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Assorted dishes at The Petrel Hotel in Geelong West.

10+ classic old pubs, all done up and ideal for your Father’s Day celebrations

Take dad back to one of his favourite pubs – only with much better food, drink and carpet – thanks to these rebooted classic Vic pub beauts.

Steak with store-bought crispy chilli oil is a midweek favourite of Nagi Maehashi aka RecipeTin Eats.

Crunch time: 20+ ways with crispy chilli oil (plus how to make your own at home)

Chilli oil belongs over fried eggs; it wants to accompany your avocado and it’s never met a bowl of noodles it didn’t like.

Mark Hannell and Rebecca Baker outside their new restaurant Reed House.

This bluestone brasserie might just be the city’s most charming new restaurant

If you love Caretakers Cottage, you’re in for a treat at Reed House, a new British-inspired brasserie in the same historic city precinct.

  • Tomas Telegramma
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Bonito with palm heart and pomelo.
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It has a new hotshot Sydney chef and great service. So why has this St Kilda stalwart lost its hat?

The room, drinks and service are all great. But the umami-forward food leaves our critic feeling baffled.

  • Besha Rodell
Home-made bone broth is inexpensive to make and nourishing to eat.

This pot of gold is one of the most nourishing things you can eat, plus it’s cheap and easy to make

A rich, long-simmered bone broth is the secret to these nourishing, big-flavoured dishes.

  • Rosheen Kaul

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Swillhouse scandal

Sex, sleaze and Swillhouse: The sinister side of the glitzy hospitality scene

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Bianca Hrovat
The old bank vault door at Swillhouse’s the Baxter Inn.

The sordid bet that unfolded behind the bank vault door at Baxter Inn

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Main: Rachelle “Rocky’ Hair”. Inset: Jenna Hemsworth.

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  • Eryk Bagshaw and Bianca Hrovat
The interior at Maggie’s Snacks and Liquor in Brunswick.

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Le Foote restaurant in The Rocks.

Inside the Herald’s investigation into sex and sleaze in Sydney’s hospitality industry

  • Bevan Shields and Sarah Norris

Eating out

Executive chef Alejandro Saravia at his new restaurant, Morena.

Is Melbourne ready for next-level Latin American dining? We’re about to find out

Star chef Alejandro Saravia opens Morena Restaurant and Morena Barra in the glitzy 80 Collins precinct next week. Here’s what to look forward to.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Chef Philippa Sibley’s drawings (left) decorate the walls of the bistro.
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‘Like a general store in a country town’: This 13-year-old local favourite finally gets a hat

  • Dani Valent
The “killer” cauliflower dish.

Why this ‘killer’ charred cauliflower stopped our reviewer in her tracks

  • Dani Valent
The Punters Club is back where it belongs in Brunswick Street.

‘We want to replicate that spirit’: Fitzroy’s legendary Punters Club reopens after 22 years – and it still rocks

  • Tomas Telegramma

Lists & guides

Assorted dishes at The Petrel Hotel in Geelong West.

10+ classic old pubs, all done up and ideal for your Father’s Day celebrations

Kew bar Bianchetto now screens movies mid-week with movie snacks to match.

From vintage movies to flamenco: The Melbourne restaurants reviving ‘dinner and a show’

The duck-terrine burger at Bar Margaux.

Where to find this very fancy burger for just $27 including fries (plus more great specials)

A huge spread of Filipino food at Pinoy Diner.

The underdog of South-East Asian cuisines finally has its moment (and here’s where to get the best)

Skip parma and steak nights and try these 12 pub specials under $30 instead

Skip parma and steak nights and try these 12 pub specials under $30 instead

Chongqing chilli chicken.

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

Rossi’s gnocchi comes with a choice of (clockwise from top right) carbonara, wagyu beef ragu or roasted pumpkin sauce.

15 of Melbourne’s best pasta deals from gnocchi to $20 lobster linguine

Steak frites at Ouest France Bistro

Eight of Melbourne’s best steak frites

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

Recent reviews

Bonito with palm heart and pomelo.
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It has a hotshot Sydney chef and great service. Why has Prince Dining Room lost its hat?

  • Besha Rodell
The “killer” cauliflower dish.

Why Amarillo’s ‘killer’ charred cauliflower stopped our reviewer in her tracks

  • Dani Valent
Chef Philippa Sibley’s drawings (left) decorate the walls of the bistro.
Good Food hat15/20

13-year-old local favourite Pinotta finally gets a hat

  • Dani Valent
Pork katsu curry.

