Domain Review Stonnington & Boroondara - August 14, 2024
Chae Is Worth the Wait
Jung Eun Chae’s tiny home restaurant has one of the longest waitlists in Australia – now she’s sharing her methods in a new slow food cookbook
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Domain Group is a leading property marketplace made-up of a portfolio of brands. We are united in our purpose to inspire confidence in life’s property decisions. Our brands offer products and solutions to consumers and agents interested in property across every step of their property journey. We are motivated to innovate in our industry and leverage our unique data, products, and technology to deliver solutions to our customers that are found only on Domain.
Domain Managing editor: Natalie Mortimer Senior producer: Hailey Coules Group picture editor: Kylie Thomson Senior designer: Colleen Chin Quan Graphic designer: Emma Drake Head of print & B2B content: Sarah Millar Group content director: Mark Roppolo Chief marketing officer: Rebecca Darley Chief executive officer: Jason Pellegrino
Residential sales: vicresidential@domain.com.au
New development sales: Andrew O’Brien, 0408 855 903
Retail and media sales: Caterina Costa, 0402 308 282
Contact: editorial@domain.com.au
Distribution enquiries: distribution@domainreview.com.au
Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information in this publication, it is all subject to change.
This publication is published by Domain Holdings Australia Limited and Broadsheet Media Pty. Ltd. and is printed by IVE, 25-33 Fourth Avenue, Sunshine VIC 3020
Broadsheet is Australia’s leading independent publisher. Online and in print, we aim to keep you in the loop with the best Melbourne has to offer and enrich your life in the city. We won’t waste your time with anything you don’t need to know about – just the essentials in home & lifestyle, art & design, fashion & style, food & drink, entertainment and travel. Broadsheet also has a presence in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Broadsheet Founder and publisher: Nick Shelton Managing director: Sian Whitaker Australia editor: Nick Connellan
Features editors: Michael Harry & Emma Joyce Melbourne food & drink editor: Audrey Payne Studio and strategy director: Chrissy Voss Senior media partnerships manager: Jessica Kirsopp
Broadsheet Editor: Jo Walker Assistant editor: Gitika Garg Design lead: Ben Siero Designer: Ella Witchell Sub editors: Miriam Kauppi, Kit Kriewaldt, Barnaby Smith, Adeline Teoh Writers: Claire Adey, Alice Jeffery, Sasha Murray, Fred Siggins Photographers: Jordan Drysdale, Laura May Grogan, Liana Hardy, Casey Horsfield, Phillip Huynh, Kaede James Takamoto , Arianna Leggiero, Mark Roper, Julia Sansone, Peter Tarasiuk
Cover credits: Jung Eun Chae shot by Peter Tarasiuk
Broadsheet Media acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to lands, waters and communities. We pay respect to Elders past and present and honour more than 60,000 years of storytelling, art and culture.
The home Jung Eun Chae and partner Yoora Yoon share is just as much a space for food as it is for people. Soybean blocks hang from the ceiling, huge jars of fermented fruit decorate the walls, and there’s a six-seat restaurant in the front room. For this week’s cover feature, we visit the delicious domestic space and find out more about Korean-style slow food.
The menu at Bistro de Paris reads like a selection of dishes from Julia Child’s famous cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking. That is, classic dishes like pommes frites, French onion soup, beef bourguignon, cheese soufflés made with Roquefort, and crepe suzettes.
It’s the second location for chef and owner Sathya Raj Ramalingam’s French restaurant, with room for twice the number of diners as its North Melbourne counterpart, and a large wine bar.
Originally from Pondicherry, India, Ramalingam worked in London for eight years at Michelin-starred diner Arbutus and the Hilton on Park Lane before emigrating to Australia in early 2020 and opening his first bistro six months later.
