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Tonka

Indian 2.0 down a sneaky laneway (l,d; $$$)

Indian Accent

Down a nondescript city alleyway – and in a building that once housed Honky Tonks (an antipodean Studio 54) – sophisticated Tonka is the stomping ground of Indian-Italian Australian chef Adam D’Silva, who reworks Indian flavours into commanding, modern dishes.

Highlights include pani puri, a dainty pastry filled with mung beans and spiced potato, and spiked with date and tamarind chutney. The main-course curries are fabulously complex while the well-curated drinks list includes Tonka’s eponymous, rum-spiked mango-and-coconut lassi. Book ahead.

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20 Duckboard Pl, Melbourne

Opening hours: Tue 6-10.30pm, Wed-Sat noon-3pm & 6-10.30pm

Transport: Train to Flinders St

tonkarestaurant.com.au

Eat & Drink Melbourne

Text © Cristian Bonetto

Image by Lou Stejskal