Garran Kitchen Wednesday 10 August 2016

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.