Just a couple doors down from the excellent Leigh St Wine Room is Shobosho, a super hip and modern take on the izakaya. I wasn’t quick enough to book one of the…
Fusion
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$49 for butter chicken? Apparently so. Yet as improbable as it sounds, not only has Tonka survived the last decade, but judging by the buzz of the dining room, has also thrived.…
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I seem to have been on an inadvertent streak of eating at restaurants named after animals recently, but I’ll say straight up that Firebird is easily the best of the lot. The…
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Asian, Best Of Melbourne, Fusion, Hatted, Melbourne CBD, Modern Australian, Mr. Moneybags ($75 Plus)
Aru
Aru was awarded the Good Food Guide’s best restaurant of 2022, and by god is it a doozy. The food, a very loosey-goosey Asian Fusion take on Modern Australian cuisine, is clever…
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I love the concept and ethos of Mabu Mabu Big Esso – it’s an indigenous-owned diner focussed on cooking with native ingredients in a sustainable way, all whilst partnering with LGBT-led, women-led,…
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Patsy’s is all about vegetarian food done well. There are no sprouted/activated/detox bogus health claims in sight, nor do you get the Heston-like trickery of turning microgreens into what you swear is…