Garran Kitchen 10-8-16

 

  Date:             10  August 2016
Location:                    Garran shops
Attendees:               Ron, Jim, Karen, John, Andrew 

Cuisine style:           Asian Malaysian
Entrée:
Karen selected the short soup for everyone.  A good choice indeed.

  Comments:
  A workmanlike offering      - Andrew
  Ideal for a Winter night       - Jim or John (?).  Very true
  Unpretentious start              - John


 Mains:  Four selected :-

    1 . Char Kway Teow.                               

  Comments:- One of the best tasted         - Karen
  Very hot chilli kick
  Very nice / great                    - Jim
 2.Rock Salt Eggplant.
  Eggplant battered then deep fried. Contains chicken mince.  
  Comments:
  A hit
  Delicious
  Winner
  Similar in style to Victorian potato scallops - Andrew
3. Shantung Chicken.            Comments
 Very nice
  Very good
 4. Mango Prawns
   Battered Prawns in mango creamy sauce with cucumber. Strong presence of French Mustard   (  Karen).  A fusion dish (Andrew).  
  Comments :-
  Similar to  honey prawns but with the sickly sweetness sometimes found with honey prawns toned     down - Ron
  Beautiful big prawns             - Jim
  One person commented that the dish too creamy for their taste.
  French mustard inclusion made the dish delicious and very interesting         - Andrew

 Desserts
Standard fare.  Banana fritters, fried ice cream, etc.
Servings were generous and the cost inexpensive.

Wine
 Jim supplied a superb red for this dinner.  Ron has label photo with details.

Summary

The printed menu just looks like a standard unexciting suburban Asian restaurant.  But the mains were very good and interesting (Andrew).   There were nice surprises at this restaurant (Karen).
Serving sizes for the mains were very generous.
The cost of the dinner very reasonable.