Chinatown Restaurant at Weston - 23 October 2019

Karen, Jim, Kim, John, Ron, Megan

We didn't take notes for this meal.  Suffice to say that if you go to Chinatown, don't order off the menu but ask the chef Linda to cook a special meal for you and you will get the best cheap Asian meal in Canberra.  Some of the dishes are her grandmother's, some are her own or her own variations, but you'll be assured of a great meal, interesting food at a very reasonable price.

Portia's Place in Kingston - 6 November 2019

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

Andrew is still with us which is nice.

We really enjoyed this meal, every dish was well received.  The duck pancakes were lovely and meaty, not too greasy.
The soft shell crab pretty nice; the lamb shiraz hot pot had a great seczhwan pepper taste; pork spare ribs in aromatic tangy dark sauce was sweet and tender: the beans and chicken were the highlight, stir fried with a chilli bean sauce and the eggplant stuffed with prawns had sufficient black beans for most of us except Kim.

All in all, thoroughly pleasant meal.  The service was quick and efficient, the restaurant is a bit noisy particularly when there was a table of very young people (6 years old) next to us consuming chocolate cake but they left very quickly.

A good night.