3 editor picks in Melbourne.
Chinese cooking in Melbourne spans Cantonese, Shanghainese and modern reinterpretations, much of it clustered around the CBD's laneways and Chinatown. Lee Ho Fook on Duckboard Place takes a contemporary line, while Hu Tong Dumpling Bar on Market Lane keeps the focus on hand-folded xiao long bao and South Melbourne Dim Sim trades in the city's own market-stall classic.
3 chinese places in Melbourne we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Melbourne · Chinese across every city.
Lee Ho Fook on Duckboard Place: Victor Liong reinterprets regional Chinese dishes with Australian produce across tasting menu and a la carte formats.
Order Pan-fried pork and prawn dumplings
Hu Tong Dumpling Bar on Market Lane serves Shanghainese dumplings in Chinatown: xiao long bao, pan-fried pork and a queue that validates the wait every time.
Order Original South Melbourne deep-fried dim sim in a paper bag
The South Melbourne dim sim is a Melbourne birthright: invented at this stall in 1949, deep-fried in a paper bag and eaten standing on the market footpath.
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