Haymun Win

Haymun Win is a Melbourne-based food and drink writer. She’s been contributing to Broadsheet since 2024.

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First Look: The Waterside Hotel Finally Reopens on Friday

First Look: The Waterside Hotel Finally Reopens on Friday

The latest project from the group formerly behind The Espy and Garden State Hotel is a sprawling reinvention of a historical pub with a rooftop bar, Southeast Asian restaurant and nostalgic mid-century design.

First Look: Fitzroy Bar Hands Down Has Serious Cocktail Cred Behind It

First Look: Fitzroy Bar Hands Down Has Serious Cocktail Cred Behind It

Owners from Pearl Diver, Bar Liberty and Above Board have joined forces to open a new bar in the old Bad Frankie space.

First Look: Rockpool’s 7 Alfred Has One Main (and 350 Bookings for Opening Day)

First Look: Rockpool’s 7 Alfred Has One Main (and 350 Bookings for Opening Day)

We’ll have the steak frites, thanks.

What Happened to Brunch?

What Happened to Brunch?

Melburnians aren’t lining up for hotcakes and avo toast the way we used to. How did we fall out of love with a meal once synonymous with this city? And what’s replaced it?

First Look: Lilla Bakehouse Has One of the CBD’s Most Inventive Bakery Menus

First Look: Lilla Bakehouse Has One of the CBD’s Most Inventive Bakery Menus

Find scrolls topped with Hainanese kaya, a prawn toast riff on Japanese salted butter rolls, and corn matcha lattes at the cosy new Queen Street bakery.

First Look: Almost Every Table Gets the Double-Skinned Milk Pudding at Shunde Cuisine

First Look: Almost Every Table Gets the Double-Skinned Milk Pudding at Shunde Cuisine

A new 400-seat Chinese restaurant with live seafood tanks brings classic dishes from Shunde, widely considered the birthplace of Cantonese cooking, to the CBD.