Scallops- France Soir in South Yarra- Good Food review of the best dishes for Bastille day- 9th July 2020 The Age News Picture by JOE ARMAO

France-Soir

The tri-colour neon sign has glowed for close to 40 years,but France-Soir remains a benchmark for Melbourne-French restaurants.

Canh bun (water spinach noodle soup).

Co Thu Quan

This Richmond stalwart is a haven for anyone who returns from Vietnam with cravings for its incredible street food.

Pappardelle pasta at Cicciolina in St Kilda.

Cicciolina

Cicciolina has bohemian swagger in spades,personable floor staff and a menu geared to what the people want.

Chin Chin’s butter chicken curry with yoghurt and green chilli.

Chin Chin

The queue at this Aussie-Thai juggernaut is such a Flinders Lane fixture,it’s likely due for heritage listing.

Old meets new at the Builders Arms Hotel on Gertrude Street.

Builders Arms Hotel

This corner pub opened in 1853 and has spun through a dizzying variety of incarnations.

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Linguini with prawns and pistachios.

Amiconi

Chef and co-owner Joe Musso has been in the kitchen more than 30 years and his gnocchi is worth a visit in itself.

Mixed dips,chicken and rice,silverbeet rolls,baklava and fattoush.

Abla’s

Abla Amad is one of Australia’s greatest culinary treasures and a pioneer of Melbourne’s Lebanese dining scene.

The optional seafood platter (market fish,mussels,salmon caviar and lemon-pickle-spiked butter sauce).
Good Food hat15.5/20

This add-on is like the designer dress you stumble upon in an op shop:an absolute steal

Three-year-old Mauritian restaurant Manze is sitting in the sweet spot. Plus:its seafood platter is absolutely gorgeous.

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Clarence River baby octopus skewers.
Critics'Pick

St Siandra

Sun,seafood and spritzes on the eastern shores of the Spit.

Go-to dish:Seafood hot pot.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16/20

This seafood hot pot is some of the best value in the city right now

Our tip:split a steamboat between a group of four at the new-look Spice Temple.

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