Thursday 16 January 2014


 Fri, January 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
Pacific Seafood BBQ House
 
8/240, Victoria Street,
 
Richmond,
 
Vic 3121
 
03 94278225
 
$
Best roast duck, roast pork and roast meats in Richmond!! Went to restaurant late in the evening, as most roast goodies were sold out, ordered other dishes instead. Dishes ordered were just ok, not extraordinarily good and slightly pricy. Will be back only for the roast goodies!!
 
 

Spinach with Salted Egg & Century Egg $21.00
A nice unique taste combination - Salty egg, alkaline century egg and spinach!
 

Dried Scallop, Chicken Mince, Egg Tofu Hot Pot  $27.00
A gluey dish with few strands of dried scallop and lots of chicken mince. Dried scallop is the hero of this dish. The quality intense dried scallop flavour was missing!!

 
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Sat, January 25, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
Indochine
 
51 Carrington Road

 Box Hill, Victoria 3128

 Tel: (03) 9890 2966
 
 
 
$$
A very popular restaurant in Box Hill. Love the food. Always top quality and freshness.
Unfortunately dining experience on Saturday night was a huge letdown. The rice vermicelli in both Bu'n with Char-grilled Lemongrass Chicken and Singapore Noodle were in broken little pieces. Not quality cooking. Left restaurant feeling very disappointed. Hope kitchen was just having a bad night, an off day!!
 
 

Mini Prawn Spring Roll $10.90
Nice spring rolls with just the right combination of fresh lettuce, herbs, rice vermicelli and sauce. Very much an Indochine signature dish.


Bu'n with Char-grilled Lemongrass Chicken $10.50
Rice vermicelli in broken little pieces. Dish was low in salad too. Not happy :(


Singapore Noodle $12.40
Taste ok but broken rice vermicelli :(
 
 
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Tue, January 21, 2014
 
 
 
 

Mamasita

Level 1, 11 Collins Street

Melbourne

Vic 3000

03 96503821

 


 

 

$$
A very vibrant restaurant. No queue on Tue after 1:30pm. First visit to the restaurant. Had a nice light meal. Must master proper Taco eating technique! Will be back to try out other delicious dishes.
 
 

Jarritos $5.00
Mexican guava flavoured soda. Very refreshing.

 

 Tostaditas de At'un $15.00
Moist tuna, avocado and herb mayonnaise on fried tortilla chip with a crunch.
 

Taco de Calabaza in soft shell tortilla $6.00
Nice mixed creamy flavours of pumpkin, jalapeno and chevre.



 Taco de Camarones in soft shell tortilla $7.00
Fresh tasty prawns and almond salsa with a touch of chilli. Delightful!
 
 
 
 
 
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Sat, January 18, 2014
 


 
 
 
Ping's Dumpling Kitchen

358 High Street

Preston

Vic 3072

03 94788846
 
 
$
Name of restaurant in English has a homely touch. Name of restaurant in Chinese is Quality Guarantee Dumpling Shop. Like the Chinese name better. Top quality dumplings. Nice clean no fuss restaurant. Prompt service. Will be back!
 
 

Pan Fried Pork Dumpling $8.80
Non greasy, juicy, thin pastry, crispy bottom pork dumpling. Great!


Shanghai Fried Noodle $8.30
Tasty dish with just the right gravy consistency.


 
 
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Fri, January 17, 2014
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Kunyit Restaurant

283 Doncaster Road

Balwyn North

Vic 3104

03 98163292

 
$$
Nice deco. It's an Asian, Malaysian and Thai restaurant. The dinning experience from the 4 dishes ordered for the evening was hugely disappointing. Non-conventional style cooking. Will not be back.
 
 
 

Mixed vegetables with tofu and cashews $16.90
A very ordinary dish.


Char Kway Teow $13.90
Lack the intense high heat wok fried dextrinized starch flavour. Another very ordinary dish!


Nai Yau Butter Prawns $28.90
An ok dish. Where are the milk flakes??


Pad Thai $15.90
Pad Thai?? This is an extremely over simplified Pad Thai :(
 
 
 
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Wed, January 15, 2014
 
 

 
 

 
Golden Dragon Palace Restaurant
 
363 Manningham Road
 
Templestowe Lower
 
Vic 3107
 
03 98524086
 
 

$$$
Up market Chinese restaurant. Beautiful Chinese deco. Friendly service. Quality food. This is line dance group's second visit to the restaurant. A great time was had by all. Out of the 8 Yum Cha dishes, the steamed chicken buns were disappointing, were rather dried! Group will still be back!
 
 
 

'Har Gao' Prawn dumplings 


'Hum Sui Kok' Fried pork Dumplings


'Gow Choi Gau' Chive and prawn dumplings


'Har Cheong Fun' Prawn rice noodle rolls


'Jar Won Ton' Fried Won Ton


'Chun Guen' Fried spring rolls


 'Sin Jook Guen' Prawn, chicken, bamboo filling bean curd rolls


'Kai Bao' Chicken steamed buns

 
 
 
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Fri, January 10, 2014
 

 


Margo's Crown Melbourne
 
Casino Floor
 
Ground Level
 
Ph +61 3 9292 5759
 
 
 
 
$$ 
Group of 10 line dancers had a great time at Margo's for the Crown-Special-Value-Lunch outing. Venue was nice and comfortable. Service was good. Food verdict was mixed. Will group be back? Group's decision is to try other venue instead.
                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 
Calamari & Shrimp Salad
Mango, coriander dressing
Nice tender Calamari. Coriander was the highlight in the delicious Mango dressing.

 
 


BBQ chicken cobb salad
Nice moist chicken, tasty dish.





 
 230 GM Porterhouse
Chips and Chimmichum Sauce
Mixed verdict for the above 2 orders. Rare was great. Medium rare was overgrilled!
 
 

Grilled Swordfish
Lentil & Cous Cous Salad
Pineapple Mojito Salsa
Hugh disappointment with dish. Beautiful presentation but Fish was VERY DRIED!!!!



Orange Creame Brulee Tart & Caramel Ice Cream
Great Ice Cream. Tough and chewy Tart!!



Sticky Date Pudding and Vanilla Ice Cream
Dish of the day! Yum!!!!


 
 
 
 
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Sat, January 4, 2014
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Sofia Restaurant
 
252, Whitehorse Road,
 
Balwyn 3103
 
98363300
 
 

 
$$
A friendly family restaurant. Service with a smile. Homely feel. Generous portions. Average food quality. Seniors welcome. Will be back only for quick meals.
 
 
 

 
Garlic bread $4.20
A very average in taste dish.
 
 
 
Spaghetti Sofia $15.90
Nice clean presentation. Generous portion with lots of seafood. Nice flavour. Let down by none al dente pasta.




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