{"id":68572,"date":"2026-07-14T12:52:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=68572"},"modified":"2026-07-14T12:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:52:42","slug":"cantonese-home-cooking-meets-fine-dining-at-melbourne-omakase-restaurant-dom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=68572","title":{"rendered":"Cantonese home cooking meets fine dining at Melbourne omakase restaurant Dom"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Tucked away on a quiet street in Southbank, Melbourne, is yet another Cantonese restaurant.<\/p>\n

But this time, there are no lazy Susans, no clamorous dim sum trolleys and none of the sprawling banquet halls you would expect in Hong Kong-style spots.<\/p>\n

Instead, just 10 seats line an elegant counter where diners watch and listen to two chefs sharing stories of a home far away, flavours from which define the 10-course tasting menu.<\/p>\n

This is Dom, the personal project of Dominic Li, the founder of the now closed international dessert chain Dessert Kitchen and co-owner of Hong Kong-style eatery Tuan Tuan, which still operates in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Melbourne, for Cantonese-type restaurants, there are only a few that are doing something different,\u201d Li says. \u201cIn foreign countries, most Chinese restaurants are still selling the typical stuff, and I thought I could make something different: Cantonese fine dining.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dominic Li was born in Hong Kong and raised in Sydney. Photo: Instagram\/domsouthbank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Born in Hong Kong and raised in Sydney, Li studied criminology at university \u2013 a degree he now calls \u201ca waste of money\u201d \u2013 before the gravitational pull of the family business proved too strong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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