Santorini has fallen victim to over-tourism, but away from popular Oia, Penelope’s remains an unspoilt hole-in-the-wall restaurant in picturesque Pyrgos.

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.

Netflix’s favourite food show host, best-selling cookbook author and New York Times columnist, Samin Nosrat, on Persian food and the “authenticity trap”.

At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, restaurants in Azerbaijan double as historical museums and amusement parks. Here are the top four to visit.

If you travel to eat, these are the best food experiences you can have in Turkey. You won’t just leave these tables satiated – you’ll leave with a better understanding of Turkish culture and history.

Hidden in a supermarket deep within Doncaster Shopping Centre, Colonial Coffee Cafe sells some of the most affordable and traditional Malaysian, Nyonya and Singaporean cuisine in Melbourne.

If you travel to eat, these are the best food experiences you can have in Turkey. You won’t just leave these tables satiated – you’ll leave with a better understanding of Turkish culture and history.

There are plenty of regional specialties to try on Sifnos island in Greece, but if you want to take a piece of this magical place home with you, here’s where to go for souvenirs.

Whether you know your bandeja paisa from your pan de bono or you’re new to the world of Colombian food, here’s a list of the country’s most unique traditional dishes.

Go for the endless assortment of traditional Thai-Chinese dishes at Nang Loeng Market, stay for a slice of Bangkok history.

Eat the catch of the day at rustic shops at this local seafood market in Hua Hin while monkeys munch on crabs and fishermen untangle their nets.

A Hong Kong-born master chef is behind delicate dumplings, rice noodle rolls and roasted goose at Bangkok dim sum favourite, Chef Man. Just make sure you visit with a hungry group.

Chef Hamed Allahyari from Cafe Sunshine and SalamaTea Restaurant shares his sabzi polo recipe; fragrant herbed rice eaten during Nowruz (Persian New Year).

This recipe for traditional Indonesian sambal terasi goreng, a chilli condiment made with shrimp paste, comes from the grandmother of restaurant owners and My Kitchen Rules contestants Tasia & Gracia Seger.

Insanely quick and easy to cook, otak-otak is an aromatic fish cake wrapped in banana leaves and grilled over charcoal that’s popular in Southeast Asia.