With over 14 years' experience in the hospo industry, Chef Azem Dzevlan has cooked his fair share of French and Middle Eastern cuisine at Bistro Thierry, Maha, Le Bouchon and Smith + Singleton. Now–finally–he’s got a little menu to call his own. The place is called Black Gold, a new café that’s making waves on Richmond’s trendy Lennox St. Dzevlan started up the new venue with his wife, Aisha. The couple has gone out of their way to build a menu around absolutely top-notch ingredients, the finest produce from trusted local providers. As such it's set to change seasonally, depending what’s fresh at the market, for maximum quality and flavour. “We made a list of a few names we would call the cafe, but it had to be Black Gold because it represents what we are about: premium quality produce,” Aisha says. Living up to their exclusive name, Black Gold is one of the first cafes in Melbourne to offer a special blend of “black gold” from the award-winning ONA Coffee, the Raspberry Candy as the house blend and a rotating Single Origin fortnightly.