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Lee Ho Fook

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Lee Ho Fook. (2026, October 12). The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/vic-good-food-guide/lee-ho-fook-melbourne-20240226-p5f7x7.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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Good Food includes Lee Ho Fook in its list of the 100 Essential Restaurants, highlighting its decade-long journey from Smith Street to its current location. Chef Victor Liong's menu features both classic and innovative Chinese dishes, such as prawn toast with uni and salted egg yolk butter, sweet and sour pork adorned with lychees and strawberries, and steamed toothfish over tofu. The restaurant offers a plush dining experience, complete with free BYO Monday to Wednesday.

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Story summary

Lee Ho Fook is a Chinese restaurant in Melbourne that has been featured on Good Food’s list of 100 Essential Restaurants. Chef Victor Liong has operated the restaurant for over a decade, moving it from Smith Street to its current location. The menu credits staff members like film credits, symbolizing the story behind modern Australian dining. Dishes include rich prawn toast with uni and salted egg yolk butter, ethereal duck skin filled with Chinese caviar, and chilled mussels served on ice with fennel and nasturtium vinegar. More traditional dishes such as sweet and sour pork and steamed toothfish are also offered, showcasing a blend of nostalgia and innovation. The restaurant's plush dining room even includes a red carpet for an added touch of glamour. Lee Ho Fook offers free BYO wine on weekdays from Monday to Wednesday.

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Australian Chinese Good Food’s Hollywood Melbourne

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Chinese NORP · 2× Australian NORP · 1× Good Food’s ORG · 1× Ho Fook PERSON · 1× Hollywood ORG · 1× Lee Ho Fook PERSON · 1× Melbourne GPE · 1× Victor Liong PERSON · 1×

Narrative

It’s a fitting touch for a restaurant whose story has unfolded over more than a decade, from Smith Street to this laneway, where chef Victor Liong’s plates play like a biopic of modern Australian dining.

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2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Lee Ho Fook · assertive framing

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This venue is included in Good Food’s 100 Essential Restaurants list. asserted

venue → include → list

The names of staff are listed on the menu like film credits. asserted

names → list → credits

plates → ’ → dining

First, a cast of sublime snacks takes the spotlight. asserted

cast → take → spotlight

Unashamedly rich prawn toast is wantonly draped in uni and finished with salted egg yolk butter. asserted

toast → drape → butter

Ethereal, shattering duck skin bears a gift of Chinese caviar. asserted

skin → shatter → caviar

Pristine chilled mussels co-star with fennel and nasturtium vinegar, served ceremoniously on ice. asserted

mussels → chill → ice

More familiar storylines appear. asserted

storylines → appear → ?

Sweet and sour pork, bejewelled with lychees and strawberries, reclaims a nostalgic classic. asserted

pork → bejewel → classic

Ginger and spring onion oil dresses pearlescent toothfish, steamed with precision over organic tofu. asserted

oil → dress → tofu

Apt that Lee Ho Fook has red carpet in its plush, comfortable dining room: this restaurant shines like a Hollywood star. asserted

restaurant → have → star

Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently. asserted

reviews → book → ?

A restaurant can’t pay for a review or inclusion in the Good Food Guide. asserted

restaurant → pay → Guide