The round-up: 2018’s must-try new openings on the Gold Coast

Kokum by Chef Mural, Palazzo Versace Main Beach: This is a newcomer to the coast’s dining scene, and is a sibling venue to Heritij at Brisbane Quarter. While the two venues share the same culinary vision from Michelin-starred chef Manjunath Mural, Kokum’s 120-seat marina-fronting premises and localised menu gives it its own identity. Kokum’s offering is intriguing and refined, carefully and respectfully blending traditional Indian flavours and methods with modern Australian elements – it’s Indian, but not as you know it.