THE WORLD LOVES MELBOURNE

In one of the most anticipated events of the year, twelve of us from Melbourne's media sat down at Harriot Melbourne for an intimate, invitation-only tasting dinner marking 40 years of Jansz Tasmania, hosted by Senior Winemaker Teresa Heuzenroeder alongside sparkling win...

Can a local restaurant be any more loved than this? From the moment we arrived at Julia's in Ringwood North, Angelina and Jasmine delivered exceptional service, the kind that sets the tone for the whole night before a single dish has landed. What followed was a proper Italian feast - generous...

Melbourne doesn't do kebabs by halves. You could argue the best kebabs in Melbourne are as good as the sydney scene. Somewhere between the late-night servo-adjacent takeaway shop and the charcoal-grilled fine-dining plate, this city has quietly built one of the best kebab scenes in Australia - Turkish adana and doner, Persian koobideh and joojeh, Lebanese shish, Yeme...

Ask any Melburnian to defend their favourite fish and chip shop and the conversation almost always ends up on one thing: the potato cake. Forget flake, forget dim sims – the humble potato cake (or "potato scallop" if you're from certain postcodes, but we won't start that fight here) has become a genuine object of obsession, with queues, TikTok reviews and even a stat...

Looking for quality local independent grocers in Melbourne? Melbourne's love affair with independent grocers runs deep. Long before "curated" became a buzzword, family-run stores across the city were doing exactly that - hand-picking the best produce, importing the good stuff from Italy and Greece, and ...