11:51AM Jess McGuire | There’s nothing more mind-numbingly dull that the old Melbourne versus Sydney argument. Surely this was settled once and for all when yours truly left the Emerald City and moved south to inflict my particularly irritating personality on the good inhabitants of Melbourne after falling in love with the miserable city in 2005? I jest, I jest.
In any case,
a bite-sized brouhaha has started over the Gourmet Traveller’s 2009 Restaurant Guide Awards, which apparently looked over Melbourne’s culinary brilliance in favour of Sydney-based dining establishments.
Melbourne’s long-standing reputation as a food and wine city was once again ignored in Gourmet Traveller’s 2009 Restaurant Guide Awards last night.
As was the case last year, Vue de monde was the only Melbourne restaurant to receive the top honors of a three-star rating.
In contrast, nine Sydney restaurants gained the equivalent accolade.
Controversial! As one might expect, Melbourne food critic Bob Hart is spitting gourmet duck fat-fried chips over the snubbing.
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