14 Aug

Din Tai Fung, a branch of its parent restaurant in Taiwan (which earned a Michelin star), was located in the food court of The Star. Since we were there, we thought we'd try some of their famous Xiao Long Bao. The way they recommend eating the Xiao Long Bao was slightly different; they suggest dipping the dumpling in the soy/vinegar (1:3 ratio) and ginger, creating a hole in the side of dumpling so the soup spills out into the spoon (rather than sucking up the soup), then eating...

16:50 / Chinese / Din Tai Fung / Food / Restaurants / Sydney / The Star
14 Aug

For her breakfast, mum had some oyster mee sua and some warm soya bean milk. The broth for the noodles was very tasty. Unfortunately the serving was a bit small and there were only three oysters in the bowl. [gallery order="DESC" link="file" columns="1" ids="2845"] Mother Chu's Taiwanese Gourmet 86-88 Dixon Street Sydney, NSW, 2000 (02) 9211 0288 ...

12:54 / Chinatown, Sydney / Chinese / Food / Mother Chu's Taiwanese Gourmet / Restaurants / Sydney
13 Aug

While I was buying some bread for breakfast tomorrow, mum decided to line up for some popular-looking cream puffs, which were made by the same bakery. They had a pretty cool machine to make them. They weren't as oily or as sweet as I thought they'd be, which was nice. The outer bread layer was also slightly crispy. [gallery order="DESC" link="file" columns="2" ids="2831,2829,2830"] Emperor's Garden Bakery 96-100 Hay Street Haymarket, NSW, 2000 (02) 9211 2135 http://www.emperorsgarden.com.au/Home.php ...

08:34 / Chinatown, Sydney / Chinese / Dessert/Sweets / Emperor's Cream Puff / Food / Restaurants / Sydney
25 May

Given today's terrible, cold, windy and extremely wet weather, a hot pot dinner sounded like the perfect choice. While we waited for the table to be cleared, we pored over the A3-sized paper menu and picked our hot pot ingredients, soup bases and individual dipping sauces. We opted for a split pot with both a mild broth and normal broth. For some reason the pot only came 1/4-filled with broth so it took a while for things to get cooking. The temperamental heating element didn't help. I don't...

21:34 / Chinese / Flavour Town Hot Pot / Food / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants
31 Jan

Mistral is a restaurant located within the Sofitel at Ponte 16. Normally the lunch buffet is 168MOP, but this January and February it has been reduced to 98MOP, or about 14AUD after including the 10% service charge. I don't particularly like the concept of buffets with the overeating, greed, waste and lack of enjoyment of the food typically involved, however, the deal was too good to refuse. Appetisers included: terrines, cured fish and meats, sushi, salads in little dishes (prawn and apple, crab, octopus and orange and capsicum, potato,...

00:25 / Buffet / Chinese / Food / Macau / Mistral / Restaurants / Travel
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