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Which fast-food franchise fries the best hot chip?

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We taste-tested all the major franchises to find the best, and discovered sog, salt, surprises and a winner that takes its chips very seriously.

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Khanh Ong has a lot on his plate, all of it delicious.

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Tamarind and coconut chicken with charred roti and spring onion rice.
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This sticky tamarind chicken tray bake with charred roti comes together effortlessly

Juicy thighs meet a caramelised glaze and buttery rice in this big-flavoured feast, perfect for busy nights.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
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Edita's famous fried fish burger.

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A house-baked puccia with hot salami, provolone, semi-dried tomatoes, rocket and chilli at Tooradeli.

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Chip Month

We’ve never met a chip we haven’t liked.

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Chips at Rosie’s Fish and Chips, Coledale.

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Bobbie Peels' hand-cut, double-cooked chips are a cut above.

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Edita's famous fried fish burger.

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Ophelia’s $20 pasta night is twice-weekly.

The venue whose pasta night was so popular it’s now twice-weekly (plus five more deals)

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Hannah Green (in blue) on the floor at her sophomore restaurant, Daphne.
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With a flexible menu built for maximum flavour, Etta’s sister Daphne is easy to love

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Bread, a crown-shaped brioche brushed with a caramel made from vegetable scraps, is complimentary.

Here’s your March dining hit list (featuring this free bread)

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Road tripping through the Yarra Valley.

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Mikey’s is a new bar in Abbottsford featuring a martini stained-glass window (right).
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A cocktail-forward bar by two ex-Bodriggy bartenders.

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Outside the Godby Hotel.
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This new pub in an old train station hides a secret listening bar out back

Steak frites.
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Everything is $14 at this Parisian-inspired bistro and bar in the CBD

Thai charcoal chicken, chips and salad.
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A southern Thai-inspired charcoal chicken joint with Waxflower DNA

Inside the Armadale bottleshop.
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There are about 300 brews to try at this friendly craft beer hangout

Kopi santan Blora, coffee brewed with coconut milk, rimmed with toasted coconut.
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Melburnians know their coffee, but have you tried this robust coconut one?

Hannah Green (in blue) on the floor at her sophomore restaurant, Daphne.
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With a flexible menu built for maximum flavour, Etta’s sister is easy to love

Chilli prawn pizza.
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Bring the gang: This pizza spot opposite the sea is a big, friendly party

Tavola Italian restaurant in Bentleigh.
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This Italian restaurant in middle-suburbia is slicker than your average

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Hannah Green (in blue) on the floor at her sophomore restaurant, Daphne.
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With a flexible menu built for maximum flavour, Etta’s sister Daphne is easy to love

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Chilli prawn pizza.

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Tavola Italian restaurant in Bentleigh.
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Tavola, an Italian restaurant in the ’burbs, is slicker than the average local

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If you crave raw fish, the Sachi don is one of the best uses of $35 you’re going to find.
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Sachi’s ‘bargain’ rice bowl is one of the best ways to get a fancy  sushi fix in the city

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Pork belly num pang with green apple slaw.

Customers travel an hour for the Cambodian baguettes at Kampot Kitchen

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Recipes

Honey-glazed chicken.

This Spanish-inspired chicken tray bake is ‘low-effort with big flavour’

Plus three recipes from Saturday Night Pasta’s Elizabeth Hewson’s new cookbook, including a soup, a midweek stew and a self-saucing pudding.

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Giovanni Pilu with his mother, Maria, making spinach and ricotta gnocchetti with tomato sauce at their home.

Mamma’s cooking is still the best for this top chef (plus the pair share a family recipe)

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Herby pork burger with salted apple slaw and smoky aioli.
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Give pork burgers a glow-up with apple slaw and smoky aioli

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Serve as a romantic dinner for two or as an easy weeknight meal.
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Danielle Alvarez’s ‘super-simple’ speedy fish dish is as vibrant as an Amalfi sunset

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Summer peach cake.

Five sweet and juicy ways to celebrate summer stone fruit (feat. Adam Liaw’s new peach cake)

Rosheen Kaul's claypot rice with chicken and choy sum. Styled by Lee Blaylock.

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Hetty McKinnon's grilled zucchini, zaatar and pearl cous cous salad with cherry tomato confit.

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Adam Liaw’s tomato spaghetti marinara.

20 simple seafood pastas for a fancy-ish date night at home

Danielle Alvarez’s grilled lamb cutlets with spiced burghul salad.

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Kingfish ceviche bowls.

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Tori Bicknell of Glory Us cafe in Melbourne’s Fitzroy North and its signature salad sandwich.

The vital steps to building the ultimate salad sandwich

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Toaster gnocchi.

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