Good Food - Larissa Dubecki

Larissa Dubecki

Restaurant reviewer and food writer

Arthur Radley

Arthur Radley calls itself a bistrot, although the menu hugs both sides of the Mediterranean.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

Susie Wong

Go-to dish: Pork jowl, XO sauce and pipis.

This new Thai-Cambodian-Vietnamese joint is boldly going where no restaurant has before.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 EST 2014

Big Spoon Little Spoon

Ches with wanderlust CVs, affordable, boutique-driven, mostly Victorian food with a deconstructed Bounty Bar to finish things off?

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Jun 10 07:01:08 EST 2014

Are you being served? How to navigate the tricky topic of leaving a tip

A tip jar.

Tipping is already a contentious issue in Australia but as payWave looms, the hospitality industry fears the worst.

Eat Out | Hilary McNevin and Larissa Dubecki | Mon Jun 09 23:58:00 EST 2014

Vue de Monde

Stunning: Cider glazed barramundi with chicken mousse, potato and caviar.

It's not just the order of the menu but the style of food that's evolved.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Jun 03 00:00:00 EST 2014

Le Grand Cirque

Beef tartare and pearl barley risotto at Le Grand Cirque.

Manu Feildel's restaurant is so French the bread situation is a borderline international incident.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue May 27 00:00:00 EST 2014

Tani Eat & Drink

Quail, fermented cabbage, citrus, red miso and garlic dressing.

Even more than last year, the food at this Bright restaurant justifies four hours on the Hume.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue May 20 00:00:00 EST 2014

Prix Fixe

The ode to autumn menu makes a pretty fine argument for seasonal tasting at Australia's first ticketed restaurant.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue May 13 08:19:26 EST 2014

Woodland House

Cucumber and tomato, charred eel and sweet aniseed.

Jacques Reymond's two proteges are clearly blessed with cooking flair, serving up very professional, well-mannered food.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue May 06 00:00:00 EST 2014

Corte

Scallop ceviche at Corte.

This Argentinian restaurant is the kind of place for lingering over drinks, rather than eating and running.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 EST 2014

Chianti Bistro

How do you take over a restaurant that has operated under the same owners for 29 years?

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 EST 2014

Put to the test: the world's best margherita pizza

The margherita pizza from the 400 Gradi in Brunswick.

How does the pizza recently awarded the world's best stack up? Restaurant critic Larissa Dubecki put 400 Gradi's margherita to the test.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Apr 15 14:58:40 EST 2014

Ruyi

Ruyi is charting its own path right through the old-school Canto barns and the funky new Asian places.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 EST 2014

Radii

Stupendously naked: Wood-roasted bonito.

Radii remains among the ranks of big hotel restaurants where soul is just about the only thing you can't buy.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Apr 08 00:00:00 EST 2014

Om Nom

Mango alfonso includes profiteroles, coconut and lemongrass foam and painted chocolate.

This dessert bar is a high-end fantasy stuffed with all the whimsy expected of the modern pastry chef.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

Allium Food & Wine

The food at this sweet neighbourhood spot has entered bolder territory than any place called Livingroom could reasonably expect to get away with.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 EST 2014

Tulip

Gladioli's Geelong sibling is a conclusive mix of well-executed contemporary-ness.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 EST 2014

Northern Light

There was a time when Aussie-Asian food meant prawn crackers followed by beef in black bean sauce.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 EST 2014

Altair

Tortellini with celeriac, basil and confit tomatoes.

Lesson for the week: it does not pay to underestimate the outer suburbs.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2014

Press Club

Despite the exemplary cooking, the food can want for proportion, elegance and coherence.

Eat Out | Larissa Dubecki | Tue Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2014