Eating Out
Restaurant review
Fine Italian-leaning fare is a perfect match for East Malvern wine bar Riserva
Where to eat when you go to Werribee
IF YOU head out west today, you’ll get a big surprise. One of the biggest outer suburban shopping centres has been reborn as a foodie haven, and we’ve got your weekend of eating sorted. WATCH THE VIDEO
Melbourne’s United Nations of food
IT’S the most internationally diverse suburb in Australia with a food strip to match. Welcome to Clayton, the United Nations of food.
Love brunch? Here’s the best of the north
FROM Sunshine to South Morang, Reservoir to Roxburgh Park, these are the best places to brunch in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.
Passing Clouds dishing up hearty fare
ONLY fools would miss this Macedon region winery, which is dishing up solid cooking, like dining at a friend’s home.
Hogget’s honest to goodness fare
Gippsland produce gets time in the sun at Hogget at the Wild Dog Winery in Warragul.
Humble Creatures ticks off cafe classics
PREPARE to be humbled at a cool diner in the back blocks of Bentleigh East that offers cafe classics with clever twists.
Spice up your cooking with Indian inspiration
ANJUM Anand shares her simple rules for adding flavour to savour with Dan Stock.
A piece of peninsula style and substance
MORNINGTON has a serious new player with a less than serious name.
More Eating Out
Festival set to turn beer on its head
WHETHER using cookies or bone marrow or even goat’s whey, new-school brewers are looking at beer differently.
Nigella’s hot for these Melbourne chips
THESE are the garlicky Melbourne-made chips that have rocked celebrity chef Nigella Lawson’s world.
New harvest from farmgate to plate
A NEW Mornington Peninsula cafe delivers food from the farm gate to your plate, with a picture-perfect outlook, writes Simon Plant.
Eight new food joints to check out this weekend
CAN’t decide where to eat this weekend? Here are eight of Melbourne’s best recently opened eateries, as rated by our reviewers.
Is it gluten free? Yeah naan
SOUTHSIDE coeliacs have long known the joy of Babu Ji’s gluten-free naan, now Auburn Village is has a similar modern Indian of its own, writes Dan Stock.
The secrets of perfect Asian-style pork
LEARN how to cook sensational pork dishes – from crispy or braised, to stir-fry.
Best cafes in the outer west
FROM Altona to Ardeer, Seaholme to Caroline Springs — and everything in between — these are the best places to brunch in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
Weekend review: Frank’s
Fancy fluffy cinnamon doughnuts with Italian meringue, ice cream and poached rhubarb? Eggs Benedict with a side of thick-cut pork belly? Megan Miller finds a Cheltenham cafe which is zoned for cool.
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The best thing since potato gems
DO YOU call them tater tots or potato gems? It really doesn’t matter. Prepare to drool over the best burger ever.
The sweet treat Americans aren’t allowed
DID you know that the Kinder Surprise is banned in America? And they call it the greatest country in the world. Pfft.
What happened to ‘craft’ beer festival?
CRAFT beer isn’t what it used to be, with some of Australia’s biggest companies making the stuff now. But the GABS beer festival is still worth a look.
Foods that are healthier to microwave
THE humble microwave often cops it for being the “cheat’s way” of cooking, but it’s actually one of the best ways to retain nutrients and reduce fat when cooking.