Yiaga, the first restaurant from chef Hugh Allen, is now open in Melbourne

Bringing an exciting take on Australian cooking to a long-neglected site in East Melbourne, Yiaga is a deeply intentional and innovative new restaurant by chef Hugh Allen, who remains executive chef at the esteemed Vue de Monde.

Allen — who was named Gourmet Traveller’s Chef of the Year in 2023 after starting his career at Rockpool, aged 16, and spending three years at Noma — delivers a multi-course set menu in a…