Forkcast

Welcome to Forkcast – your monthly recap of what’s hot, fresh, and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Filipino food at Jin Bar in the Dorsett Melbourne San Francisco food highlights and the rise of robotaxis The great credit card surcharge debate Hottest new Melbourne openings Ricky's pumpkin porridge find 2-ingredient spicy marg hack Why every restaurant doesn’t have to be for everyone And more Want to dine like us? Here are the spots mentioned in today's episode: Jin Bar (CBD) Kiki’s (South Yarra) Disuko (CBD) Shogunn (Collingwood) Long Xoi Viet (Sunshine) Tom Toon (Richmond) Tungthit Sizzling Steak (Richmond) Mr Mills (CBD) Kana (Cremorne) Harvie (Armadale) Pincho Disco (Collingwood) For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram.

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Denmark Club, Melbourne's oldest social club Can food have a gender? Lesser-known wine regions F*uck, marry, kill: pancakes, waffles, French toast And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Breakfast at St James in Richmond Eating our way around the world: Mexico, London, Amsterdam, Belgium and Italy The curious origins of “Mongolian beef”, Hainanese chicken and Turkish bread Is Melbourne actually cheap? The $16 sparkling water scandal Quincy tries crickets Melbourne’s new wave of $10 meals The Frog Club, martini theatre and the return of the sundae When restaurants make staff pay for breakages And celebrity sightings For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram.

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Learning to make sushi rolls at Tombo Den The best types of dumplings Hot pepper roulette Ricky's celeb chef run-in The burger wave continues The cost of toxic hospitality And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Truffle season at Marmont Omakase is cancelled The tap vs still vs sparkling water conundrum Ricky likes to water down his cocktails The rise of the Michelin-starred pho shop Restaurant invite etiquette And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Muses wine bar in Fitzroy North Atria's Table Nineteen at the Ritz-Carlton The value of a human-centred food review Best new Japanese + Korean restaurants Ricky's home cooking hacks And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Visiting a hidden Melbourne speakeasy Thailand treats Ricky's Hong Kong recs Wine bars are the new pubs New Hainan chicken rice shop And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Is brunch back? Thoughts on the breakfast evolution – where it's come from and where it's headed Best and worst food packaging design Reflecting on freak shakes and fairy floss The new spots shaking up breakfast in Melbourne Unique pizzas for when you're sick of pepperoni And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Forkcast sleepover at the Adina Hotel Pentridge in Coburg Dining in a former jail cell at Olivine Wine Bar A sneak preview of the venue’s upcoming dinner with Hentley Farm wine on 18 July A chat with new chef Tom Hoy And more Book the Olivine x Hentley Farm dinner here . For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Forkcast goes glamping at Fern Bar & Dining Horsham's underrated food find The international chains hitting Melbourne How to hack your Yochi order Behind the scenes of the "new" New Guernica And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Ube matcha, steak sandos and hotcake breakfast rolls at Attakai in Carlton A new Thai wine bar has opened in North Melbourne The reign of the cheap eat – how low is too low Forksake's new contributor⁠ Mince TV ⁠ has launched!⁠⁠ Hentley Farm Wine is hosting a dinner at Olivine in Pentridge Prison⁠⁠ And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Birria and sopes at Mercadito Ricky's old blogging days Eating to live vs living to eat Melbourne's latest openings and closures And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Bar Kaeru has opened a new tea + pastry shop upstairs Sorrento terminal revamp Revisiting Ladro, a Fitzroy institution Melbourne fire-bombing drama And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Trying LeTao Japanese cheesecake The international fast food chains sweeping Australia Melbourne's best new burger Belgian fries have come to Chapel Street And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: "Tokyo-style" pizza at Garfield Melbourne's best and worst hot chips Ricky's gut health go-to Thoughts on Frenchie Butter everything And more! For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Quincy's Sydney and Byron recs Spotting a bad oyster Monstera fruit review Does George Calombaris deserve a second chance? Thoughts on Noma scandal And more Want to dine like us? Here are the spots mentioned in today's episode: Time After Time (CBD) Dumpling Time Block Place (CBD) A Little Joy (CBD) Breakfast Hola (CBD) You Beauty (Bangalow, NSW) Feu (Byron Bay, NSW) Coupette (Southbank) Yamagen (CBD) Cleo (CBD) Frenchie (CBD) Atsu (Carlton) Sama (Fairfield) Ho Jiak (CBD) Taquito (Carlton) Common Cuts (CBD) Bau Bau (Mount Eliza) Kolkata Cricket Club (Southbank) Shunde (CBD) Frenchie (CBD) For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Getting our hands dirty at Ministry of Crab Thoughts on set menus The new AU seafood import laws Ricky's yum cha picks And more! For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Does squishing something make it taste better? Quincy's -85º coffee review Ricky ate a guinea pig in Peru Thoughts on Chinamaxxing Where we've been eating – Gamja Hotteok, Udon Izakaya Tanukiya, Moon Drop, Ecuadorian Corner + more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh, and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Quincy's US food recap Eating at the Aus Open Best new Melbourne openings + more! For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

That's a wrap on Forkcast for 2025! Thanks for listening to our final episode of the year. Featuring: First time trying sisig Shake Shack at the AO The prettiest Nando's in Melbourne Gaga concert recap Blackbird review drama Top new openings of 2026 Want to dine like us? Here are the spots mentioned in today's episode: From Here by Mike (Docklands) 98 Lygon (Brunswick East) Bar Bouni (Southbank) Zareh (Collingwood) Johnny’s Green Room (Carlton) Moon Drop (Collingwood) Mr Mills (CBD) For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram