Heritage vineyards, Michelin menus and a gastronomic grand tour
Discover the 2025 World Region of Gastronomy.
European
Cafe Paci
What keeps Pasi Petänen’s border-crossing bistro top of mind year on year?
Clover Vin de Cav: Restaurant review
A new dining trend is taking over Melbourne with this wine bar at the fore.
Mat Lindsay’s guide to making a Basque cheesecake
A smoky-sweet cake with a tell-tale scorched top. The Ester chef shows how it's done.
5 European-designed dinner party items worth investing in
Up your dinner party aesthetic with tableware from some of the most renowned names in decor and design.
Chocolate and hazelnut Kugelhopf
Hobart's Sweet Envy have crafted their own version of the Central European cake with a crunchy hazelnut filling and a drizzle of dark chocolate ganache.
Bellota
REVIEW Freshly shucked, peak-condition Bateman’s Bay oysters? Sliced to order Spanish, Italian and locally made charcuterie? Or how about gnochetti tossed with slow-cooked lamb, anchovies, green olives and ricotta salata? Wine might get top billing at Bellota, given it’s a wine bar attached and with direct access to the Prince Wine Store and its 3000-plus […]
Ettie’s
REVIEW Riding the Hobart wine-bar new wave, Ettie’s is the safe word to its more outré peers – a bistro where the pan-roasted chicken evokes rose-hued Sunday lunch reveries and the house sourdough is worth smuggling home for supper. Its slick CBD digs has the ghost of that sweet little wine bar in Paris, while […]
The Recreation
REVIEW Three guys with fine-dining experience walk into a North Fitzroy pub. The punchline? A local with all its hospitality fundamentals in place, a cracker of a wine list and a menu that includes name-brand steak (Hopkins River, O’Connor) with chips and snags with barbecued onions alongside more complex dishes like superb blood pudding and […]
Epocha, Melbourne review
The kitchen crew ushers in a new era at Epocha with a European menu that’s big on flavour and crowd-pleasing comfort, says Michael Harden.