15 Oct

Because there were still a few dishes we were wanting to try, we decided to return a week later for a birthday dinner. The chicken was, obviously very hot. It didn't have as much pepper as the dishes last week so it had a different sort of bite. Surprisingly, the beer added to the duck dish gave a lovely subtle flavour to the broth and I quite enjoyed it. [gallery order="DESC" columns="2" type="rectangular" ids="2974,2973"] Dainty Sichuan 176 Toorak Rd South Yarra, VIC, 3141 (03) 9078 1686 ...

22:57 / Chinese / Dainty Sichuan / Food / Restaurants / South Yarra
09 Oct

The groupon menu was more limited than the normal menu, but fortunately for me, the dishes I was interested in were still included. The entrees: - Caramelised Onion, Goat Cheese and Almond Raviolo with Reggiano foam - BBQ Baby Octopus with Mayonnaise - I don't remember the exact name of the dish, but it looked like steamed chicken. Apparently it tasted like Chinese steamed chicken. The mains: - Pork Belly with chilli caramel sauce, two types of puree, salad - 250gm Gippsland Fresh Eye Fillet with horseradish butter Mum quite enjoyed her raviolo, but said the...

22:45 / Bar/Pub / Food / Heaven Gastro Lounge / Melbourne Surrounds / Modern Australian / Restaurants
08 Oct

Mum and I have heard many good things about this restaurant but we haven't had the opportunity to visit it until now. As expected, the dishes were pretty spicy, but thankfully, not as oily as some Sichuan restaurant food I've had. All the dishes were great: the fish in the soup wasn't overcooked and the ham choi gave it the right amount of sourness, the eggplant was crispy (and slightly sweet) on the outside with a soft centre. The kung pao chicken and ma po tofu were also...

19:52 / Chinese / Dainty Sichuan / Food / Restaurants / South Yarra
25 Sep

I did a bit of research before coming to help me decide where to eat my only meal in Perth city. This little restaurant was famous for its ramen, and while I prefer soba or udon, I thought I may as well try it. The restaurant was small and very popular. I picked the shio ramen with extra chicken ($10+3) and though it was 'normal sized' it was still very large. The chicken was pan-fried before being added to the ramen and it tasted like teriyaki. The noodles...

14:06 / Food / Japanese / Nao Japanese Restaurant / Perth / Restaurants
20 Aug

Being our second visit we decided to try different dishes, though A2 ordered some kitsune udon, which we had last time. Mum was a bit disappointed that the tekka don didn't come with nice slices of tuna, but the presentation was true to the photo in the menu. We also had a bento box (no photo) with tempura, croquette and crumbed prawns. I ordered seared salmon sashimi and seared anago nigiri. It was my first taste of anago, or sea eel. The texture and flavour was more delicate than...

22:58 / Camberwell / Food / Japanese / Kenji / Restaurants
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