Both venues have authentic technique-driven dishes with a few contemporary twists. Desserts are equally classic, with a dark chocolate soufflé and a single-serve bombe alaska, flambéed tableside for a bit of theatre. Plus, the wine list is completely French. — CA
Corey Ashford Madeleine Boxes
Designer Corey Ashford is no stranger to food-shaped homewares. First came his brass oyster holders. Then a range of canelés. Now it’s time to add madeleines to the (elegant, inedible) menu, with new lidded vessels inspired by the tiny shell-like cakes. Available in high-polished brass or a range of hand-sculpted marble, the boxes are designed to hold rings and other small treasures, and continue Ashford’s practice of balancing beauty, function and faux food. — JW
From $155 / coreyashford.com
IN THE DIARY
Now or Never
Following a successful debut in 2023, Now or Never – Melbourne’s new major festival of art, ideas, music and technology – is back for a second year with a line-up of more than 100 live events over 10 days. Expect four club nights in the Royal Exhibition Building, a celestial sculpture that’ll hover over the Yarra, an improvised world-premiere dance work, and an exclusive talk with bestselling American author Roxane Gay. — EJ
Aug 22 – 31 / Various locations / nowornever.melbourne.vic.gov.au
Photo: Arianna Leggiero
READ ME
Off the Leash in Australia
Planning a trip with other people is stressful enough, let alone with the four-legged members of your clan. Travel blogger Shandos Cleaver and her miniature dachshund Schnitzel toured the country’s best dog-friendly spots to make things easier. If you want to bring your pooch along on the next road trip (or just want inspiration for a fun adventure), consider this your guide to the top accommodation, parks, beaches and dining spots welcoming furry friends. — GG
$37 99 / hardiegrant.com/au
BAR CART
Sweet Heat Co Hot Honey
Some things just go together: salt and pepper, bread and butter, macaroni and cheese. Now it’s time to add honey and chilli to the list. This fiery take on the golden nectar, from Aussie condiment expert Sweet Heat Co, is handmade in small batches with local mixed blossom honey and habaneros grown in Central Queensland. A squeezy bottle makes for easy drizzling over fried chicken, avo toast, pizza or your next salad. — GG
$17 50 / sweetheat.com.au
THREE OF A KIND Milk punch cocktails
An old-but-new-again style of drink, clarified milk punches involve mixing milk with various spirits and other flavourings, before curdling the mixture with citrus juice and straining off the dairy solids. The resulting liquid is clean and clear, but with a silky texture. Now the antique cocktail –popular in the taverns of the 1700s – has found its way onto the menus of the city’s top bars. — FS
Carrot Cake milk punch, Maggie’s Snacks and Liquor, Brunswick East
Tiramisu milk punch, Capitano, Carlton
Silk Stocking, Caretaker’s Cottage, Melbourne Maggie’s Snacks and Liquor and Capitano photos: Casey Horsfield
HOME MAKER
Cillie
You’d be forgiven if you mistook Cillie’s playful throws for your favourite sweater. The new Sydney homewares label –pronounced “silly”– walks the line between playful illusion and high-quality, responsible design. “I love playing on trompe l’oeil, it’s a French term that means ‘trick of the eye’,” says founder and designer Yael Frischling who worked at top Aussie fashion labels including Dion Lee, Nagnata and Bec & Bridge.
Featuring elements of classic knitwear such as cable, jacquard and patchwork techniques, Cillie’s throws are quirky in spirit but conscious of impact. The designs use 100 per cent RWS (responsible wool standard) merino-knitted yarn, while the manufacturing and packaging process is transparent and traceable on Cillie’s website. — GG
cillie.com.au
IN THE KITCHEN
Nasi Goreng
Raph Rashid, Beatbox Kitchen
Prep time 10 minutes / Cook time about 15 minutes / Serves 4
Thai shrimp paste 130g peeled and deveined raw prawns cut into bite-sized pieces 160ml vegetable oil 40g small dried prawns or ikan bilis dried anchovies 50g banana shallot diced 2 tbsp kecap manis 1 tsp soy sauce 1 tsp fish sauce 1 spring onion cut into 1cm lengths Good pinch of ground white pepper 1 tbsp chilli oil
Accompaniments: Sriracha or your favourite chilli sauce 4 fried free-range eggs Lemon wedges Crispy fried shallots
Spread the rice out on a tray and set aside to cool. Meanwhile, pound the garlic, chilli and shrimp paste using a mortar and pestle until you have a smooth paste. It will get fragrant!
Bring a saucepan of water to the boil. Add the chopped prawns and blanch for 1–2 minutes, until tender. Drain and set aside.
Heat 100ml of the oil in a wok over medium heat, then add the dried prawns or ikan bilis and fry for 2–3 minutes, until crisp. Transfer to paper towel to drain.
Clean and wipe dry the wok, then add the remaining oil and set over low heat. Add the garlic paste and cook for 2 minutes, breaking up the mixture with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Add the shallot and cook for another minute, then add the cooled rice and increase the heat to medium–high, stirring to coat the rice grains in the paste. Continue to toast the rice for 2–3 minutes, then add the sauces and spring onion. Stir and flip and stir and scrape up and down the wok.
Add the blanched prawn and dried prawns or ikan bilis and continue the wok shuffle for a few seconds. Remove the wok from the heat and add a good hit of white pepper and chilli oil. Stir through and serve with your choice of accompaniments.
