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‘As popular as sushi’: The hot pot chain modernising Australia’s Chinese food scene Neon signs, strobe lights, pop music hits. One could be forgiven for believing they were in the wrong place instead of a fine-dining Chinese restaurant. But these aspects are all part of Melbourne entrepreneur Liam Zhou’s game plan for the local food..
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Review: Chef David, Melbourne CBD
Late-night feed favourite, Chef David, flips the script as they transition from Hot Pot hot spot to Sichuan Barbecue Grill to heat up Melbourne’s food scene. When lockdown first hit Melbourne, restaurants, cafes, and other hospitality venues scrambled to adapt their menus – designed for in-house dining – to take away and make away. The..
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Chef David
Born out of Melbourne’s strict stage 4 lockdown in 2020, Chef David’s new menu was a swift delivery-friendly alternative to their famed steamy and swirly hot pot. Focusing on staple elements and cooking methods of Sichuan food, the new menu balances 7 traditional flavours to creatively combine all the fantastic piquant platitudes of Chinese cuisine…
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Chef David – Elizabeth Street’s upmarket eatery specialising in authentic Sichuan Cuisine will have your tastebuds tingling for more!
We’re so excited to share, Chef David the upmarket eatery has reopened, not as a hotpot restaurant, but specialising in authentic Sichuan Cuisine. The decision to shift from swirly and spicy hot pot to barbecue grill came about during Melbourne’s intense stage 4 lockdown in 2020, as soupy broth was difficult to transport. The new..
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Chef David
22.3.2021 Chef David Level 1, 462 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne 03 8797 2666 Sichuan $$$ Food Szechuan Spicy Grilled Barramundi Lamb Skewers Pork Skewers Green Bean Skewers Grilled Enoki Mushroom The Good We were immediately impressed by the Szechuan Spicy Grilled Barramundi. Weighing in at a whole kilogram, the giant heated grill filled with a fiery..
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Best Chinese Restaurants in Melbourne
Chinese is one of the most ancient and varied cuisines in the world, yet it often gets oversimplified in Australia. Cantonese and Sichuan may be the most prominently represented of China’s regional cuisines in Melbourne, but they’re just two of “the eight great cuisines” (the others are Jiangsu, Zhejian, Fujian, Hunan, Anhui and Shandong). It’s..
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Chef David
The Chef David menu has a focus on grilled seafood and the fiery flavours of Chengdu. They combine traditional Chinese flavours and fresh seafood, with Sichuan’s famed spicy and numbing peppercorns. Experience the opportunity to grill your food at the table, just the way you like it. More than just food, the experience of Chef..
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Chef David Launch Brand New Sichuan Grill Menu In Melbourne
If anyone knows authentic Sichuan cuisine, it’s Chef David! Chef David opened its first restaurant under the name David’s Hotpot, with the goal of sharing Sichuan flavours with the people of Melbourne. Now they are firing up the barbecue and tempting the tastebuds of the CBD with a brand new Sichuan Barbecue grill menu. With over 20..
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Chef David
Chef David is impressive, regardless of when you visit. During the day, natural light spills through the floor-to-ceiling windows and shines off patent-leather seats, polished concrete walls and brass finishes. After sunset, new life is breathed into the mammoth 160-seater space – neon signs glow, strobe lights swirl in patterns across every surface and TV..
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Chef David Reignites with a New Sichuan Menu
Everyone’s favourite technicolored restaurant, Chef David, are firing up the barbecue and tempting the tastebuds of the CBD with their NEW AUTHENTIC SICHUAN FUSION MENU. Borne out of the COVID-19 crisis, Chef David’s new menu was a swift delivery-friendly alternative to their famed steamy and swirly hot pot. Focusing on staple elements and..
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Chef David
If anyone knows authentic Sichuan cuisine, it’s Chef David Li. Chef David has been experimenting with Sichuan flavours since he was 14 years old. Now the executive chef at his titular restaurant, he creates recipes and trains the talented chefs in the kitchen.