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Good Food includes Lee Ho Fook in its list of the 100 Essential Restaurants, highlighting its decade-long journey from Smith Street to its current location. Chef Victor Liong's menu features both classic and innovative Chinese dishes, such as prawn toast with uni and salted egg yolk butter, sweet and sour pork adorned with lychees and strawberries, and steamed toothfish over tofu. The restaurant offers a plush dining experience, complete with free BYO Monday to Wednesday.
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Lee Ho Fook is a Chinese restaurant in Melbourne that has been featured on Good Food’s list of 100 Essential Restaurants. Chef Victor Liong has operated the restaurant for over a decade, moving it from Smith Street to its current location. The menu credits staff members like film credits, symbolizing the story behind modern Australian dining. Dishes include rich prawn toast with uni and salted egg yolk butter, ethereal duck skin filled with Chinese caviar, and chilled mussels served on ice with fennel and nasturtium vinegar. More traditional dishes such as sweet and sour pork and steamed toothfish are also offered, showcasing a blend of nostalgia and innovation. The restaurant's plush dining room even includes a red carpet for an added touch of glamour. Lee Ho Fook offers free BYO wine on weekdays from Monday to Wednesday.
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This venue is included in Good Food’s 100 Essential Restaurants list.
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The names of staff are listed on the menu like film credits.
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It’s a fitting touch for a restaurant whose story has unfolded over more than a decade, from Smith Street to this laneway, where chef Victor Liong’s plates play like a biopic of modern Australian dining.
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First, a cast of sublime snacks takes the spotlight.
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Unashamedly rich prawn toast is wantonly draped in uni and finished with salted egg yolk butter.
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Ethereal, shattering duck skin bears a gift of Chinese caviar.
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Pristine chilled mussels co-star with fennel and nasturtium vinegar, served ceremoniously on ice.
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More familiar storylines appear.
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Sweet and sour pork, bejewelled with lychees and strawberries, reclaims a nostalgic classic.
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Ginger and spring onion oil dresses pearlescent toothfish, steamed with precision over organic tofu.
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Apt that Lee Ho Fook has red carpet in its plush, comfortable dining room: this restaurant shines like a Hollywood star.
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Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently.
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A restaurant can’t pay for a review or inclusion in the Good Food Guide.
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