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1 Canberra’s East Hotel has a playful new Italian restaurant arrayed with limestone counters, copper lights, suspended plants and leopard-print booths. AGOSTINIS (above) serves hearty dishes such as veal Milanese and Neapolitan pizzas. The wine list veers to Italian varieties such as nebbiolo and barbera, and even offers some of them on tap. Carafes at the ready. 2 Red-hot restaurateur Chris Lucas has opened KISUMÉ on Melbourne’s Flinders Lane. The dramatic threelevel eatery, steered by accomplished Korean chef K.S. Moon, includes a sushi bar, omakase restaurant and a chablis lounge. The French wine is the perfect accompaniment to cut-to-order sashimi (above). 3 Curious taxidermy, florid wallpaper and antique pendant lights catch the eye at Woolloongabba bistro and bar ELECTRIC AVENUE (above right). The Queensland speakeasy is the brainchild of Dan Rodriguez and Bodie Schofield from nearby Canvas bar. Among the menu highlights is a blackened duck breast with potatoes, carrots and pistachio cream.