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Your August hit list: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

Spins on Filet-O-Fish, drive-through and exxy banh mis and a fancy burger in “one of the sexiest places to eat in Australia” (pictured) were among the buns we enjoyed this month. Catch up on new Melbourne venues, and we’ve included a bonus 13 openings to look forward to in the second half of the year. (Plus, you can create your own hit list on the Good Food app.)

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Bistecca al pepe - eye fillet steak topped with a pepper sauce-filled raviolo - at Gambino restaurant in Glen Waverley.
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Glam Italian Gambino serves a steak and pepper sauce like you’ve never seen before

  • Dani Valent
Cordelia is a new seafood restaurant in Carlton.

Fish burgers, ‘Happy Meals’: Don’s team opens seafood diner Cordelia on north side

  • Tomas Telegramma
Listen out for the crackle of the filo tiropita (cheese pie).

Toorak Road taverna Astoria Bar Ke Grill hitting its stride with ‘crackling’ cheese pie

  • Dani Valent
Inside Yaowarat, a new late-night Thai diner in Melbourne’s Chinatown.

Bustling late-night Thai joint Yaowarat brings Bangkok’s Chinatown to Melbourne

  • Dani Valent
An all-day breakfast muffin with cotechino sausage, comte and egg.

French Saloon and Kirk’s complete Hardware Lane triple threat with Le Pub

  • Kosa Monteith
Melbourne’s Ministry of Crab.
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It borders on cringe, but chain restaurant Ministry of Crab is hat-worthy

  • Besha Rodell
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The prime burger at Cutler.
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‘Ordering a burger here seems weird’: Our critic reviews Cutler’s new menu

  • Besha Rodell
Inside the street-level Carlton Draught bar.

Crafty Squire becomes Hickens House, plus five more new-look pubs to try

  • Tomas Telegramma
Edita’s fish burger has a cult following.
Critics' Pick

The viral fish burger might catch your eye, but it’s not our critic’s go-to at Edita’s

  • Besha Rodell
Look at that cheese ooze.

Sleepy’s A+ spiced-up Chinese bolognese toastie has a satisfying cheese pull

  • Tomas Telegramma
Young Chef of the Year Saavni Krishnan (right) and her partner Aditya “Adi” Suresh.

Young Chef of the Year’s pop-up restaurant Saadi goes permanent in ex-Sunda site

  • Tomas Telegramma
Calle’s lemon meringue croissant wheel.

Heaving bakery Calle brings its cult pastries (and queues) to Northcote

  • Tomas Telegramma
Crab spaghetti with fermented chilli and lemon crumb is a Via Porta favourite that’s come across to Lucci.

Italian sibling squad behind Via Porta lights up Ivanhoe with new venue Lucci

  • Daniela Frangos
Crispy pata (deep-fried pork hock).
13/20

Head to a shopping centre for Mrs Parks Kitchen’s pair of Filipino pork dishes

  • Dani Valent
Aegli chef Ioannis Kasidokostas with his wife and business partner Maria Tsilfoglou.

South Melbourne’s Greek newcomer Aegli cranks up the creativity

  • Tomas Telegramma
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The precision-built club sandwich.

Suburban wine bar Ordain makes a lunchtime club sandwich worth travelling for

  • Dani Valent
Knafeh Nabulseyeh’s chicken shawarma wrap.
Critics' Pick

‘I’ve waited half an hour for Knafeh Nabulseyeh’s $16 shawarma, and I’d do it again’

  • Besha Rodell
Barbecued chicken banh mi, as seen in one writer’s car.

We tried the drive-through banh mi spot in Maidstone. This is our verdict

  • Annabel Smith and Harvard Wang
Potato dumplings.

‘Melbourne wine bar’ has become its own genre, but Bar Liberty breaks the mould

  • Dani Valent
Jia-Yen (J.Y.) Lee (left) and Thi Le’s Anchovy is celebrating 10 years in business.
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Why Anchovy is a shining example of what makes this a great restaurant town

  • Besha Rodell
Braised beef short rib banh mi.
14/20

At $58, TungThit’s banh mi is Melbourne’s most expensive. Is it a gimmick or worth it?

  • Dani Valent
Salona owners Stavros and Alex Konis.

Greek dining institution Salona gets its biggest change in nearly 60 years

  • Tomas Telegramma
Bar Selecta bar director Joey Tai (left) and co-owner Masaki Hisaike.

New 10-seater Bar Selecta is a Tokyo-style listening bar hiding in a suburban laneway

  • Kosa Monteith
Chef Hugh Allen at the site of his new restaurant, Yiaga, in Fitzroy Gardens.

... plus 13 exciting restaurant openings we’re counting down to this year

  • Dani Valent
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Create your own hit list with the ‘saved’ function on the Good Food app

  • Erina Starkey