TOUCHWOOD, 480 Bridge Road, Richmond, 9429 9347. Daily breakfast and lunch
You expect salads at lunch and Touchwood comes through with Mexican chicken with charred corn, and a superfood salad with beans and kale but there's also a Morning Grain Salad with chai-soaked raisins and cumin yoghurt.
SMALL GRACES, 57 Byron Street, Footscray, 9912 6429. Daily breakfast and lunch
Low on sugar and big on vegan, this new western cafe has pick-and-mix salads that change every day.
ROSETTA, Crown Promenade, Southbank, 8648 1999. Tues-Sun lunch, daily dinner
There are so many big ticket items to enjoy on this expansive, seafood-studded menu but don't overlook the contorni. Zucchini with farro, charred broccoli with almonds, and the wood-roasted carrots with stracciatella and burnt butter are salads, sure, but they are super deluxe.
UNCLE, Level 1, 15 Collins Street, Melbourne, 9654 0829. Mon-Fri lunch, Mon-Sat dinner
One of my all-time favourite restaurant salads is the funky burrata and tomato number at Uncle, jazzed up with barrel-aged fish sauce and pickled papaya.
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