Bambusa Restaurant Manuka - 22 December 2021

Diners:

Jim, John, Karen, Kim, Megan, Ron.

Entrees:

Shredded duck pancakes. Small, simple, yum.

Mains:

Peking style char kway teow. Exactly as we expected. Very nice.

Cumin lamb. Very strong cumin flavour. Nice and tender.

Shantung chicken. Lovely tender chicken. Beautiful sauce.

Honey and black pepper pork loin. Lovely coating on beautiful tender pork pieces. Honey on top. The crowd favourite.

Beans with dried shrimp and soy sauce. Fried to perfection. Loaded with garlic. Karen's favourite.

Yu Shang egg plant. A bit stodgy. The least liked dish, but still had really good flavours.

Desserts:

All full up - no room.

Comments:

We had a great evening with really good food.

Sapa Restaurant Mawson 8 December 2021

Sapa Asian Fusion Restaurant

Diners: Andrew, Jim, Kim, Ron.

We thought we were going to Green Bamboo, one of our favourites. To our surprise, it has been transformed into Sapa, an Asian fusion restaurant. We pressed on regardless and enjoyed the new, slightly eclectic menu.

Entrees: 

Rice paper rolls (with avocado and smoked salmon) – nice but not traditional

Mains:

Pork knuckle, offered as a replacement for the pork belly we ordered, that had run out. Was easily shared, was very good and accompanied by really good coleslaw, apple chunks and mashed potato.

Honey King Prawns. Good prawns in a nest of crispy noodles – our favourite

Shantung chicken - not bad. Chicken was beautifully tender, sauce was good, but much too salty.

Beef basil - really good. Great flavour of basil through the sauce. Beef nice and tender.

Accompaniments:

 Plain rice

Desserts:

Sapa sago. Really good. Lovely sweet sago with pineapple with the coconut milk on top. Really nice summer dessert.

Halo Halo. A traditional Filipino dessert. Not that close to the anticipated dish, but really good all the same. A really large serve, with a great selection of fruit and beans with strawberry ice cream over a block of ice.

Comments:

Great to see Andrew at our fortnightly dinners again!

·       The restaurant was very popular.  We noticed some other diners trying some interesting dishes and next time we go there we might try them (Bun Dau Mam Tom and Cha Ca La).

A fun evening with good food.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bui Restaurant Kingston 24 November 2021

 

Diners – Megan, Ron, Jim and Karen, John and Kim

Entrées

·         Roast duck rice paper rolls – very fresh

·         Pork and prawn rice paper rolls – very fresh

Mains

·         Char Kway Teow - delicious

·         Crispy Pork Belly served with green apple, garlic and chilli and lemon sauce - delicious

·         Vietnamese encrusted calamari – OK

·         Crisply soft shelled crab - delicious

·         Flaming chicken with capsicum shallots and hoisin sauce – our favourite

Accompaniments

Steamed rice

Desserts

·         Banana pancake with palm sugar, coconut and ice-cream - delicious

 

Kim's place, from Flavours of India - 10 November 2021

My goodness, yet another birthday, this time Jim's. Takeaway from Flavours of India, very yummy.  Great chance to see Kim's garden plus the monstrous reno next door to her. Plus perfect wine

Chez Megan, from Bambusa in Manuka, 27 October 2021

Megan, Eric, Jim, Karen, Kim, John, Ron.

Duck pancakes, Chilli chicken wings, Cumin lamb, Chilli beef, Fish, Eggplant, Squid, Beans.

Chocolate cake for dessert from Karen.

 

Hooray, we're out of lockdown, but not quite ready to brave eating in crowded restaurants, so opted for home delivery at Megan's with chocolate delight provided by Karen.  Very satisfying all round.