SNACK BAR STREET STYLE
By Audrey Payne
Neds in Middle Park is now open for dinner Wednesday through Sunday from 5pm. The Neds at Night menu includes steak frites, garlic bread, a lobster croissant, handmade pappardelle with lamb ragu and a classic lemon tart. The South Yarra location is due to start dinner service in September. 40 Armstrong Street, Middle Park / nedsbake.com.au
Wing, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, has partnered with food delivery service Door Dash to bring food delivery by drone to the eastern suburbs. If your address is in or near the Maroondah City Council area, you’ll now see a drone category in the Door Dash app. The drones deliver Tuesday through Sunday from 9am to 4 20pm and operate from a distribution centre (which the company calls a “nest”) based out of Eastland Shopping Centre in Ringwood.
A casual four-seat restaurant has opened hidden inside cafe 279. Called Zenka, it operates Friday and Saturday nights and specialises in kamameshi – a rice dish cooked in a kama (iron pot) that owner and chef Manami Okada says is “true Japanese comfort food”. 279 Victoria Street, West Melbourne / @zenka.melbourne
Find Biscoff brioche and maple bacon danishes at Amann Patisserie, a tiny new bakery window from pastry chef Yohann Godec and his partner Alizee Le Goff. 645 Nicholson Street, Carlton North / amannpatisserie.com.au
Margot Robbie’s gin company Papa Salt will soon launch its first canned cocktail. Papa Salt Palomas, made with Byron Baydistilled gin and Capi grapefruit soda, are planned for October release in Australia. @papasaltgin
High Street, Northcote
Name: Imogen Mason Age: 19 Occupation: Fashion student Tell us about your outfit today. I got this knit a few days ago. My jeans are a boot-cut skinny style with flares at the end and I’m wearing Doc Martens, which go with everything. Where do you get your fashion inspiration? My biggest source would be Pinterest, I go there all the time for inspo. I also love looking through magazines like Vogue. What do you gravitate towards when shopping? Comfort definitely, especially in winter. I also love bright pastel colours –I feel like it suits my features the best.
Once a rough-around-theedges suburb, Northcote is now a hive of energy. Live music is a must at the Northcote Social Club and for something more wholesome, head to the recently upgraded All Nations Park.
Photo: Arianna Leggiero
Photo: Liana Hardy
Photo: Casey Horsfield
Photo: Kaede James Takamoto
Ultra Violette’s Rebecca Jefferd Takes Aussie Beauty Global
Words by Alice Jeffery
Photo by Jordan Drysdale
SPF is a product category Australian brands are renowned for on the international stage – little surprise given the extreme health risks of antipodean sun exposure and the rise of “A-Beauty” hype.
One market pioneer is Ultra Violette, founded by Rebecca Jefferd and Ava Chandler-Matthews in 2019. The pair’s “skinscreens” fall into the premium beauty category, offering suncare products that people actually want to wear daily. “We were really clear from day one about creating a ‘skinscreen’, so skincare plus sunscreen,” Jefferd tells Broadsheet.
The Melbourne label quickly gained a loyal local following for its elevated SPFs, which are packed with ingredients that closely resemble those found on the labels of your favourite serums and moisturisers.
The brand now offers a suite of products that cater to different skin types and SPF preferences, including face, body, lip and make-up formulations. But the core message always comes back to keeping things simple, Jefferd says. “We’re trying to lend you a hand in the morning and get you out the door, get you protected as easily as possible.
“There’s no demonising of ingredients or types [ of SPF ] here. Just pick one that you actually like wearing.”
A signature cheekiness helps to keep this message alive. Vi – the brand persona – is a best friend or doting big sister of sorts. She wants to make sure you’re looking after yourself. And she has plenty of tips to share about applying (and reapplying) sun protection. But she also cares about the science.
“There’s plenty of myths and misinformation out there. We’re a science-led brand that’s focused on speaking to our customers without being condescending or patronising,” Jefferd says of the Vi brand voice. “Sun protection is our love language.”
Ultra Violette celebrated its fifth anniversary earlier this year, marking the occasion with a $15 million partnership with Aria Growth Partners. The hefty capital raise has spurred on the brand’s
international expansion, particularly into North America with stock now available in Sephora Canada. The US is next on the list.
But conquering the global beauty market isn’t easy. Navigating regulations in different territories is one of the brand’s biggest challenges, Jefferd says. “We’re currently in 28 countries. We create bespoke products for each market – we’re at around three versions of each of our formulations to meet global requirements.” Sunscreen is seen as a therapeutic good in many countries so products are subject to strict guidelines around formula, as well as marketing and media presence.
