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Icon review:Flower Drum is a drum worth beating

Despite its accolades and popularity,this Melbourne Cantonese restaurant is widely under-appreciated and misunderstood,writes Besha Rodell.

  • byBesha Rodell

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We left the food on the table and fled to a place with a sauce so good I’d lick it off a flip-flop

We left the food on the table and fled to a place with a sauce so good I’d lick it off a flip-flop

Silky,smooth,alabaster white and translucent dumpling wrappers were a hallmark of this large riverside restaurant.

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Traditional dishes sing at Melbourne's Old Beijing
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Traditional dishes sing at Melbourne's Old Beijing

This huge Chinese restaurant in the QV shopping centre boasts a 66-page menu. Here's your ordering strategy.

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Dumplings with a side of violin at the new Chinese Noodle Restaurant

There are no plastic grapes hanging from the ceiling,but the Sydney Chinatown stalwart's successor is more comfortable,reviews David Matthews.

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Canton palace delights at Silks,Crown Sydney,Barangaroo

Canton palace delights at Silks,Crown Sydney,Barangaroo

Silks at Barangaroo is completely over the top in its opulence,use of luxury ingredients and expense.

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Does Melbourne's new cult chicken sandwich live up to the hype?

Moonhouse taps into the nostalgia for old-school Aussie Cantonese restaurants and takes some liberties with the classics.

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The verdict on the Emperor's new digs in Melbourne's Chinatown
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The verdict on the Emperor's new digs in Melbourne's Chinatown

When you've got a hankering for the way Chinatown used to be,drop a pin on this trad-Canto spin-off,reviews Larissa Dubecki.

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It's a prawn toast party at Lucky Prawn

It's a prawn toast party at Lucky Prawn

The retro Australian-Chinese bistro inside Marrickville's Bob Hawke Beer&Leisure Centre might be Sydney's most popular new restaurant.

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Xinjiang Lamian serves noodles as long as your arm
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Xinjiang Lamian serves noodles as long as your arm

Regional Chinese restaurant brings a taste of the Silk Road to Melbourne's Elizabeth Street.

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Kowloon Cafe is a little bit of Hong Kong Disneyland in Burwood
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Kowloon Cafe is a little bit of Hong Kong Disneyland in Burwood

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Where there's no smoke,there's a lack of fire

Laurus,a plush modern Chinese restaurant on the edge of Melbourne's CBD,is missing more than the flash of a wok,writes Dani Valent.

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