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Sanka Amadoru

Reporter · AU

Indexed articles, last 90 days
3
Latest publication
Sep 16, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Age
Top 10K sites
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Jul 18, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Sanka Amadoru, Quincy Malesovas

    We dunked our way through Melbourne’s hottest new chips, and these were the best (opens the original)

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    It’s been a decade since Macquarie Dictionary named “halal snack pack” the People’s Choice Word of the Year. The Australian invention layers kebab meat, shredded cheese and a user’s choice worth of sauces atop a foundation of hot chips. A similar idea had struck Canadian visionaries some years earlier. They layered squeaky cheese curds onto hot chips, slathered the dish with gravy, and poutine was born. The Quebecois dish was near-impossible to find in Melbourne during the peak HSP era, mainly d

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Sanka Amadoru

    Find curry croissants and mochi pizza at this jazzed-up Japanese cafe and shochu bar (opens the original)

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    What do you get when you combine a tiny kitchen with exposed concrete and formal jazz training? Shochu nights at one of the most spiritually Japanese spots in town. Just under a decade ago, Tats Kawabata sought to pay homage to Japanese kissaten (teashop) culture. He aimed to offer a point of difference to Melbourne’s other Japanese-style cafes “that were like restaurants” and missing the more pared-back approach typical of the kissaten he remembered. When Kawabata viewed a seemingly unworkable

  3. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Sanka Amadoru

    Review: Discover a hidden Pearl in a Melbourne industrial estate (opens the original)

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    For many years, a chasm has existed between Melbourne’s Sri Lankan food venues, where the main choices have been either ultra-casual or those aspiring to be more formal. Pearl by P&D is part of a refreshing wave of newer restaurants bridging that gap. The black, green and gold-hued fitout feels like a moody undersea clamshell-accented ballroom transported to a business park in Dandenong South, immediately suggesting that there is new territory to explore. A “small bites” page on the menu confirm

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