All of Ultra Violette’s products are manufactured in Australia, and Melbourne is still the beating heart of the business, Jefferd says. The growing team works from a three-storey townhouse-turnedoffice in Cremorne with views over the MCG.
“Our product team is one of the biggest teams in the business, and it’s still a function that Ava and I personally spend most of our time in. We’re product developers at heart. We have a matrix of every idea of SPF you could possibly have, and we’re working through making sure every single need can be met.”
While Ultra Violette’s future involves plenty more new product development – the team is currently tackling the question of what suncare looks like for acne-prone skin – there’s also an appetite for keeping the current stable of products up-to-date. For example, the bestselling Queen Screen has recently been reformulated and re-released. There’s the same silky serum-like texture and soft rose scent as before, but it’s been souped-up with even more skin-loving ingredients, including vitamins C, B5, E and F.
“I feel like we’re in the primary school years as a business at the moment. We’re still learning to do a few things independently, we’re still finding our feet,” Jefferd says. “We’re really just getting going, and I’ve never felt more excited.”
Five Red Homewares for an Unexpected Bold Pop of Colour
By Alice Jeffery
TOFU
– $35 Add a little spice and warmth to your space with this playful porcelain incense holder. Plucked straight from the design vine of Sydney homewares store Hands, in collaboration with Spicy Tofu Ceramics, each handmade piece takes on an organic shape. hands.com.au
CHUB STOOL – $550 Fearon’s signature powder-coated tubular pieces come in a rainbow of bold hues. But the glossy Signal Red shade tickles our brain in an indescribable way. Use it as a side table or an extra seat –you can customise the dimensions or opt for sister shapes if you’re after more surface area. fearon.shop
Nestled in the heart of Burwood, Fountain Court Retirement Living is renowned for its vibrant community atmosphere. Under construction and ready this year, our new residences offer bespoke designs, private terraces or balconies and open-plan layouts just steps away from brand-new lifestyle facilities coming soon for your enjoyment. With one bedrooms already sold out, don’t miss your chance to call these beautiful residences home.
Sophisticated apartments selling fast New vibrant lifestyle hub coming soon
and
Bespoke designs for
Private terraces or balconies
Seamless
À la carte café and residents’ bar
BBQ and alfresco area
Private dining room
Billiards, media and craft rooms Library
FEARON
SPICY
CERAMICS CHILLI INCENSE HOLDER
Photo: Phillip Huynh
DEGOEY PLANET APHRODITE DEUX FOIS VASE –$320 Gingham and red go hand in hand. This handmade vase from Gold Coast ceramics label Degoey Planet applies a classic combination to an unexpected form. Each piece is made to order with a dose of trademark idiosyncrasy. Add a red floral arrangement, or let the vessel stand on its own. degoeyplanet.com
HALL OF FLAME XXL TAPER CANDLES – FROM $24.95 Take fiery hues into more literal territory with Hall of Flame’s elongated taper candles. Build towering tablescapes or let lone candles stand on a sideboard. Golden holders will amp up the opulence in your space, but you could also use tonal glass sleeves for a compelling installation. hallofflame.com.au
Whether you need room for guests or more space in your home, our wall beds provide you with a stylish multi-purpose solution.
MUSTARD MADE THE SHORTY LOCKER – $229 Colour is both an art and a science for Newcastle-based brand Mustard Made. Its signature lockers come awash in pastel and pop hues, including Poppy red. The Shorty design makes a great bedside table alternative or can be used for extra office storage. Choose left or right closure to suit your space. mustardmade.com
TIME TO COOK
Words by Audrey Payne · Photos by Peter Tarasiuk
Jung Eun Chae makes slow food the traditional Korean way. Her tiny home restaurant has one of the longest waitlists in Australia – and she’s sharing her methods in a new cookbook.
In a time when more of us are talking about boundaries and balance, having a restaurant in your home might be some people’s idea of a nightmare. Not so for Jung Eun Chae, chef and co-owner – along with partner Yoora Yoon –of inimitable six-seat restaurant Chae.
“I like to work a lot, so it’s the perfect space for me –just keep working,” Chae tells Broadsheet from her base in Cockatoo in the Dandenong Ranges. “I don’t need to have work-life balance.”
“Last night she spent the evening making kimchi, so that’s work,” Yoon says. “But after that she turned on Netflix and started peeling garlic – that’s her downtime.” (The chef was watching the Korean drama A Shop for Killers, so the scene isn’t quite as bucolic as it seems.)
Chae’s approach to food takes time. Right now, for instance, near the end of the Australian winter is one of the best times to buy ripe, end-of-season fruit for Korean persimmon vinegar gam-sikcho. Making it the traditional way takes 15 months.
