The Feed | All The Melbourne Food News You Need To Know

The food news has been coming in thick and fast in Melbourne, and to make sure that you're across all of the food and bev movements, we've wrapped up everything that you need to know in a handful of digestible servings. Keep up to date with all of Melbourne's food and drink news right here.

Is This Melbourne’s Most Affordable Sweet Treat? Cash In On A $2.50 Cannoli

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Of all the days that float around, Cannoli Day might just be our fave. And in honour of the auspicious day the absolute divas at Brunetti Classico are offering up a very affordable sweet treat.

Duck into their Drummond Street outpost and enjoy a freshly filled, hand-made cannoli for just $2.50. There’s not much you can get for $2.50 anymore so we’re really into this one. They’ll have a stack of flavours from Biscoff to pistachio, vanilla custard, Sicilian ricotta and chocolate. 

“Cannoli siciliani is the most famous world-wide Italian dessert,” Brunetti Classico owner Fabio Angele says. “My childhood is filled with fond cannoli memories, including a cannoli eating competition between two of my father’s friends, it was an indulgent afternoon of fun,” he laughed.

Track down this very wallet-friendly treat at 333 Drummond Street, Carlton at the Brunetti Classico outpost.

They're Only Making 20 Portions Of This Laksa Every Week At Etta, So You Know It's Good

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Etta’s fiery, winter laksa special has followed in the footsteps of many great restaurant dishes: from staff meal to menu.

This epic, $30 steaming bowl of coconut curry laksa will be available at the front bar every Wednesday night throughout winter. Its broth is loaded with lemongrass, garlic, makrut lime, galangal, chilli and choc-full of egg and rice noodles, house-made golden tofu, a tumble of fresh herbs and a punchy Nonya sambal.

Each soup will be served with a stick of deep-fried dip-it-yourself school prawns, inspired by the Malaysian street-food vendors known as skewer aunties who make the steamboat-style skewered meats and seafood known as lok-lok. If they’re not enough you can add on sticks with house-made fish balls of flame tail snapper, arrowhead squid brushed in sambal and cooked over coals and satay curry-martinated chicken, grilled over the woodfire. 

Make sure you carve out a weeknight for this limited treat. And if you love Etta, check out the goss on their new spot due to open where Bar Romantica was. 

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Get Hands On Experience With The Ancient Art Of Sicilian Sausage Making

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And who better to learn with than the crew at Bar Idda. Known for their incredible familia-style Sicilian dining, roll up your sleeves and get ready to dive into their sausage-making workshop. Guided by owner Alfredo La Spina, you'll start your Saturday with coffee and cannoli before diving into the art of crafting, curing, and cooking authentic Sicilian sausages. Learn to mix spices, stuff casings, and master curing techniques. After the workshop, enjoy a three-course lunch featuring your creations. Held at 132 Lygon Street, Brunswick East, sessions run from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM on select Saturdays: June 21, July 19, and August 2. Tickets are $175. 

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This Riff On A Fillet-O-Fish Just Won Australia's Best Burger

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That's right, in what might be one of the biggest upset wins in history, a fish burger has been awarded Australia's best burger for 2025.

Jonathon Donovan from CBCo Brewing in Port Melbourne won the highly coveted Best National Burger award dished out by Foodservice Australia. 

Chef Donovan was applaued for his unique twist on the Macca's classic Fillet-o-Fish burger featuring shrimp, panko crumb with a ranch and Japanese mayo sauce.

The inaugural Australia’s Best Burger and Best Pizza Awards formed part of Australia’s most anticipated foodservice trade show: Food & Hospitality Week, which took place at Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC) from 18-20 May 2025.

For more of Melbourne's best burgers, head this-a-way.

Melbourne's Longest Sushi Train Measures 67 Metres & Has Nori Tacos

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The Glen shopping centre has just earned itself the city’s longest Sushi Train. Sushi Jiro delivers classic Japanese style sushi, packed with freshness and flavour, but their new spot has something a little different on offer (not just the train). Imagine a soft-serve station that provides an all you can eat dessert experience for just $10. Yep….these guys are doing that. Expect some juicy flavours like matcha, and over 30 toppings to choose from. What a perfect way to finish-off, after you’ve gorged on crowd favourites like their soft shell crab noritaco. 

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Our Fave Chicken Ramen Is Back On The Menu Just In Time For The Chilly Weather

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Yes, it’s back! It seemed like it just left but honestly we couldn’t be more stoked for Supernormal’s epicly silky lunchtime chicken ramen special. We’re hearing it’s back on the menu to coincide with the cooler months, but you know the drill. Their ramen is a rich chicken bone broth poured over tender noodles with prawn and chicken dumplings, grilled chicken and a perfectly soy-marinated egg. Dig in Monday to Friday at lunchtime for the (wallet-friendly) price of just $24. 

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