Why Anchovy is a shining example of what makes Melbourne a great restaurant town
A bright dish of prawns and papaya is accompanied by the prawniest prawn crackers you've ever had, a glory of crisp oceanic funk.
As always, Lee is a very fun wine conversationalist, and her list is uncommonly attuned to the menu. The house riesling, made in collaboration with Victorian winemaker Sierra Reed, is especially good – you can sense it was engineered for this restaurant and this food.
Anchovy is a profoundly human restaurant, for all kinds of reasons. Most of those reasons have to do with the creativity and deliciousness of the food and drink, and the genuine welcome you'll feel. It is a shining example of what makes Melbourne a great restaurant town, precisely because it is so imbued with the soul of its owners. It is not a slick machine – it is a deeply personal expression of place and culture and the sometimes messy but always fascinating intersection of passion and business.
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