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Our favourite dishes: November 2017

Our team shares their favourite plates of the moment.

Veal brain with ponzu dressing

Pat Nourse, Fiona Donnelly, Samantha Teague, Luke Burgess (Clown Bar)

**Ensalada de nopales, El Sabor Zapoteco

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At her cooking school in rural Oaxaca, Reyna Mendoza Ruíz, doyenne of Zapotec cuisine, likes to keep it real, using traditional stone implements. Happily, as this salad of jicama and cactus flavoured with avocado leaves and epazote shows, the hard way usually turns out to be very easy to eat.

El Sabor Zapoteco, Av Juárez 30, Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico

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PAT NOURSE, MANAGING EDITOR

Sweetcorn fritters, Bam Bam Bakehouse

It’s not called Bam Bam for nothing – and these crisp-edged queso fresco and corn fritters pack a double punch. The chipotle-spiked crema clinches the deal, but the egg, avocado and coriander cress don’t hurt either.

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Bam Bam Bakehouse, 2519 Gold Coast Hwy, Mermaid Beach, Qld

FIONA DONNELLY, QUEENSLAND EDITOR

Tacos with beef barbacoa, Barrio Collective

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Though this snug café is best known for its outstanding coffee (V60s with Ethiopian beans! Honduran flat whites!), it’s no slouch in the snacks department. Tacos stuffed with slow-cooked beef and topped with pico de gallo have enough spice and crunch to convince you to order more.

Barrio Collective, 30 Lonsdale St, Braddon, ACT

SAMANTHA TEAGUE, EDITORIAL COORDINATOR

Veal brain with ponzu dressing, Clown Bar

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Of all the Parisian wine caves slinging small plates and vins naturels, Clown Bar might be the genre’s brightest light. This lobe of offal, cooked low and slow till it’s custardy, served in a chilled Japanese-style broth, encapsulates the fun and adventurous spirit in a single Instagram-primed plate. Just don’t call it cerebral.

Clown Bar, 114 Rue Amelot, 75011, Paris

MAX VEENHUYZEN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA EDITOR

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