First, Chae places soft ripe persimmons in a sterilised glass jar for three months. During that time the fruit breaks down and releases juice, filling the jar with persimmon liquid. After three months she runs it through a sieve and discards the fruit before collecting the liquid and storing it separately for about a year. Over time, the liquid naturally turns into vinegar.
The jars Chae uses are about the size of a barbeque gas bottle. In her home-slash-restaurant, they’re proudly stored on wooden shelves alongside bottles of nectarine, yuzu, peach and other homemade vinegars – an amber ombre arrangement against white plaster walls.
To anyone who might be new to at-home fermenting, Chae says: “Just try many times and get experience. It’s all new, but you can get through.” It’s advice she’s followed herself.
Meju blocks hang from the ceiling in the same room as the vinegar jars. Made from crushed soybeans, they’re hung and left to ferment for around three months. Eventually they’ll be used to make chosun ganjang, a Korean soy sauce, and doenjang, a fermented soybean paste often likened to miso.
In Chae and Yoon’s native South Korea, meju blocks are hung outside during winter. But in Australia they’ve had to adapt the method to match the environment.
In their first winter in Cockatoo they hung the blocks outside, but the humidity proved to be greater than what they were used to and the blocks grew mould. The second year they brought the blocks inside, but were also unsuccessful. They’ve now developed a method where they place the meju in a mesh bag with a handful of dried rice straw. The bags are suspended from the ceiling and small fans circulate air
around the blocks. Winter is a good time to start the making process; the condiments they work on now will be ready to use in about a year.
“We’re sort of adjusting our traditional methodology to make it work for this foreign environment,” Yoon says. So far, it’s working.
Chae came to Melbourne as a student. After a stint at Lume, she was working at Andrew McConnell’s Cutler & Co when a motorcycle accident injured her ankle to the point where operating as a chef in a traditional restaurant was no longer feasible.
Feeling “directionless”, Chae caught an episode of Chef’s Table featuring Buddhist nun Jeong Kwan and found new inspiration. She flew to Kwan’s temple in Korea and worked under her for two months. Then she visited her mum to learn more about traditional Korean ferments and condiments – knowledge that formed the basis of her debut cookbook Chae: Korean Slow Food for a Better Life.
Returning to Melbourne in 2019, she opened the first iteration of Chae out of her and Yoon’s one-bedroom Brunswick apartment. The tiny restaurant quickly gained attention in the food world and their waitlist grew to 10,000 per month.
Two years later, the couple relocated their home and restaurant to Cockatoo. Though it’s about a one-hour drive from Melbourne, it remains one of the hardest restaurants to get a seat at in Australia.
Chae does all the prep and cooking for the restaurant herself. Guests sit at a U-shaped table facing the kitchen and watch the chef prepare and serve their meal.
The move to the mountains was primarily born out of a need for more space (Chae’s ferments take up a lot of square footage), but the couple feel the quiet tranquility suits her cooking philosophy.
Chae compares making her own condiments to taking photos. With technology, she says, people have the ability to use presets and apply filters and make adjustments in the moment. That’s what it’s like using store-bought ingredients. Chae’s process is less immediate, more analogue. She creates her own filter – or personal flavour – through her homemade condiments and ferments.
Yoon, who’s been eating Chae’s food for more than 10 years, describes her cooking as “really simple”.
“She doesn’t put a lot of seasoning, but then the seasoning itself requires a lengthy preparation time. Even if it’s a panfried squid with a tablespoon of soy sauce and a little bit of vegetable. All that takes about five minutes, but the soy sauce that she uses she already started the preparation for it a couple of years ago.”
HOME OF THE WEEK
Edwardian beauty is a rare find
Words by Anders Furze
Walter Butler was a renowned architectabout-town in the first half of the 20th century. Remnants of the arts and crafts luminary’s design sensibility can still be seen scattered about Melbourne.
From the 1916 Mission to Seafarers building in Docklands to Coldstream’s Coombe Cottage, designed for Dame Nellie Melba, Butler’s designs helped define the era.
He was also the architect behind this Edwardian beauty. Dating to 1913, the home features a stellar contemporary renovation, a north-facing orientation and 1278 square metres of land. It sits in a prime Malvern East location defined by heritage facades, plenty of trees and proximity to Central Park.
A magnificent contemporary renovation ensures the home is now relevant for 21stcentury living.
“A lifestyle for all seasons has been created here with spacious indoor and outdoor entertaining areas,” agent Fiona Ansell-Jones says.
