brunch. This neighbourhood cafe changed his mind

You can now book for dinner at Cafe Cressida too, whose menu comes from “one of Sydney’s most proficient cross-pollinators of cuisines”.

  • Callan Boys
The bar at Valentine’s.

Brookvale brewery transforms ’80s wedding venue into late-night date spot

With karaoke rooms, Sex on the Beach cocktails and a former fine dining chef, this might be “the perfect space to fall in love”.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Justine Schofield will be sharing her tips at Deli Lane presented by Birds Eye Deli.

Justine Schofield’s four tips for making frozen vegetables more interesting

If your vegies are getting a frosty reception, embellishments like crunch, cheese and garlic butter are simple shortcuts to make them tastier.

  • Erina Starkey
Pulcinella’s sfogliatella.

You’ll find more than just pizza at this Neapolitan bakery and cafe in Brunswick

Pulcinella champions freshly baked, traditional pastries as seen in the southern Italian capital.

  • Dani Valent
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Tissue bread.

A new Korean bakery serving the TikTok viral tissue bread

The soft, wispy pull-apart bread has touched down in Sydney.

  • Erina Starkey
Parotta flatbread being prepared.

Parotta Station

Tiny carb palace dedicated to flatbread.

Musashino Udon Kan

An engineer was so obsessed with chewy udon noodles, he created his own. Lucky us!

Kan Masuda quit his job to perfect the art of udon making, before bringing his signature recipe to Bentleigh. Say hello to Musashino Udon Kan.

  • Dani Valent
From left: Black sesame and Vietnamese yoghurt and sugarcane and calamansi sorbet.

‘The most refreshing scoop’: Visiting this dessert parlour is like taking a tropical holiday

Cabramatta dessert parlour Kreamu is a trove of flavours such as pink dragonfruit and longan, purple soursop and jackfruit.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Kaprica is pure Melbourne, with high ceilings and white walls and simple wooden tables and chair.
Critics' Pick

Why this ‘pure Melbourne’ trattoria is attracting a new wave of admirers

The Carlton favourite has long delivered just about everything you’d want from a casual neighbourhood restaurant, says our critic. Now Gen Z has discovered its appeal, too.

  • Besha Rodell

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/goodfood/topic/budget-friendly-6gsw