Dining at Aru, Melbourne
<p>It was just 37 days after the opening date; it already felt like a well-oiled machine that’s been operating for a year. Of course, you would expect nothing less from hotelier and restaurateur Adipoetra Halim. With no sign of stopping, his ‘Johnny Depp to Tim Burton' <a href="https://instagram.com/genghiskhanh" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Khanh Nguyen</a> delivers the goods on this strong sophomore blockbuster.</p>
<p>The space is designed for high energy. Wide service and traffic paths, feature hearth and fermentation shelves are the first things you see; kitchen pass front and centre like a beating heart pumping through to each table, a bar area that continues the long space, and a temperature-controlled wine section that’s somewhat ‘open' for anyone to admire yet neatly tucked away, nice and dark. Dining spaces are divided into smaller zones — it seems like a subtle but clever pandemic-ready design if space restrictions ever get activated again.</p>
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