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Martin Boetz at Short Grain with his coconut scraper, which can be bought for as little as $5 at your local Asian supermarket.

The $5 tool that will elevate your Thai cooking, according to a star chef

Looking to level up your Thai salads and desserts? Longrain creator Martin Boetz reckons you need this simple utensil.

  • Matt Shea
Hay St Market.
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Haymarket’s revamped Paddy’s Markets vowed to be a first-rate food hub. It didn’t deliver

It might serve a very good martini and excellent chips, but Callan Boys chalks it up as another entry on Sydney’s board of missed opportunities.

  • Callan Boys
Rick and Sarah Stein.

Celebrity chef Rick Stein to open flagship restaurant in Sydney

The Briton is bringing his signature seafood dining style to a beachfront suburb later this year.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Fried chicken washed down with Cass beer at Seven Star Pocha in Koreatown.

Finger-licking late-night fun: An expert’s guide to eating (and drinking) in Koreatown

Good Food joins Doju chef Mika Chae for a tour of the city’s now-official Korean hub, Healeys Lane.

  • Dani Valent
Bloomwood cafe-bakery on Exhibition Street.

Melbourne’s cafes have always been world-class. But in 2025 they’ve got even better

As we announce Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries, Emma Breheny looks at the city’s shift from macchiatos to matcha, and the rise of third culture cooking.

  • Emma Breheny
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Layered dark hot chocolate with baked crema Catalana custard and aniseed sugar.

Melbourne’s essential cafes for matcha and specialty drinks

From mont blancs to nom chompoo, here are some of our favourite cafe drinks beyond the flat white.

  • Good Food
Tyler's Milk Bar, a new cafe and general store in Preston, Melbourne. For Good Food, 30 July, 2021

Melbourne’s essential family-friendly cafes

These cafes cater to kids without compromising on quality. We’re liking a brunch destination with cosy pockets, a family-run milk bar with jumbo milkshakes and more.

  • Good Food
Brunetti restaurant in Lygon St, Carlton.

Melbourne’s iconic cafes and bakeries

Melbourne’s cafes are the heart of the city and these are some of its best. There’s a tiny shop in an old-school mall, a Japanese breakfast expert and a 90-year-old bakery.

  • Good Food
YTB pastries are flavoured with matcha and calamansi.

Melbourne’s essential cafes for tea

If we’re reading the leaves correctly, Melbourne’s tea scene is entering its golden era. We’re loving a 20-seat basement venue and sipping fragrant masala chai at a top spot.

  • Good Food
A selection of cakes from Holy Sugar in Northcote.

Melbourne’s essential sweets and treats

Laced with chocolate, infused with honey and dusted with sugar, here are the city’s best spots for sweet freaks.

  • Good Food

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