Everyone's talking about this taphouse in Melbourne right now
And it may have something to do with the cool duo behind it.
Located on the ground floor of Ovolo Laneways hotel on Little Bourke Street, Amphlett House does a fine trade in both food and drinks.
Melbourne chef Ian Curley and Andrea Gualdi - founder of Sydney's Maybe Sammy, named the best drinking den in Australia by The World's 50 Best Bars - are the duo behind Melbourne's hottest new taphouse, Amphlett House.
Old-world Memphis is the inspiration behind the venue, which is decked out with cane chairs, pistachio-hued banquettes and geometric mirrors.
Located on the ground floor of Ovolo Laneways hotel on Little Bourke Street, the taphouse does a fine trade in both food and drinks.
Kick off the night with ox tongue with salsa verde and fried zuchhini flowers stuffed with caponata, before moving on to blue oyster mushroom skewers with romesco.
Just don't forget to order one of Gualdi's cocktails. Riberry Cosmopolitan with vodka and triple sec, anyone?
Akash is the Deputy Travel Editor for Australian Community Media. He has lived and worked in four cities around the world – Sydney, London, New Delhi and New York – and, at last count, travelled to 42 countries.
My all-time favourite destination is ... New York. You can drop a pin anywhere in Manhattan and start walking in any direction, and the sights and sounds of the city that never stops will begin to stimulate all your senses in an instant.
Next on my bucket list is … Scandinavia - at the peak of summer, when the sun almost never sets.
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