Snack Bar: Stone-Milled Matcha, the City’s Best Burgers and More Food News This Week

What’s happening around town

• Ben Sears, head chef at Hot-Listed Public Wine Shop is cooking a Sunday roast lunch at pizza place Harley & Rose in West Footscray on June 8. Sears will serve woodfired roast beef rump cap, Yorkshire pudding and gravy, and pudding for dessert. Lunch is $85 per person. Bookings recommended.

• Shane Delia’s Maha is bringing back $15 winter lunch bowls from Tuesday June 10 until Sunday August 31. Each week sees a different offering including Maha’s take on a Malaysia coconut laksa, five-spice soy braised chicken with ginger rice, and a lamb and kimchi stew with butternut squash mash. The $15 bowls are available from midday until 3pm at Maha’s CBD location only.

This week in food and drink news

• Con Christopoulos to open two new CBD venues.

• First look: at the Potter Museum’s Cherrywood, British nostalgia gets a sharp new edge.

• First look: Falastini Food Truck opens a cosy cafe in Coburg.

• First look: Junda Khoo’s takeaway stall Da Bao serves Chinese Malaysian comfort food.

• First look: the green stuff is stone-milled in-house at Matcha Kobo.

• First look: Kopilicious in the CBD has Malaysian hotpot and “dragon meat” buns.

• First look: find pét-nats, pickles and Polish meatballs at Ruzia’s Wine in Caulfield North.

• First look: linger over Greek plates and liqueurs at Fitzroy North’s Muses.

• First look: get $3 za’atar-topped “Lebanese pizza” at Halloumi Bakery in Brunswick.

• Where chefs eat: the layered potato puff Dessert Masters winner John Demetrios loves.

The Hot List

• It’s cheeseburger season – here are eight of the best in town right now.

• Three Hot-Listed restaurants (and one great bar) with excellent service to try this winter.

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