This cafe from a family of beekeepers specialises in watermelon pie and is the only place you need to eat breakfast on Milos.

Order these Thai ingredients off a menu in Bangkok or try to cook them yourself. Each lends colour, flavour and sometimes even shock value to the plate.

Not all restaurant openings are covered by mainstream media, but that doesn’t make them any less worthy. Here are 21 new Melbourne restaurants from the last 12 months that you won’t read about elsewhere.