26 October 2014

Mys, Weston, 23rd October 2014
























Present: Jim, Karen, Kim, Ron

Prawn and zucchini fritters - brilliant.
Char kway teow - Kim - one of the best we've had.
Fish with special sauce.
Soft shell crab.
Twice cooked duck in plum sauce.

12 October 2014

Ron's chocolate cake for Morning Tea


Chong Co Woden Plaza 8 October 2014





















 
 
Present: Karen, Jim, Kim, John, Andrew, Ron, Megan

Wine:  Mt Pleasant classic Verhelho 2013
Star Lane Vineyard Beechworth Shiraz 2017

 Once we had sorted out which Chong Co we were going to, (there is also one at the Southern Cross Club), we settled ourselves into this new-ish addition to Canberra's asian eateries. We were all here, so there was lots of catching up on gossip, who had been where, what they did, (Megan USA, Andrew Philippines, John, Sydney, Karen South Coast )etc etc.
We started with mixed entrees, fish cakes, spring rolls, curry puffs and chicken satay.  Loved the spring rolls, a whole prawn in each, satay sauce was fabulous and curry puffs nice and crisp. 
For mains we had salmon fish green curry, duck salad, crispy soft shell crab, pork penang and stir fry chicken with garlic and pepper.
The crab won the favourite for the night, it was superb; the salmon curry had mixed responses, some said it was fabulous, it absorbed the sauce; the pork was Andrew's favourite, very tasty.  The duck won the second favourite, duck lends itself to salad as it has the right flavour and texture.  The chicken was just a stirfry, bit boring and ordinary.
Desserts, pumpkin something, banana fritters (I think) and deep fried icecream.








07 October 2014

Flavours of India Thursday 18 September 2014











Present: Jim, Karen, Kim, Megan, Ron

Lost my notes for this, so can't go into detail, except we loved the food, especially the entrees.  Ambience good, not crowded, not noisy, wait staff were good, attentive but distracted at times. For once, the quantity was such that Ron couldn't finish it.  A good night though, to be recommeded