• Greville Street French restaurant Entrecote has launched two- and three-course weekday lunch menus for $54.90 and $64.90 respectively, for a limited time. The lunch menu comes with a glass of house wine and includes dishes such as the Entrecote cheeseburger and the fish of the day served with a classic sauce gribiche and fries.

• The ingenious Nutri-Grain tart from Earth Angels is back on the West Melbourne restaurant’s menu tonight (Friday September 13).

• Malaysian pastry chef Otto Tay will collaborate with Melbourne-based pastry chef Eigen Ting on Sunday September 22 at Ting’s Camberwell pastry shop Sucre Du Jour. The pair will create four desserts that will be available at Ting’s for one day only, including a blueberry and lychee tart, and a chrysanthemum mille-feuille with chocolate honeycomb.

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This week in food and drink news

• First look: Caffe Amatrice, a Brahman Perera-designed, Milan-inspired venue, opens in Cremorne.

• First look: a former medical scientist opens Subculture Brewing in Brunswick.

• Nordic breakfast plates and house-cured seafood are the stars at Lilijana Eatery.

• This unconventional six-seat omakase is unlike anything in Melbourne. (And it’s only held once a week.)

• Melbourne’s historic first laneway bar Meyers Place refuses to die.

• Six to try: Filipino cafes and dessert shops in Melbourne.

• First look: find cheesy quesabirria tacos and Baja fish bowls at Sam’s Cali Cantina.

• Tofu Shoten’s Sava Goto thinks her tofu doughnuts are overrated – we disagree.

• The 2024 Melbourne Jewish Food Festival is taking place this Sunday September 15 in Caulfield.

• Where chefs eat: a former Dinner by Heston chef shares his Frankie’s Tortas and Tacos pro ordering tip.

• Get changing $15 pasta specials Monday through Wednesday from chefs including Scott Pickett, Julian Hills and Mischa Tropp at Shane Delia’s Maha East for a limited time.

• Delinquente Wine Co, known for its fun bottle illustrations and low-intervention drops, is throwing a party this Saturday September 14 at Wax Music Lounge to celebrate 10 years in biz.

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