Melbourne Kitchen

Melbourne Kitchen is the Chinese takeaway on the TLF Units off Castle Lane in Melbourne, occupying a small unit in the light-industrial parade rather than on the central village High Street. It is a wok-on-view operation — the food is cooked in front of the customer at the counter, which is a useful selling point for a takeaway competing with the longer-established High Hill on the High Street itself.

The board carries the recognisable Chinese list — stir-fries, noodle dishes, curry sauce, sweet-and-sour and the standard set-meal arithmetic. Customer feedback on Tripadvisor and Menu Reviews highlights the speed of cooking on larger orders — one reviewer reports an eight-person order in twenty-five minutes — alongside praise for the freshness. The shop scored 3 from South Derbyshire District Council on its most recent food-hygiene inspection, a mid-rating worth noting on its own terms. There is no dine-in; collection and a short delivery radius into Melbourne and the surrounding hamlets are what the operation is built around. Within the village two-Chinese arrangement, Melbourne Kitchen takes the wok-on-view position against the longer-trading High Hill on the High Street.