Pear monaka,a pear-shaped croissant brushed with amaretto syrup and filled with pear compote and hojicha ice-cream. It rests on a bed of dulcey whipped ganache,ginger caramel and brown butter crumble.
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How many croissant-based dishes can you eat and still be excited about croissants?

“For dessert? More croissant!” Is Lune Lab’s $90 menu an experimental novelty or Melbourne must-do?

  • Besha Rodell
Prawn laksa made with dairy milk.
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Does this reborn Malaysian institution still deliver after six decades? Here’s our verdict

Beloved family-run restaurant The Malaya has served Sydney since 1963. Now it’s opened slick new digs near Circular Quay.

  • Kevin Cheng
Assorted flavour-packed dishes at Onice.

The ‘mouth-smacking’ menu ensures you’ll never be bored at this cosy corner restaurant

Onice merges Vietnamese,Thai and Japanese flavours in an inviting space where service reigns supreme.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Bear’s Wine Bar in North Melbourne.

Order kangaroo dimmies and salty potato cakes with caviar at this North Melbourne wine bar

Bear’s is everything you’d want in a neighbourhood wine bar.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Tapsilog:beef skewers,eggs,garlic rice,banana ketchup and pickles.

Find real-deal Filipino flavours at this new Fitzroy spot

Palay offers affordable Filipino fare inside an old bluestone building.

  • Tomas Telegramma
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Cressida is,fundamentally,a nice place to sit with a coffee and read the paper.
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Our critic doesn’t like to eat out for brunch. This neighbourhood cafe changed his mind

You can now book for dinner at Cafe Cressida too,whose menu comes from “one of Sydney’s most proficient cross-pollinators of cuisines”.

  • Callan Boys
Ima Pantry stocks specialist Japanese groceries and everyday essentials.

Ima Pantry

A cafe,grocer and Japanese convenience store in one.

  • Emma Breheny
San Daniele pizza.

Two ex-D.O.C staff bring a fresh take on pizza to South Melbourne Market

Hefty pizza by the slice? Or a lighter,crisper Roman style? Why not both at this new south-side pizzeria,by a co-owner of Park Street Pasta& Wine.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Don’s “pasta on a spoon” might be a duck raviolo with mandarin butter.

Don’s

A natural wine bar serving snacky bites including “pasta on a spoon”.

  • Dani Valent
Inside Pizzateca Lupa in South Melbourne.

Pizzateca Lupa

A Roman pizzeria by two ex-D.O.C staff in a street-facing South Melbourne Market site.

  • Tomas Telegramma