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Add to list: a “traditional, simple, humble enoteca”; a proper British pub offering cask ales and Sunday roasts; a restaurant redefining Perth’s dining scene; an oyster-shucking saloon; and a focaccia bar with $2 espressos.

Diana Chan’s pork dumplings with a heap of spicy sauce for a somewhat fussy mum, a parcel of Natalie Paull’s brownies to pop in the post for a geographically distant mum and a fudgy cake that’s a labour of love.

Choose between a venue pairing natural wine with prawn doughnuts, or one matching funky drops with fried chicken. Head to a laid-back bar inspired by Piedmont, get your Japanese fix at a new ramen joint or sip on esoteric wines at a bistro with a menu that has “a bit of everything”.

The good times were rolling in March, with a new Sri Lankan diner promising “a party every night”, a joint that has both a dance floor and Italian-inspired yum cha, and a winery bringing the best of WA’s wine-growing regions to the city. Plus, ace northern Thai and sublime corn.

Add to hit list: two new Filipino diners – one by a fine-dining chef who’s representing the country’s food “truthfully”, the other a love letter to not–so-traditional Filipino aunties – plus two exciting new Thai restaurants and elevated pub fare in a sleepy seaside town.

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Entering the dining-out fray this month are two first-class gelaterie; a wine bar with outstanding pedigree (and drops that aren’t “esoteric for the point of being esoteric”); woodfired pizzette, crumbed veal panini and rustic plates of charred prawns, steaks and fish at a neighbourhood osteria; and more.

This year’s best included a diner serving old-school Italian favourites that comfort rather than challenge; a grand 140-seater with big-city energy; a subterranean den of good times where you can get an outstanding burger at 3am; and European-bistro influences galore.

We’ve welcomed a Ukrainian restaurant and social enterprise serving cabbage rolls, borscht and Sorrel Martinis; a Japanese curry shop with kare pan, yuzu canelés and roasted soybean lattes; a moody new grill from one of Brisbane’s best sommeliers; and more.