Beef it Up at these 6 Venues for Meat Lovers

Sometimes all you are craving is the comfort of a perfectly cooked piece of meat…whether it be a medium-rare Scotch fillet, a juicy Wagyu beef burger or succulent slow-cooked lamb shanks!

There is no doubting the satisfaction of devouring your favourite piece of meat – here are six venues where you can find your ideal meat meal:

Home of the famous pizza burger, Homebush foodies seeking a fix to appease ravenous hunger head to Sneakies on Underwood Road. This is not just your usual burger or pizza shop, Sneakies is a place for you to chill and vibe in an American diner ambience of red and white checked counters, red and silver Coke stools and neon signage.

 

Perhaps take to a cosy table for two indoors or out and check out a menu with everything from acai bowls to delicious desserts – pick up a slice of Sneakies Lovers of Meat pizza, with housemade sauce, ham, pepperoni, turkey rashers, ground beef and sujuk, topped with smoky BBQ sauce. Burger lovers chow down on the Big Baz with double Wagyu beef, double cheese, lettuce, jumbo pickles, onion, Sneakies sauce and mustard.

Walk through the doors to be treated and welcomed like family at Baro Restaurant on Point Nepean Road in Rosebud. This Mornington Peninsular dining destination is named after the Turkish word for ‘mate’ and that’s how you will feel when you pull up a chair and watch your food cook on the charcoal fire pit, which takes centre stage.

 

Using fresh local produce while still aspiring to continue traditional Turkish influences, expect to start your culinary adventure with plates like char-grilled prawns, before devouring lamb backstrap skewers cooked over charcoal, served with mixed leaf salad, cacik, flatbread and sumac-coated onions. Perhaps opt for cevapi – minced beef skinless sausages - with salad, cacik, ajvar and flatbread.

Find a little slice of Italy at Osteria A Mano on Pacific Highway, without leaving Wyong. From the country of pasta and prosciutto come traditional family recipes bringing guests a dining experience boasting the flavours from all corners of Italy, in earthy surrounds of colourful wall murals, wooden table settings and wine bottles covered with candle wax.

Delve into starters like salt and pepper calamari and prawns, then move onto meaty mains such as Angus beef with rocket salad and vegetables, or pork fillet with pecorino sauce, polenta and sides of rocket and pear salad and a baked potato; pasta lovers twirl a fork around tagliatelle with rich osso buco sauce, or penne topped with traditional Bolognese sauce. 

Experience Korean dining in an unconventional and quirky setting at Seoul Chicken and Beer on Langtree Avenue in Mildura. From robot waiters to fun and funky neon signage, this urban restaurant delivers on all fronts; settle in and don’t worry just beer happy and smile because there is chicken on the menu, along with other Korean favourites like bibimbab, bulgolgi and pork kimchi stew.

 

Chow down on signature crisp and crunchy boneless chicken, coleslaw, pickled radish and fries; or a salt and pepper calamari salad with white and red cabbage, red onion, capsicum, mint, coriander, fried shallots and crushed peanuts. Give your taste buds a hit of fire with spicy pork bibimbab, served in a sizzling stone bowl with pork bulgogi and fried egg.

Follow the aromas of tasty and hot pizza just out of the oven to find Napolitano Pizza on North Concourse in Beaumaris. This Melbourne pizzeria invites dining alfresco street side at black table settings while people-watching, while indoors feels traditional with red walls covered with tempting menu items, a white tiled floor and an open kitchen, bringing the taste of Italy Down Under.

 

Pick up a gourmet slice of carne Italiano pizza with salami, pancetta, Italian sausage, tomato, bocconcini, garlic and herbs; or Greek lamb gyros on a tomato base with mozzarella, onion, traditional-style Greek lamb, roasted peppers, baby spinach and housemade tzatziki.

Melburnians seeking the indulgence of Sichuan hot pot cooking head to Tan Hot Pot on Bourke Street in the heart of the city. Experience Melbourne’s only duck blood tofu hot pot restaurant, where softly glowing red and yellow lanterns set a moody vibe as you settle in to choose your soup base, ingredients and flavours to appease any appetite.

 

Watch as robot waiters bring your ingredients to the table from Wagyu to fish, seafood, fresh vegetables and noodles; ready for poaching in the aromatic broth, if you are unsure of cooking times check the menu for guidance. Elevate your hot pot game with melt-in-the-mouth Wagyu chuck eye, with the perfect balance of marbling and tenderness; or opt for Sichuan pepper-flavoured sliced beef.