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September hit list: Where to eat and drink in and around Melbourne

New and renewed places to eat, drink and be merry this month.

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Bright flavours: a selection of dishes at Spice Pantry, Prahran.

The best butter chicken at Spice Pantry

  • Besha Rodell
Main Ridge goat's cheesecake with strawberries, balsamic, pistachio and strawberry sorbet.
14/20

Cape Restaurant is a hot win for the peninsula, sometimes

  • Gemima Cody
Bandeja paisa platter with braised red beans, chicharron (fried pork belly), minced beef, Colombian chorizo, plantain, avocado, arepa, fried egg and rice.

A taste of Colombia at La Tienda

  • Dani Valent
Black pig prosciutto with Christmas melon.
13.5/20

Armadale's much-loved trattoria is reborn with an Asian twist

  • Gemima Cody
Fortifying: Hokkien-style bak kut teh at Aunty Franklee.

Bak kut teh at Aunty Franklee

  • Dani Valent
Go-to dish: Vegetable shabu shabu, ready to swish.
14.5/20

Shabu shabu ritual delight, one swish at a time

  • Gemima Cody
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The bloody mary (left) and celery seed martini.

Is this Melbourne's best bloody mary?

  • Michael Harden
Clockwise from top left: Mapo tofu jaffles, moy choy (pork belly with mustard greens), pepper beef tartare, steamed barramundi, Hakkiend fried dumplings at Super Ling.

Chinese-ish diner Super Ling opens in Carlton

  • Anna Webster
Sardines with bloody mary dressing at Westwood Wine Bar.

Westwood Wine Bar opens in West Melbourne

  • Anna Webster
Fried chicken burger with fries at the East Brunswick Hotel.

Food and live music return to the East Brunswick Hotel

  • Anna Webster
Tomahawk steak at Buenos Aires-inspired Asado.

Asado fires up, bringing Argentinian barbecue to Southbank, Melbourne

  • Roslyn Grundy
Japanese Martinez cocktail (gin, sweet vermouth, umeshu).

Casual Sakana replaces Kazuki's Japanese restaurant in Daylesford

  • Anna Webster
A spread at Bang Bang in Darling Square.

Bang Bang Izakaya brings sensory overload to Steam Mill Lane

  • Scott Bolles
Seasonal smash and poached eggs from the Udder & Hoe team.

Borough Dept. Store puts Gippsland produce front and centre

  • Brigid Blackney
Prawn ramen at the new Wabi Sabi.

Smith Street's Wabi Sabi is reborn as a vegan-pescatarian late-night venue

  • Gemima Cody
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