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We are a group of Canberrans who have been eating out together for more than 20 years at mainly Asian restaurants, sometimes more upmarket places. The retirees amongst us also have a regular morning coffee group. This blog is primarily a record of where we went, what we ate and what we liked and didn't like. It's not intended to be an extensive and insightful review of each restaurant and each dish, hence comments are often limited to expressions such as "yum", which says it all for us.

15 May 2022

Ginseng Hellenic Club 11 May 2022

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

Entrees:

Duck pancakes

Mains:

Char Kway Teow

Shantung Chicken

XO Beans with Chicken Mince

Crispy Shredded Chilli Beef

Stuffed Eggplant with Seafood and Black Bean Chilli

Five Spice Salt and Pepper Tou Fu

Desserts:

Mango with sago

Mango Jelly with ice cream

Accompaniments:

Steamed rice

Comments – all delicious. Kim’s favourites Char Kway Teow and Stuffed Eggplant with Seafood and Black Bean Chilli

08 May 2022

Saigon Restaurant Pearce 27 April 2022

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

Entree: Spring rolls, rice paper rolls:

Spring rolls were really lovely and crisp, very authentically Vietnamese

The rice paper rolls not our favourite, too many noodles. though they did have mint.

Mains

Prawn fritters with honey sauce: nice and crisp and sweet lots of batter

chicken and cashews and snow peas: everyone's fave.

Lemongrass chilli lamb: another fave. Tasted buttery.

Caramelised pork: Brilliant

Beef coconut curry: very tender, lost of coconut: another fave.

Overall: we liked this restaurant but felt the food needed a bit more chopping, pieces were a bit big but otherwise the food tasted of real home cooking. Rustic was another word used.