There are lots of reasons to visit Melbourne and a lot of them are food. Melbourne's cultural melting pot has given the city an enviable collection of multi-ethnic restaurants. Who needs the rest of the world when you have a city that can satisfy every culinary whim from African to Vietnamese and gourmet to flavoursome fast food? It's just a case of knowing your way around.

Most large cities can boast at least a Chinatown. Melbourne's no exception but it also has its own Little Italy and Little Vietnam as well as Spanish, Greek and Jewish quarters. In between you'll find a satisfying range of Middle Eastern, Russian, South American, Scandinavian, Indonesian and, of course, Aussie eateries. This eclectic culinary mix has created a hybrid of styles and flavours. Basically the city is a foodie's paradise. Melburnian's celebrate their gastronomic greatness every year between March and April at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival which lasts for more than three weeks and which this year included a Chocolate Week, the World's Longest Lunch and Crab, Duck and Sushi Crawls.