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Eating Melbourne, deli to dinner
Based in Carlton, Melbourne.
He grew up above his family's deli on Lygon Street and now eats his way from Footscray's Vietnamese soup houses to Carlton's pasta counters. He keeps track of which chefs have changed kitchens and which market stalls still roll their own cannoli.
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