Where Chefs Eat in Winter, Fitzroy’s Excellent New Sri Lankan Buffet, Best New Fashion Collabs, a Super Simple Cooking Hack

Plus a swish new take on the KFC Zinger burger.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   [Broadsheet]( 14 August 2019 [This Week]  Hi Melbourne, It’s cold out. You should be inside, eating. At least, that’s how I work my way through winter – one restaurant at a time. We asked Melbourne’s best chefs where they hole up, eat spicy things and drink red wine. And we’ve uncovered the best new all-you-can-eat buffet in the city. Or, if you’re staying in, check out famous British chef Rick Stein’s super simple cooking hack. Plus explore the best new fashion collabs, check out the fabulous new Fringe program or the Bluesfest line-up, and explore two dreamy getaways, just a plane trip away. See you in line for the buffet, Ellen Fraser Broadsheet Melbourne editor   The best of Broadsheet this week.  [[ ] Food & Drink Where Melbourne’s top chefs eat in winter. One’s found a no-menu sushi restaurant that’s like nothing else in the country. Another heads to a Thai diner in a parking garage. A cheese dish at an understated Brunswick spot has won over a lactose-intolerant chef, while another goes for seafood pancakes, kimchi and fried chicken at 3am.]( [[ ] Fashion When worlds collide: the best new fashion collabs. Cleverly-cut linen separates inspired by the slow life of regional Italy, cult slippers by a former Harper’s Bazaar fashion editor, Gorman’s colourful limited-edition range made from Indigenous art, and footwear from luxury French fashion house Saint Laurent for $65.]( [[ ] Food & Drink First Look: The best new all-you-can-eat buffet in Melbourne is at this family-run Sri Lankan spot in Fitzroy North. And it’s $15. Choose from yellow-lentil curry, hot buttered fish with peppers or slow-cooked beef curry. Or get them all, just remember to take small scoops so you can fit everything on your plate next to spicy coconut sambol and house-made chilli paste.](   Here’s more from Broadsheet this week. 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