K and I celebrated his birthday last year at the amazing Aru, so it only made sense to go to Sunda this year. The first restaurant in chef Khanh Nguyen’s impressive portfolio,…
Fusion
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Anchovy had been on my to-eat list for so long that it literally closed, was replaced by Jeow, then re-opened (Jeow moved next door) before I managed to get there. But here…
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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…
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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…