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The dao xiao special biang noodle dish with pork mince, scrambled egg, potato, carrot and celery stir-fry and Asian greens.

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Usher in the Year of the Rat with a biang, Shaanxi-Style

Open your mind and mouth to a regional Chinese cuisine you might not know much about, Melbourne.

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Tennis ball baos from Mr Miyagi at the Australian Open.

Game, set, hats: the top serves at the tennis

Australia's top chefs are serving up aces on a plate at this year's Australian Open.

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Devilled hearts and livers, and egg and anchovy on toast.

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Hellenic Republic becomes woke, veg-leaning Crofter

Pope Joan's Matt Wilkinson brings his home-style cooking back to Brunswick East.

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La petite tower for two - oysters, king prawns, salmon, mussels.

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The Catch showcases our seafood but there's a catch

To excel at seafood, you either have to let the quality speak for itself, or do something truly spectacular, reviews Terry Durack.

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Mie babi samcan - handmade noodles with triple-cooked pork belly - at Pondok Bamboe Koening Indonesian restaurant.

A foodie's guide to Clayton, Melbourne

The often overlooked eastern suburb is just as tasty as its neighbours.

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Gascony apple dessert at Omnia in South Yarra.

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Melbourne restaurants

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Catch up on The Age chief restaurant critic Gemima Cody's reviews.

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The 'Hip Hopper' at Lankan Tucker cafe in Brunswick West.

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World plates

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Travel the world without leaving Melbourne.

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Pizza with mortadella, scamorza and peppers at Leonardo's Pizza Palace, Carlton.

40 quintessentially Melbourne experiences

Go beyond the Hats and try midnight spaghetti, sublime cannoli and life-affirming hotpot.

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Spaghetti bolognese at The Waiters Restaurant.

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Melbourne icons

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Gemima Cody revisits the restaurants that have stood the test of time.

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Cucumber Gibson served at Cutler & Co in Fitzroy.

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The Age GOOD FOOD
28 Jun 2019

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Melbourne bars

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Michael Harden hits the city's watering holes.

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Lobster benedict at Hardware Societe.

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Melbourne cafes

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Larissa Dubecki rates the city's lattes and smashed avos.

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Sepia dishes.

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Sydney restaurants

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Catch up on The Sydney Morning Herald chief restaurant critic Terry Durack's reviews.

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Black Star Pastry at Moore Park.

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Sydney cafes

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Good Food rates the city's lattes and smashed avos.

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Confit ocean trout.

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Sydney icons

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Good Food revisits the city's restaurants that have stood the test of time.

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Negroni.

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Sydney bars

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Callan Boys rates Sydney's best cocktails, beers, wines and bar snacks.

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North Indian thali.

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Sydney world plates

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Andrew Levins travels the world without leaving Sydney.

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Pizza marinara at Bella Brutta, scattered with Ortiz anchovies.

40 quintessentially Sydney eating experiences

Discover another side of the harbour city – super sandwiches, northern Chinese noodles and gelato to cross town for.

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The top 20 cafes in Melbourne Top 20 Melbourne bars

Crispy fish sandwich at Bondi Beach Public Bar.

Sydney's best bars

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The classic martini served The Mayfair in Melbourne.

Top 20 Melbourne bars

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Tom yum goong from Chat Thai at Circular Quay.

Sydney cheap eats greats

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The all American grilled cheese toastie at Maker and Monger, Prahran Market.

Top 20 Melbourne cheap eats

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Meet Mica's eggs benedict.

Sydney's best cafes

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Breakfast is the new dinner: Ruby skirt steak with endive and kipflers at Higher Ground.

The top 20 cafes in Melbourne

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Trout with lardo at Rebel Rebel in Canberra.

Good Food Month Canberra tickets on sale now

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Good Food Guide 2020 cover.

Good Food Guide 2020 on sale now

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Cover background for Good Food Favourite Recipes cookbook promotion.

Good Food Favourite Recipes cookbook

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Maggie Beer accepts the Vittoria Coffee Legend Award.

Vittoria Coffee Legend award winner Maggie Beer

The Good Food Guide 2020 honours Maggie Beer.

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The Good Food Guide Awards held at Howard Smith Wharves in Brisbane on Monday September 30, 2019 .

Good Food Guide awards announced

Australia's restaurant elite gathered in Brisbane for the 2020 Good Food Guide awards with the biggest names in the business showing up to the event.

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Citi Chef of the Year Lennox Hastie.

Citi Chef of the Year, Lennox Hastie

Citi Chef of the Year, Firedoor's Lennox Hastie, at the Good Food Guide 2020 Awards in Brisbane.

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Citi Service Excellence Award winner Joanna Smith of Igni restaurant.

Citi Service Excellence Award winner Joanna Smith

Citi Service Excellence Award winner, Joanna Smith, at the Good Food Guide Awards in Brisbane.

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Video still from The Pinnacle video from the Good Food Guide 2019 awards.

The pinnacle

Top chefs on what the Good Food Guide means to them.

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Brent Savage in his Sydney restaurant Bentley.

Citi Chefs of the Year: Where are they now?

We catch up with Sydney Morning Herald Citi Chef of the Year 2015 Brent Savage of Bentley and Cirrus restaurants in Sydney. Video brought to you by Citi.

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10 restaurants that define Australian dining right now

Explosive: Crispy crumbed pig's head sanga from Congress.

As the decade comes to a close, these are the places that best capture the zeitgeist.

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Restaurant wages and the wash-up

In 2000, there were 15,000 restaurants in Australia. Now there are nearly 50,000.

Is there a way to pay all hospitality staff properly and still have an industry able to turn a profit? Yes, but we are likely to have to pay for it.

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Grilled octopus, new potatoes, 'nduja and salsa verde at Agostino, Carlton.

Australia's top restaurant trends

T-bones and the new surf 'n' turf: a field guide to what we're eating in 2019.

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