Broadsheet Melbourne: Around Town

Wet, dry, dirty: Australia is in the full throes of a Martini love affair.

Many are attributing their rising popularity to the renaissance of nineties and naughties-era trends, some believe we're just beginning to serve them properly. Regardless, now is the time to order a martini. Contributor Callum McDermott joins Around Town with his roundup of the best places to enjoy Martinis – and Martini-adjacent drinks – around Australia. 

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2023 has been a boom year for Melbourne's Thai food fans. Make a beeline to a 20-seater serving some of the city’s best (and spiciest) dry curries, a vibrant city diner attracting queues for its noodles, and a charmer with cobalt-blue walls. Plus, Melbourne brand A Emery adds ready-to-wear to its world of mastered minimalism.

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Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.

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 A new bar from the veterans behind Romeo Lane and Icebergs. Vue de Monde’s new chapter. A neighbourhood boozer from Nathan Toleman. An ex-Coda chef’s Japanese-inspired scoop shop. We’re ending the year in style.These are the restaurants, bars and an ice-cream shop we’re excited to visit before we draw the curtain on 2023.

Featured on today's episode: 

• Kori Ice-Cream 
• Purple Pit
• Vue de Monde and Lui Bar 
• Hopper Joint 
• Batard

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You may think the corner-cafe classic is impossible to stuff up. But a great chicken sandwich requires a Venn diagram of deliciousness, perfectly balancing four key elements. To clarify: we're thinking of the old-school fresh picnic-style version with lots of mayo, here. No crumbed-and-fried pseudo-burgers or processed deli slices. Broadsheet Food and Drink Editor, and CS aficionado, Michael Harry joins Around Town with his idea of the perfect chicken sanga- and where to find it in Melbourne. 

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Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.

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Miami-born chef Danielle Alvarez made a name for herself Down Under as the founding head chef of Sydney farm-to-table restaurant Fred's. Though new to the city, she quickly gained a legion of followers for her rustic, no-fuss, produce-forward cooking, honed at Alice Waters’s Californian classic Chez Panisse. She has recently been appointed Culinary Director of the Sydney Opera House's event venues. The new book contains more than 100 recipes reflecting on the influences of Danielle's life: her Cuban heritage, kitchen roles in California and Australia, adoration of Italian and French food, and the Asian flavours that have made an impact since she moved to Sydney. Danielle joins Around Town to tell us all about it. 

Featured on today's episode: 

• Recipes for a Lifetime of Beautiful Cooking

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Each year the prestigious World’s 50 Best Bars awards drops a countdown of 100 bars from around the world that elevate the drinking experience in their cities. This year, two buzzy Australian venues – Maybe Sammy in Sydney and Caretaker’s Cottage in Melbourne – landed spots on the top end of the prestigious annual ranking. Melbourne Food and Drink Editor Michael Harry joins Around Town with the details. Plus, you can see some of the world's most iconic photos at the NGV right now. 

Featured on today's episode: 

• Caretaker's Cottage
• Maybe Sammy
• Photography: Real and Imagined 

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For 16 great years, Rumi has traditional and upped the ante. The Lebanese/Middle Eastern dishes are so laden with love and exotic flavour that the space is always full with large numbers of enthusiastic diners. Huge international names have found themselves dining there upon the recommendation of local chefs: Anthony Bourdain has visited to enjoy the quail while Renee Redzepi favoured the livers. Chef and founder Joseph Abboud joins Around Town to discuss the history and future of his Brunswick stalwart. 

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Thanh Truong hypes fruit and veg knowledge on social media and has a sideline as the ABC’s unofficial fruit correspondent. He talks cultural connection through food, glamorous berries and his new book Don’t Buy Fruit & Veg Without Me! Plus, an American recipe giant and Youtube star is back with a second cookbook, the follow up to her 2021 debut, Cook This Book.

Featured on today's episode: 

• More is More
• Don't Buy Fruit and Veg Without Me ! 

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A fried chicken restaurant with over 500 locations in over 16 countries opens its first Australian outpost, with cheese-covered drumsticks, popcorn-style chicken over rice, and more treats coated in a signature spice blend. Plus, loaded toasts and a dog-friendly courtyard in a former milk bar. 

Featured on today's episode: 

• Marrybrown
• Willim 

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Kirsten Tibballs is a pastry chef and chocolatier, the host of SBS’s The Chocolate Queen, a judge at the world's most prestigious baking competitions and the educator behind Savour School in Brunswick. And she’s amassed nearly 800,000 Instagram followers for her exquisite pastry work and technical prowess. Kirsten joins Around Town with the details of two exciting developments: her new cookbook (224 pages of molten, chilled, gooey, classic goodness) and a chocolate-covered collaboration that's been a year in the making. 

Featured on today's episode: 

• Kirsten Tibballs

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Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.

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