That’s immediately apparent in the open living, dining and kitchen space to the rear of the home. Here, you’ll find a built-in dining table and banquette seating for up to 10
people. It’s a feature that can be likened only to an opulent diner.
While enjoying this free-flowing zone, guests can admire the bottle collection in the wine room, while the cocktail cabinet adds playful possibilities.
As for the kitchen, you’ll find Wolf appliances, an integrated Sub-Zero fridge, two Miele dishwashers and a butler’s pantry.
This rear area opens through glass sliding doors onto a wraparound deck. A patio leads to a separate al fresco dining area and barbecue kitchen next to the pool and spa. An in-ground trampoline is perfect for the kids.
The home’s entrance is actually around to the side of its magnificent front facade, all of which is discreetly tucked away behind high walls on Wattletree Road.
The formal lounge room sits near the entry. It has a marble gas fire and overlooks the contemplative front garden.
You’ll find more charming fireplaces in the formal dining room and the home office, which also has a built-in desk.
The luxurious main bedroom rounds out the historic heart of the home, overlooking
the tessellated front verandah. It, too, has a marble fireplace, a dressing room with several built-in wardrobes and an en suite.
Upstairs are three more bedrooms with built-in robes, two of which have en suites. A fourth room can be a retreat, another bedroom or a second study.
This home is an easy stroll from Central Park, and Burke Road’s cafes, restaurants and shops are all easily within reach, too. The number 5 tram is on your doorstep.
Hover your camera over the code to see Domain listings in Malvern East
WHAT THE AGENT SAYS
“This grand Edwardian has been cleverly transformed into a stunning family home. With a northern orientation and 1278 square metres of land, a home like this is a rare find.”
The highest recorded house price for Malvern East (past 12 months) was $6.3 million for 27-29 Finch Street in February. COMPARABLE SALES $6.3 million 27-29
Fiona Ansell-Jones Marshall White
LIKE A LOCAL
Mentone
By Sasha Murray
Mentone is one of the few Melbourne suburbs with a genuine beach culture. It’s set against beautiful Mentone Beach, which stretches from the cliffs of Beaumaris to Parkdale, and is home to family-friendly park Mentone Racecourse Reserve. As you’ll often find in seaside suburbs, there’s a close community feel, leafy walking paths and locals swimming from sunrise to sunset.
Along Beach Road, there are plenty of spots to eat and drink with flawless ocean views to match. Charming family-run cafe Chain of Fools offers excellent coffee, chai and house-baked pastries. Not far from the foreshore, along Mentone Parade, there’s Huff Bagelry and homey spot White Bricks serving up caffeinated drinks courtesy of Dukes beans – both great picks for a leisurely breakfast. For something heartier, try New York City-inspired Applehead Deli for classic Reubens stuffed with corned beef, pastrami, gherkins, Swiss cheese and Russian dressing. Or go for oozy tuna melts, bacon and egg rolls and a popular mushroom and pesto option.
Further north on Swanston Street, find all-day eatery The Corner Store. Pop in for brunch in the morning, coffee and cake in the afternoon or creamy garlic prawns and Wagyu burgers come dinner time.
There are many other gems to hit in the evening, too. Casual pizza joint Joe’s of Mentone has been around since 1966, while newcomer Sunnyside Sliced hand-stretches thin NYC-style pizza as well as Sicilian deep-dish renditions. Try the Hella Honey made with a long-fermented base and topped with chorizo, jalapenos and hot honey. For a special occasion, book a table at romantic French-leaning restaurant Bar Audrey. After, stroll along the beach towards Beaumaris until you reach the Gin Dispensary – a bar and cocktail lounge offering seasonal concoctions made with three varieties of its own Port Phillip gin.
As for shopping, Hunter Markets is a weekend-only secondhand clothes bazaar in a converted warehouse. It’s popular among younger crowds and sells preloved pieces from Australian designers and fast fashion labels across 30 well-curated stalls each week. Just make sure to get there early to (hopefully) beat the consistently long lines up the street.
With eight schools in the area, parents are spoiled for choice when it comes to education for their kids in Mentone. Another bonus is median house prices have grown 29 per cent in the past five years.
Clockwise from top: Mentone Racecourse Reserve, photo Casey Horsfield. Sunnyside Sliced, photo Laura May Grogan. Hunter Markets, photo Julia Sansone. The Corner Store, photo Casey Horsfield
WHAT THE AGENT SAYS
“I love the family culture. Seeing school kids walking home gives a real sense of safety and community. The other obvious draw card is the stunning bay with a dog park and walking trails.”
