• Romuald “Romu” Oudeyer, a chef with Michelin-starred-restaurant pedigree, is back with another pop-up this weekend. On the menu: XO-saucy Wagyu katsu burgers, prawn dogs with sriracha rhubarb and more.

• Combat brunchtime indecision with Broadsheet’s guide to Melbourne’s best new cafes.

• Sunda has a sultry, spectacular new sibling: Aru. Go for glossy “forbidden” rice sourdough, hasselback potatoes with Laughing Cow cheese, and a creme caramel done very differently.

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• Get your Whisky Freak on, with drams of the world’s rarest whiskies delivered monthly. (Some of Australia’s best bartenders are behind it.)

• Find 22 beers on tap at the new cavernous, two-level Deeds Taproom. To eat? Schmaltzy focaccia, hop-cured salmon and ale-glazed Wagyu.

• The Tour de France kicks off this weekend. With this snazzy new wine pack, get six wines from six of the regions it travels through – to drink while you watch.

• Maha’s Shane Delia has a new SBS cooking show. And he’s making dishes from it every weekend until the end of August at Maha East.

• From classic to creative – here are six tiramisu recipes for every creamy, caffeinated craving.

• Joe Vargetto has filled his Italian restaurant Mister Bianco with sand to recreate the Sicilian beachside.

• Better than smashed avo: the country’s best sandwich-makers give us their tips for using all those $1 avocados.

• Jolly Good is back. The tiny sandwich pop-up has found a semi-permanent home in Fitzroy, where it’s serving citrusy, herby chicken sangas (and more).

• Up your instant-noodles game with this ramen-flavoured spice blend. Or use it to make proper ramen more rapidly.

• $12 lobster-and-prawn rolls await at Carlton North’s The Fishmonger’s Son.

• Australia’s first light oat milk has hit supermarket shelves.

• At Fitzroy’s new Coles Local, there’s bulk frozen fruit, an olive-oil refill station and grind-it-yourself coffee.

• Cheese- and pasta-making. They’re two Italian artforms. And That’s Amore is hosting two-in-one masterclasses to help you master them.

• If you’ve never celebrated Christmas in July, prepare your Santa hat. All Are Welcome is getting festive with fluffy panettone, fruit mince pies and Eccles cakes (alongside weekly sandwich specials with Christmas ham and turkey) all month long.