Cocktail hour

lychee and cracked pepper martini

Lemongrass infused vodka, fresh lychee syrup and a hit of lemon juice deliver a balanced mix of sweet and sour.  Ground black pepper to top it off.

saucy mary 

All the usual suspects topped with Vietnamese mint and a dash of fish sauce to take you back to Sunday mornings in Vietnam and South-East Asia. 

saigon spiced mule

Our take on the classic rum mule, using ginger, chilli and galangal, sweetened with lychee and topped with hepburn springs organic ginger beer. A refreshing long drink that can be spiced to your taste.

Ms Vy dinner

We were very privileged to have Trinh Diem Vy, one of the foremost chefs in Vietnam, at Dandelion to present a menu of her signature dishes, as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in March 2012.

Coming from a long line of discerning eaters, Ms Vy’s home town is Hoi An in Central Vietnam, an ancient town which was formally one of the most important ports on the China Sea and a melting-pot for many cultures including Japanese, Chinese, Portugese and French.

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Our new desserts

Glutinous pandan cake with young coconut jelly and a rice custard crème brulee.

Deep fried black sesame icecream with palm sugar caramelized figs.

Berries with basil seed, grass jelly and ginger, lime syrup, berry sorbet.

Little coconut pancakes with mung bean puree, coconut ice cream.

"But, oh, the pho. With its deep, rich, complex broth, it’s the Rolls-Royce of pho…"

Larissa Dubecki, The Age

Pho

Kangaroo tail broth with wontons, morning glory and cumquat.
"Dandelion is a restaurant that Melbourne, and maybe even Australia, has been waiting for"

Coffee time


Just in time for the cold weather, we have just acquired some lovely coffee beans from Vietnam and are serving traditional Vietnamese style drip filtered coffee.
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Dish of the Year

Coconut grill barbeque spare ribs :

“The Good Food Guide’s Dish of the Year was right on-trend, a little bit dude and a whole lot of modern Asian - Dandelion’s barbecue spare ribs. Lindsay marinates them in coconut water with papaya seeds before grilling them over coconut, delivering meat that’s sweet and finger-licking good.

They’re served with a lovely perky lychee and mint salad, and beg to be picked up and gnawed. And as a dish, it delivers Vietnam’s yin-yang marriage of raw and cooked, sweet and salty, crisp and soft.”

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"A playfulness and a sense of fun pervade the cooking .."
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Dandelion is now open for dinner every night from 5.30 pm & lunch Thursday to Sunday. Bookings for up to six guests can be made online clicking here.

Stuck for a gift ?

What do you buy the person who has everything ?
Dandelion gift certificates are a great gift idea. Please call Daniella on 03 9531 4900 between 10 am & 4pm Monday to Friday to arrange.
Gift certificates can be collected or mailed to you.