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Author: Sonia Nair

Sonia Nair is a Melbourne-based food writer who persists with her love of everything deep fried and spicy, despite being diagnosed with a histamine intolerance and lactose intolerance after incorrectly thinking she was fructose-intolerant for several years.
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Udom House, West Melbourne

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on December 23, 2022December 23, 2022

A Thai café serving pies, toast and jaffles with fillings and toppings ranging from massaman curry chicken and Thai tea kaya to chilli paste and pork floss, Udom House catapulted to the top of my list after I spied someone in my Instagram stories having chicken liver and sticky rice (!!!) there.

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Gray and Gray Bread and Wine, Northcote

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

Gray and Gray is a restaurant established in 2021 by three-Michelin-star pastry chef Boris Portnoy and winemaker Mitch Sokolin in a space that was formerly a solicitor’s office.

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Big Esso by Mabu Mabu, Melbourne

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on December 6, 2022December 6, 2022

Each dish at Big Esso contains three to five native ingredients – they’re not an afterthought or an adjunct, they are the dish.

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Bincho Boss, Melbourne

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on August 14, 2022August 14, 2022

Warmly lit but bright enough that you can read your menu, filled with a pleasant din instead of the raucous cacophony of noisy diners, Bincho Boss strikes the perfect balance for a dinner out.

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Karlaylisi, Footscray

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on August 8, 2022August 14, 2022

I loved my visit to Karlaylisi and would order a spicy noodle next time, watch out for any tomatoey repetitions – tomatoes are a central ingredient in many Uyghur sauces – and order the manti or gosh nan to sample Uyghurs’ unique take on dumplings and pastries.

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Terry’s Kitchen, Wantirna South

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on July 25, 2022July 24, 2022

Terry’s Kitchen is a no-frills Malaysian restaurant situated within a church complex in Wantirna South in a cafeteria-style setting. We’ve been twice, and each time has made it into my top 10 Malaysian food experiences in Melbourne.

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Sleepy’s Café and Wine Bar, Carlton North

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on May 29, 2022May 29, 2022

I loved our time at Sleepy’s so much – the food menu was small but lovingly curated to showcase an interesting take on familiar east Asian ingredients, the drinks were bomb, our waiter was the best and the cosy interiors were perfect to spend a drizzly Wednesday night in.

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Parcs, Melbourne

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on May 3, 2022May 3, 2022

Parcs is a zero-waste restaurant from the same team behind Aru and Sunda with a menu designed by Furrmien’s Dennis Yong.

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Kenangan, Melbourne

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on March 27, 2022

Unlike Warung Agus and Makan which specialise in Balinese food, Kenangan serves up dishes from across Indonesia.

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CC Wok, North Melbourne

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on February 27, 2022February 27, 2022

My parents and I have a newfound weekly routine where we visit a different Malaysian restaurant every week. For our first place, I suggested we visit CC Wok after reading Jess Ho’s glowing review. It opened in November 2021, shortly after the last of our many, many lockdowns drew to an end.

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When you’re FODMAP and lactose-intolerant as well as lacking a somewhat vital organ such as a gallbladder, everything floats your bloat – tomatoes, eggplant, mature cheeses (so most good cheeses), wine, spinach, almond milk, every form of preserved meat (yes, that includes bacon), that little bit of ghee your mum slips into her dahl to make it taste all the better.

Bloat Scores

0 Living the dream

1 Had to loosen my belt a notch

2 The belt had to be completely removed

3 I could have balanced a glass of wine on my bloated stomach

4 If I were lying prostrate on my tummy, it would have looked as though I was levitating

5 So full of gas I floated home like a hot air balloon

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