Keep warm and curry on at cosy Japanese cafe Kare

  • Dani Valent
Barbacoa estilo Hidalgo (lamb barbacoa tacos with chilli consommé).

Inexpensive diner El Columpio boasts ‘the best tacos Melbourne has ever seen’

  • Besha Rodell

Recipes

Adam Liaw’s garlic and brie baguette (left) and Katrina Meynink’s garlic bread cobb loaf bowl (centre) and Greek-inspired pull-apart rolls with lemon, honey and garlic (right).

Cheesy does it: The 30 most popular new recipes of winter

’Twas the season for one-pots, spiced chickpeas and soups. Plus three(!) cheesy garlicky breads upped the comfort factor.

Bone broth hotpot has endless possibilities, depending on what you dunk in.

Rosheen Kaul’s bone broth hotpot

  • Rosheen Kaul
Plain old lemon tart.

How to make cult Melbourne pastry shop Tarts Anon’s elegant lemon tart

  • Gareth Whitton and Catherine Way
You won’t easily forget this cake “for lost things”.
EASY

Saint Phanourios cake with orange, apple and walnut

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh

Recipe collections

Steak with store-bought crispy chilli oil and simple sides is a midweek favourite.

Crunch time: 20+ ways with crispy chilli oil (plus how to make your own)

Red curry barramundi.

Curry in a hurry: Eight delicious dishes made quicker and cheaper with red curry paste

Sicilian citrus salad.

14 vivacious vegetarian recipes to cook this week (plus this bonus sunny salad)

RecipeTin Eats’ 20-minute Thai chicken satay curry.

50 of our best ever chicken recipes (starring RecipeTin’s record-breaking curry)

Adam Liaw recipe: Spaghetti with pumpkin, thyme and brown butter. Photograph by William Meppem. Archive image rotated.

Give it a twirl: 50 of our favourite pasta recipes of all time

RecipeTin Eats’ Greek chicken and potato tray bake.

14 of our favourite easy tray bakes to make this week

Julia’s tip: You can use baby spinach in the filling but English spinach has a far superior flavour.

20 crowd-pleasing Julia Busuttil Nishimura recipes for every occasion

Alvarez prefers pappardelle pasta here because of its silkiness and the way it wraps up the ragu.

Pappardelle don’t preach: Five silky pasta sauces to make this weekend

Danielle Alvarez’s spicy shiitake and cabbage udon.

Ready in an instant: 15 speedy new ways to use your noodles

Lemony pork chops.

14 speedy dinners with six ingredients (or less!) to make this week

Lamb shanks in red wine sauce.

The comfort zone: Good Food’s 50 most popular winter recipes of all time

Helen Goh’s French onion loaf.

Five cheesy spins on French onion soup to make this weekend

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Tips & advice

Salad nicoise makes a protein- and vegetable-rich lunch.

Scandi food to the ‘French paradox’: Top tips from the world’s healthiest cuisines

  • Susie Burrell

Don’t ditch the vegetable oil, just learn to use it properly, says Adam Liaw

  • Adam Liaw
Buy stackable containers so you can efficiently store pre-prepared (and labelled) ingredients.

The ultimate guide to what you can (and can’t) put in your freezer

  • Alice Zaslavsky
Sarah Pound Mediterranean recipes

The nutritionist’s guide to Mediterranean-style eating (plus recipes)

  • Sarah Pound
Which pepperoni pizza passed the taste test?

Ahh McCain, did you do it again? Eight frozen pepperoni pizzas tasted and rated

  • Nina Rousseau

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Drinks

Lisa Guenther-Strauss has opened a wine bar in Sydney devoted to NSW wines.

Australian fine wines are world-class. So why don’t they dominate our drinks lists?

  • Katie Spain

How to tell if a red wine will age well

  • Huon Hooke

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Mark Hannell and Rebecca Baker outside their new restaurant Reed House.

This bluestone brasserie might just be the most charming new restaurant in Melbourne

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Assorted dishes at The Petrel Hotel in Geelong West.

10+ classic old pubs, all done up and ideal for your Father’s Day celebrations

Home-made bone broth is inexpensive to make and nourishing to eat.

This pot of gold is one of the most nourishing things you can eat, plus it’s cheap and easy to make

  • Rosheen Kaul
Steak with store-bought crispy chilli oil is a midweek favourite of Nagi Maehashi aka RecipeTin Eats.

Crunch time: 20+ ways with crispy chilli oil (plus how to make your own at home)

Bonito with palm heart and pomelo.
13/20

It has a new hotshot Sydney chef and great service. So why has this St Kilda stalwart lost its hat?

  • Besha Rodell