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Gemini is a cafe by day, and wine bar by night.
13.5/20

‘Tough economic climates are temporary, but community is forever’: Why Gemini is a gem

This crowd-funded cafe, bar, restaurant and pantry has changed Coburg for the better. If you’re local, you’re lucky.

  • Dani Valent
The Gorda tigelle at Emilietta layers mortadella, balsamic onion and pistachio.

This hatted city restaurant is now serving a rare sandwich you should know about

Forget panini and focaccia. This spin-off sandwich bar is all about fluffy flatbreads served still-warm and filled with primo Italian ingredients.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Soft white bread doesn’t have a “crack” to its crust.

Soft white bread is a con – no matter what boffins do to it

Scientists reckon they can create a loaf with all the nutrition of wholemeal, but that isn’t necessarily something to celebrate.

  • William Sitwell
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Mulberry Group founder Nathan Toleman (left) and chef Tom Sarafian have partnered on the opening of Sarafian’s first restaurant.

Six new venues set to get Melbourne sizzling this winter

A spot for Greek mezze from a wood-burning oven, an all-day bistro on a buzzy strip, and two venues from one of the city’s most dynamic young chefs.

  • Emma Breheny
Nagi Maehashi and her mother, Yumiko, making gyoza.

The motherly wisdom that shaped Nagi Maehashi, Adam Liaw and other famous cooks

Mums have left a lasting impression on these chefs and cooks from their signature dishes (like the gyoza that rivals Tokyo’s best) to some less successful meals.

  • Daniela Frangos

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Melbourne Eat Streets

Tiamo restaurant in Carlton.

Five years ago, Lygon Street was dying. Now diners are queuing out the door

  • Dani Valent
Tocca restaurant in Werribee.

How a run-down strip became the most exciting culinary street in the west

  • Dani Valent
Victor Churchill in Armadale.

How a well-heeled street of wedding dress shops became a premier dining strip

  • Dani Valent
Modu restaurant on Clayton Road.

The gritty ‘eating street’ in the south-east that boasts more than 200 restaurants

  • Dani Valent
Crosta D’Oro in Thornbury.

High Street is jam-packed with bars, cafes and restaurants – but this is its best section

  • Dani Valent

Eating out

Sushi platter.
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A little Japanese, a little French but a lot to love at this passion project

Don’t be deterred by the words “fusion food”. At this High Street newcomer, two cuisines meld with sensitivity and purpose.

  • Dani Valent
Melbourne croissanterie Lune is opening a flagship store in Sydney later this year.

38,000 pastries a week: Lune croissanterie to open ‘world-class’ Sydney flagship

  • Bianca Hrovat
Rosheen Kaul has left her gig as head chef at Etta Dining.

Who has replaced star chef Rosheen Kaul at Etta, and what’s next for her?

  • Tomas Telegramma
Crumpets with anchovies and smoked butter at Prince Dining Room.

Don’t visit St Kilda’s reborn Prince Dining Room without knowing this first

  • Tomas Telegramma

Lists & guides

Welcome to Good Food’s Eat Streets series.

The essential guide to five of Melbourne’s best Eat Streets

Steak frites at Chez Crix is a no-brainer.

Cheap grills: 20 of Melbourne’s best-value steak nights

May hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

May hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

At Flower Drum, the service alone is remarkable.

Our chief critic’s little black book of places she usually only shares with visiting friends

Sean’s

I’m coming to Sydney for the week, where should I eat? The critic’s top picks for visitors

Bridge Road Brewers’ menu champions pizza topped with local ingredients.

The best places to eat, drink (and scoff pizza) in Rutherglen and surrounds

Bronwyn with her beloved cheeseburger at Butcher’s Diner.

From noodles to late-night burgers, this is where comedians eat out on the cheap in Melbourne

The chefs’ culinary backgrounds merge in the lamb forequarter chops with chimichurri.

10 hot new southside venues worth making a pit stop at

Seabourn dining

Thinking about booking a cruise? Everything you need to know about the food and drink

Publique Bakery owner Sung Kim at the CBD shop.

Eight of Melbourne’s new-wave bakeries worth spending your dough on

Assorted dishes at The Petrel Hotel in Geelong West.

Road trip! 15 new regional restaurants to check out

Sink into a banquette, or nab a prized seat at the bar at Bar Lourinha.

