Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Latest in Food, March 22, 2023

• First look: Matsu, a four-seat Kaiseki restaurant in Footscray by a chef who trained at Kenzan for a decade.

• Now open: At halal diner Bowltiful’s new CBD spot, the noodles are hand-pulled and submerged in fresh, fragrant broths.

• First look: Sydney party starter Totti’s brings its famous puffy bread to its first interstate outpost.

• Coming soon: Good Days is opening a banh mi shop, Good Days Hot Bread and it’s a riff on Australian-Vietnamese bakeries.

• And sibling Good Nights, in Windsor, says … good night, closing its doors this April.

• Now open: Shane Delia brings a fresh start to Middle Eastern wine bar Maha North, the newest member of the Maha family.

• Sip beers alongside local winemakers and distillers at Bridge Road Brewery’s returning beer and music festival High Country Hop