Clockwise from top: Mentone Beach and Life Saving Club, Mentone station, White Bricks/Bar Audrey, Just Italy, photos Casey Horsfield
Andrew Plousi Hodges
OPEN FOR INSPECTION
Words by Richard Cornish, Maria Harris & Kay Keighery
Clearance rate of 64%*
Source: Domain Group
WHAT OUR EXPERT SAYS LAST WEEKEND
Dr Nicola Powell Chief of research & economics
“Melbourne’s house price recovery has been slow – now lasting as long as the downturn – but it seems to be gaining momentum after the steepest quarterly rise in 2.5 years.”
For the latest property insights go to domain.com.au/research
5 Gladstone Avenue $2.7 million
5 3 2
Private sale
Agent: Belle Property Mentone, Garry Donovan 0419 588 660
$3.82 million Glen Waverley 19 Parsons Avenue Sold by Jellis Craig*
*As reported on August 3, 2024
Just metres from the beach, this house offers sweeping views across Port Phillip Bay, and it’s close to shops, cafes, and a range of schools. Its pristine, mainly white interiors give it a relaxed vibe, while the open fireplace adds to the cosy atmosphere downstairs. Upstairs, the main bedroom has a walk-in wardrobe and en suite. The views are even bigger from the retreat and balcony.
East 62 Macgregor Street
$3.2 million-$3.5 million
5 3 3
Auction: Noon, August 17
Agent: Jellis Craig, David Sciola 0408 598 242
Montgomerie has been renovated and extended over many decades to create this beautifully preserved classic Edwardian house. With only two owners in its 110-year history, it combines period details with light-filled contemporary living spaces. Five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a study and upstairs retreat make it ideal for families wanting room to spread their wings. It has gracious formal rooms, a marble-finished kitchen and a family room that opens to the rear garden.
Kew 38 Maitland
Auction: 2pm, August 17
Agent: Kay & Burton, Sophie Su 0425 270 125
The facade gives little away regarding the spectacular interior of this revamped, midcentury, brick house. Spreading out over one flowing level and offering four bedrooms with en suites, and one without, plus openplan living centred on a light court hosting a bonsai tree, it’s jam-packed with personality. The kitchen has top end appliances, marble accents and a full butler’s pantry.
162 Tramway Parade
$2.2 million-$2.35 million 5 3 2
Auction: 2.30pm, August 17
Agent: Kay & Burton, Matthew Pillios 0408 145 982
Family living enjoys privileged status at this address, where the two-storey house is ideally zoned and outdoor areas excel for child’s play. The open-plan hub on ground level connects with a deck addressing the front garden and an entertainment terrace looking over the travertine-paved backyard pool. Upstairs, a retreat buffers three of the minor bedrooms from the main. Stroll to shops and the beach.
Malvern
Aspendale
Beaumaris
Brighton
1/69 Wilson Street
$2 million-$2.15 million
4 3 2
Auction: 1pm, August 17
Agent: Marshall White, Simon Monnier-Penny 0404 283 551
This solid-brick house is secured by a high wall and situated in one of the most soughtafter areas of Brighton. It features high-end finishes and appliances. High ceilings and large windows provide a sense of space and light, while parquet floors and an iron balustrade add charming traditional touches.
This place knocks your socks off. With a reinvented period home backed up by a separate two-bedroom townhouse, the living options abound. Blending rich original features with distinctive modernisation, the principal residence is a spacious stunner. You can relax and entertain on the rear deck.
South Yarra
67 Osborne Street
$2.5 million-$2.75 million
5 3 3
Expressions of interest: Close noon, August 20
Agent: RT Edgar, Anthony Grimwade 0418 382 226, with Property Mavens, Miriam Sandkuhler 0412 595 995
This property comprises three units: two spacious duplexes with separate living and dining rooms (one is a renovated groundfloor apartment with a terrace and courtyard), and a one-bedroom studio apartment.
Hover your camera over the code to view live listings on domain.com.au
LUXURY
Words by Richard Cornish & Shae Wiedermann
Camberwell
17 Range Street
$4.5 million-$4.95 million
5 3 3
Auction: 10am, August 17
Agent: Jellis Craig, Mark Pezzin 0403 537 105
There is a sense of both scale and solidity that defines this two-storey house, yet it remains warm and inviting. It was built for a family who desired beautiful stone and wood finishes, high-end kitchen appliances, spacious living areas, a sprawling Jack Merlo garden, and an in-ground trampoline. The architects created a luxurious home that fosters conviviality, with a large open living zone connected through French doors to the paved entertaining areas, loggia and pool.
