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MasterChef top 5

A scene so heartfelt and moving that it is, annoyingly, (almost) impossible to make fun of

The final five must cook a dish inspired by the person who inspired them in their food journey. Best dish wins immunity. Cue the tears.

  • Ben Pobjie
Floral banquettes and chic lighting are features of the new-look, and renamed Dainty on Toorak.

Dainty Sichuan returns with a luxe new look, name and rejigged menu. But is the spice still right?

With more than 100 items on the rejigged menu, it’s easy to get confused – or greedy – at the renovated and rebranded Sichuan stalwart.

  • Dani Valent
Spiced chickpea, coconut and ginger curry.

The flu-fighters: Three nourishing new recipes packed with immune-boosting ingredients

Turbocharge your immune system with these cold-weather recipes, designed to warm you from the inside.

  • Sarah Pound
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Beneath a nutty granola-like topping of nuts and seeds is a silky artichoke custard.
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‘I’m still marvelling’: The Geelong dish our critic can’t stop thinking about

Eleven-year-old Tulip looks casual, even unremarkable. But passionate new owners are helping it blossom.

  • Besha Rodell
Salsa verde brightens the G. McBean Family Butcher’s porchetta roll.

What makes this pork sandwich well worth the $21.90 price tag?

The Italian rolled roast is a thing of salty, porky joy. These Melbourne spots are nailing it and slapping it on rolls you need to know about.

  • Tomas Telegramma

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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

Go-to dish: Beyaynetu vegan platter on injera.
13.5/20

‘Doubly exceptional’: Why this restaurant’s injera is twice as nice

Sinq’s sisters cook Ethiopian dishes you can find in dozens of Melbourne dining rooms, but with uncommon deftness and detail, and a warm, generous spirit.

  • Dani Valent
Gemini is a cafe by day, and wine bar by night.

Our 10 favourite new restaurant and bar openings of the year (so far)

  • Emma Breheny and Dani Valent
Blue swimmer crab egg tart (right) and cauliflower egg tart with caviar.

Savoury Portuguese tarts a taste of big things to come at this high-profile opening

  • Tomas Telegramma
Salsa verde brightens the G. McBean Family Butcher’s porchetta roll.

Is this hefty porchetta roll as good as Jamie Oliver reckons?

  • Tomas Telegramma

Lists & guides

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

Our 10 favourite  Melbourne openings of the year (so far)

Nasi lemak kukus - coconut rice with peanuts, cucumber and hard-boiled egg, plus turmeric fried chicken and sambal calamari.

Your July hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out

Oysters, fries and free-range chicken with burnt chilli nuoc mam at Firebird.

The best all-you-can-eat (and drink) deals around Melbourne

Salsa verde brightens the G. McBean Family Butcher’s porchetta roll.

Six of Melbourne’s best porchetta sandwiches

A coffee window is part of Stanley Street Bodega’s convenient pitch.

Corner shops are cool again: 10 new delis with a difference in Melbourne

Pat Cremean (right) is following in his father Terry’s footsteps at Pieman’s Son.

10 of the best bakery pies featuring a next-gen pieman from a Melbourne pastry dynasty

Doju chef Mika Chae at KT Mart Korean supermarket in Melbourne.

The chef’s essential guide to Korean food shopping

Arbory’s $55 fondue is plenty for lunch between two.

Forget lunch al desko and go al fresco with this fondue (plus more great value city lunch deals)

The Muffin Top with omelette, beef patty, zucchini pickles, American cheese and chilli Kewpie mayo.

June hit list:  Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

Stokehouse Pasta and Bar’s Wednesday night lasagne special.

Wallet-friendly winter warmers: Eight top meal deals from noodle bowls to bolognese

Pasta carbonara from Sarah Cicolini, a young gun chef from Santo Palato in Rome.

The overseas restaurants you need on your bucket list, according to the Good Food team

Australian-Japanese food writer Emiko Davies, from Enoteca Marilù cooking school in Tuscany.

From Tuscany to Bali: 12 cooking schools worth planning a trip around

Recent reviews

Go-to dish: Beyaynetu vegan platter on injera.
13.5/20

‘Doubly exceptional’: Why Sinq restaurant’s injera is twice as nice

  • Dani Valent
Zoe Birch in the tiny dining room at Greasy Zoes in Hurstbridge.
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Eight-seater Greasy Zoes is smaller than some families’ dining rooms

  • Emma Breheny
Olympia Wine’s rooftop is all blue and white.