Suburban gems, laneway legends: 10 of Melbourne’s best Spanish restaurants

Recent reviews

Sushi platter.
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A little Japanese, a little French but a lot to love at passion project Bansho

  • Dani Valent
Chef Jun Oya cuts and cooks in front of guests at Shusai Mijo.
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Shusai Mijo is one of the more affordable omakase restaurant in Melbourne

  • Besha Rodell
Sizzling pork jowl and green lip abalone sisig.
14.5/20

Is the city’s shmick new Filipino restaurant Askal worth the hype?

  • Besha Rodell
A selection of Iranian dishes at Kitchen 55.
14/20

‘Kitchen 55’s frankly odd menu is one of the most exciting meals I’ve had in ages’

  • Dani Valent
Whitebark wine bar in West Melbourne.
13.5/20

Quiet neighbourhood gem Whitebark is as DIY as it gets, but you probably won’t mind

  • Besha Rodell

Recipes

One-pan sausage and vegetables with gravy.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ easy-peasy sausage and vegie one-tray wonder (with hands-off gravy)

This stonking all-in-one dinner will fill your belly without emptying your wallet.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi
One-tray cheesy tomato and basil chicken strips.

These cheesy one-tray chicken tenders will feed the whole fam

  • Sarah Pound
Chocolate, rye and espresso cookies.
EASY

Helen Goh’s chocolate, rye and espresso cookies

  • < 30 mins
  • Helen Goh
Salmon and egg roll.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s salmon and egg roll

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw

Recipe collections

Adam Liaw’s shepherds’ pie.

Oldies but goodies: 10 of your favourite childhood recipes to cook next week

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s spiced apple cake with mascarpone and maple frosting.

From apple cakes to RecipeTin’s steak: April’s 20 most popular recipes

One-pan slurpy creamy tomato and fennel ravioli with optional spicy sausage.

14 simple dinners that go straight to the sauce

RecipeTin Eats’ 20-minute Thai chicken satay curry.

50 crowd-pleasing chicken dishes (starring RecipeTin’s popular curry)

Fast one tray eggplant and spicy salami lasagne. Sage Creative autumn/winter recipes for Good Food online and Home Front. February 2022. Good Food use only. Please credit James Moffatt

14 of our favourite low-fuss and affordable dishes to cook this week

Manoush-style pizzas with prawns and chilli.

10 fast and curious Friday night flatbread pizzas

Vegetarian-friendly pithiviers filled with mushroom ragu.

Five crowd-pleasing Recipe Tin pies to bake this weekend

Barbecued cauliflower with mascarpone bechamel.

Five easy and cheesy new cauliflower steak recipes

RecipeTin Eats’ golden coconut pumpkin and chickpea curry.

10 budget-friendly vegie one-dish dinners to cook this week

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s spiced apple cake with mascarpone and maple frosting.

Freshly baked recipes: Five new apple cakes to make this weekend

Adam Liaw’s chicken diane.

10 of your favourite retro recipes given the Adam Liaw treatment

This hearty meatball and pasta soup is sure to be love at first spoonful.

Eat and repeat: 10 warming new recipes to put on high rotation

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Tips & advice

Black coffee.

Is your morning brew actually healthy? Eight benefits of drinking black coffee

  • Emily Craig

A dietitian’s guide to food additives – and which ones to avoid

  • Susie Burrell
Trevor Lu Co-founder of UpUp, a new supermarket price comparison app.

From apps to ugly veg: Four simple ways to cut up to 40% off your grocery bill

  • Bianca Hrovat
The Two-StepLow-FODMAP Diet and Recipe Book by DR SUE SHEPHERD. Braised beef cheeks with creamy polenta

Fed up with dry and stringy meat in your stew? This cut is ‘impossible to ruin’

  • Terry Durack
Nutritionist, dietitian and writer Sarah Pound.

This nutritionist’s fuss-free meals made her a social media star. She’s now our recipe writer

  • Megan Johnston

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Drinks

‘The poor man’s Grange’ now costs how much?

  • Huon Hooke
Light but tough enough to stand upright, the bagnum holds the equivalent of two bottles of wine.

Raise a glass to the bagnum, the plastic wine pouch that’s made cask wine cool again

  • Katie Spain

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Mulberry Group founder Nathan Toleman (left) and chef Tom Sarafian have partnered on the opening of Sarafian’s first restaurant.

Six new venues set to get Melbourne sizzling this winter

  • Emma Breheny
The Gorda tigelle at Emilietta layers mortadella, balsamic onion and pistachio.

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The judges praise Lourdes.

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Adam Liaw’s vegetarian lasagne.

Adam Liaw’s one vegetarian lasagne recipe (with seasonal variations) to rule them all

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