Close to Gardiner Creek Trail and situated perfectly between Ashburton’s High Street and Toorak Road, this 1930s art deco home has been renovated and extended. Formal living and dining rooms (both with fireplaces) complement the openplan living-dining area, which extends to a deck, a swimming pool and garden. Two bedrooms have en suites, while the other two share a bathroom, and the main bedroom has a spacious walk-in wardrobe and en suite.
Deepdene
16 Deepdene Road
$5.8 million-$6.3 million
4 2 3
Auction: 2pm, August 17
Agent: Jellis Craig, Peter Vigano 0407 301 224
This single-storey Victorian house retains period features such as soaring rosette ceilings and double sash windows. The wide, arched hallway leads to four bedrooms – all with built-in wardrobes and fireplaces – and a formal lounge room with bay window. Carry on to the original, formal dining room, study and open-plan living-dining area at the rear. The backyard is an entertainer’s paradise, with a stone-paved terrace, pool and covered deck with ceiling fan and strip heating.
143 Gordon Street
$3.9 million-$4.29 million
6 6 2
Auction: 12.30pm, August 17
Agent: Kay & Burton, Sophie Su 0425 270 125
Every bedroom in this contemporary Balwyn house has a walk-in wardrobe and an en suite. Perfect for large-scale family living, the first floor has a study, retreat and five bedrooms, including the deluxe main. Downstairs has a guest bedroom, a study/music room, a formal living room and an open-plan kitchen-dining area. The home has a white-rendered facade and sits on a corner block near excellent schools, including Balwyn High School and Camberwell Grammar.
Balwyn
BUILT ON RESULTS
Since selling our first home in 1938, the success of our business has been underpinned by the quality of our people and their ability to deliver superior market knowledge, impeccable service, trustworthy advice, and extraordinary results. Today, we proudly present our
Directors and Executive Directors— a collective of industry leaders dedicated to advancing Kay & Burton into a new era of excellence with a blend of experience and innovation. The recent appointment of Sophie Su to Director, who has been an integral part of our business for
almost a decade, further affirms our commitment to setting new standards and redefining luxury real estate. This marks the future of the industry.”
—Ross Savas Kay & Burton Managing Director
‘BALLARA’ 49 LANSELL
ROAD TOORAK
a 5 b 2 c 10 g 2117 sqm*
A timeless Toorak icon offered for the first time in 70 years. In conjunction with Infolio Property Advisors.
Expressions of interest Close 26 August at 5pm
Viewing By appointment
Oliver Booth 0413 975 723
Nicky Rowe 0428 640 509
Alex Condon 0421 494 810
6-10 MARNE STREET
SOUTH YARRA
g 1,770sqm approx total size*
Close 27 August at 5pm
Thursday 2 - 2:30pm Saturday 12 - 12:30pm
69 CAROLINE STREET
SOUTH YARRA
46 MILLSWYN STREET
SOUTH YARRA
Expressions of interest Close 20 August at 5pm
Viewing Wednesday and Saturday 12-12:30pm
Matt Davis 0412 466 858
Ross Savas 0418 322 994
Nick Kenyon 0429 858 616
Auction Saturday 31 August at 11am Sam Wilkinson 0400 169 148
Viewing Thursday 1-1:30pm Saturday 2-2:30pm
Garrick Lim 0424 439 242
Isabella Maugeri 0438 096 720
10-10:30am
12-12:30pm
MELBOURNE
In a building that sets benchmark levels of luxury, complemented by a fabulous foyer, full time concierge service, a stunning 25M indoor pool, gym and residents’ terrace and dining area, this exceptional residence delivers contemporary vibrancy and compelling views.
Michael King 0415 505 505 Jock Langley 0419 530 008
Spectacular Design and Luxury
Grandeur, Elegance and Designer Luxury
63 Kalimna Dr, 2 Caraar Creek Ln & 8 Caraar Creek Ln, Mornington
Arguably one of Australia's premium land holdings. First time offered for public sale, to be Auctioned individually. Three titles comprising of 10,205m2 (approx) cliff front north facing land.
Auction Sunday 8th September at 12pm Inspection by registration Saturday 3pm - 4pm & Wednesday 5pm - 5:30pm
The quintessential coastal oasis designed for lifestyle lovers, this brand new residence with deluxe poolside entertaining area, shimmering bay views and a superbly appointed home office significantly raises the bar on seaside luxury just a few minutes’ stroll to the vibrant village and South Beach.
Uniting high end finishes with a masterfully curated layout that facilitates a seamless connection between indoor and outdoor spaces, the four bedroom home flaunts three living areas and a culinary kitchen with waterfall edge stone benchtops, premium appliances and a butler’s pantry.