This hidden rooftop bar is a dose of Greek island heat during a bitter winter

  • Dani Valent
Roti banjir - roti bread in curry sauce with two soft-boiled eggs and sambal.

‘I’m full of praise for Terry’s, a Malaysian canteen in a suburban megachurch’

  • Dani Valent
Momos are a popular order.
13/20

More than momos: Trek down to this CBD basement Lakhey for a taste of the Himalayas

  • Dani Valent

Recipes

Mexican-inspired soup with all the toppings.

Give tacos, Thai green curry and carbonara the soup treatment

Katrina Meynink transforms three dinnertime classics − and one cocktail − into fortifying, satisfying soups.

  • Katrina Meynink
Korean fried chicken.

RecipeTin reveals the secret to making ‘Sydney’s best-ever’ Korean fried chicken

  • Nagi Maehashi
Fish pakoras with turmeric yoghurt and lime.

Adam Liaw’s fish pakoras plus his beginner’s guide to deep-frying

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Roast chicken with sauce vin John.

Level-up your roast chicken with this recipe from hatted Melbourne restaurant Embla

  • Dave Verheul

Recipe collections

Pasta with roasted shallot, chorizo and tinned tomato sauce

Do the can-can: 12 budget-friendly recipes using tinned pantry ingredients

Helen Goh’s almond shortbread with Stephanie’s mother’s cumquat marmalade.

Five old-fashioned biscuit recipes to bake this weekend

Adam Liaw’s version of the viral internet dish Marry me chicken.

The 50 most popular new recipes of the year (so far)

Rainbow chard and orzo salad with crispy feta.

14 interesting and filling winter-friendly salads to make this week

Crepes with hazelnut chocolate spread and bananas.

Crepe expectations: Five great pancake toppings to make this weekend

Adam Liaw’s mince stroganoff.

15 new (and improved) ways with mince starring Adam Liaw’s low-cost stroganoff

Speedy prawn and noodle laksa with tofu puffs.

25 of RecipeTin’s midweek winners ready in 30 minutes (or less!)

Pizza rice.

14 of our favourite fast and affordable one-pots to make this week

Five warm and saucy puddings to make this weekend

Five warm and saucy puddings to make this weekend

Adam Liaw’s chicken fricassee recipe.

14 of Adam Liaw’s best ever winter recipes to cook this week

Helen Goh’s banana, rye and cocoa tart with miso caramel.

20 sweet and squishy dishes to go bananas over

***EMBARGOED FOR GOOD WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER 12/20 ISSUE*** Neil Perry recipe : Slow-roasted Rib of Beef with Horseradish Cream and Potato Gratin Photograph by William Meppem (photographer on contract, no restrictions) 

Five creamy, dreamy potato gratins to eat with a spoon this weekend

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Tips & advice

Cooking with whole foods is preferable to ultra-processed products.

16 small changes to your diet that will help you live longer

  • Emily Craig
Adam Liaw’s roast chicken noodle soup.

Six steps that take a soup from good to great (and why you should follow the OMFG rule)

  • Alice Zaslavsky
Jill Dupleix’s chicken noodle soup.

Does chicken soup really fix a cold? A dietitian weighs up six winter ailment myths

  • Susie Burrell
It may be hard to stick to your food budget, but there are ways to be resourceful with what you have.

Nine simple tips to stretch your household’s food budget

  • Krysten Chambrot
Nagi Maehashi with her dog Dozer and new book Tonight, which will be out on October 15.

RecipeTin Eats: The 10 things I wish every home cook knew

  • Nagi Maehashi

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Drinks

Does the term ‘fine wine’ refer to a wine’s quality or its texture?

  • Huon Hooke

A bunch of grapes: Why some single-region wines now use fruit from different places

  • Huon Hooke

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Limited edition chicken snack at Prince Dining Room in St Kilda.

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  • Bianca Hrovat
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Murray cod croquette with hot mustard sauce at forthcoming restaurant Marmelo.

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MasterChef top 5

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