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Blue swimmer crab dumplings.

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Meet Melbourne's new pocket rocket

Pretty Little proves good dining increasingly comes in small packages.

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Chocolate, cashew milo, malt ice-cream.

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This dessert is just like a chocolate Milo, only crunchy

Sydney's new Bea is a more enjoyable place to be, reviews Terry Durack.

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Pork banh mi roll served at Banh Mi Bay Ngo in Bankstown.

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Bun fight! Is this Sydney's best banh mi?

Hail to Bankstown's all-round banh mi masters Banh Mi Bay Ngo.

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Classic chicken thigh and leek skewers.

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Don't get stuck on sticks at Eazy Peazy, Richmond

There's more here than has had a stick poked at it, reviews Gemima Cody.

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Grilled cheese on a doorstop-thick slice of shokupan.

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Burnley's Lokall cafe brings the picnic inside

Discover the fluffy, high-GI delights of shokupan, Japanese milk bread, Melbourne.

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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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Casa N.O.M is Prahran's new mescal-focused bar

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Break your Dry July spell at these new-ish bars

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Prop up the bar at one of Melbourne's best new bar openings of winter 2019.

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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.

Photograph by Paul Jeffers
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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Good Food. Bar Clementine, in Pyrmont. Poor Toms dirty martini
30th May 2019. Photo: Edwina Pickles.

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A dozen hot and new-ish Sydney bars

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Prop up the bar at one of Sydney's best new bar openings.

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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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Good Food Guide 2020 cover.

Pre-order the Good Food Guide 2020 here

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Chefs Patrick Friesen, David Finlayson and Alanna Sapwell have all moved from southern cities to Brisbane.

National Good Food Guide Awards to be held in Brisbane

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Cover background for Good Food Favourite Recipes cookbook promotion.

Good Food Favourite Recipes cookbook on sale now

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Pea dish on the menu at Quay 2.0 in Sydney.

Citi Chef of the Year Peter Gilmore

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Stefano de Pieri on the banks of the Murray.

Vittoria Coffee Legend Stefano de Pieri

Meet the chef behind Stefano's Cantina in Mildura, Victoria.

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Momofuku Seiobo restaurant general manager Kylie Javier Ashton.

Citi Service Excellence award winner Kylie Javier Ashton

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Chef Peter Gilmore, winner Citi Chef of the Year at the Good Food Guide awards, held in Melbourne, 8 October 2018.

The Good Food Guide Awards 2018

The best of Australian food is celebrated at the second national Good Food Guide Awards in Melbourne.

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Compressed beetroot dish at Lesa for Melbourne trends video. Visit Victoria and Good Food.

What's trending in Melbourne

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Melbourne northside v southside.

Melbourne northside v southside

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Warning signs and how to spot a good restaurant in the wild

Choosing between a Mexican or a Thai restaurant? Go Thai.

As food trends change so do the guidelines for finding a good eatery, but many warning signs are eternal.

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No Aussies on 50 Best list, boo hiss

The Forest, from Mauro Colagreco's restaurant Mirazur.

Analysis

It's not sour grapes to say the numbers are stacked against Australia, write Jill Dupleix and Terry Durack.

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Table talk: 'It's an action that's become ingrained in people's DNA. As soon as food lands in front of them, the phone ...

Diners behaving badly

Demanding chicken nuggets at a fine-diner and watching TV on an iPad – why the new breed of customers has restaurateurs fed up.

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