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Tick the box for eat-with-your-hands goodness at Lankan Filling Station

Lankan Filling Station joins a growing breed of small, independent restaurants marrying old and new.

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Canto fun at the Espy's Mya Tiger

Tongue-in-cheek, east-meets-western-suburbs Cantonese classics and St Kilda sunsets

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Beauty in simplicity at Newtown's Bella Brutta

Bella Brutta exists in a sort of parallel universe to the likes of Domino's with an emphasis on hand-made and seasonal.

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The former 'bad boy' of Braddon settles down

For a restaurant that set itself apart by being different, Eightysix has settled into a predictable same-same, reviews Natasha Shan.

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Mezzalira's focus remains firmly on taste

Restaurants with the purity and clarity of Mezzalira change only with care, and that, in this case, is a very good thing.

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Turkish food with a twist at Ottoman

Ottoman has been dishing up Turkish fare to politicians, public servants and the rest of us for over 25 years.

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Kazuki's comes to Carlton

Ex-Daylesford Euro-Japanese hero is a charcoal world of soothe in the middle of Lygon Street's red sauce run.

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Bluebonnet brings its smoky barbecue to Brunswick East

The classic Texan barbecue cuts are beef brisket and pork ribs. Bluebonnet nails them both.

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S.owl brings soul and three-cheese saganaki to Carnegie

To choose to eat here would be a very wise decision indeed.

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Playing to the crowd at Sake Manly

Rockpool Dining Group's new baby is a whopping 300-seater stretched across the rooftop of the newly renovated Manly Wharf.

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