Chong Co at Tuggeranong - 18 December 2019

Present: Jim, Megan, Ron, John, Kim

No notes were taken, so hard to remember what we thought of each dish, except to say we enjoyed all of them.  It was a hot night, there was no air conditioning, a noisy table nearby but whatever, nice wine and nice food made up for it all.

Dumpling Inn Jamison 4 December 2019

Diners: Ron, Jim,  Andrew and Kim

Entrée

Dumpling inn crispy duck 6 pancakes - delicious

Mains

Honey king prawns - good

3 cup wine chicken hot pot - nice but seemed more like a stir fry served a clay pot rather than a traditional “hot pot”.  We could not taste any wine.

Four season beans with minced pork - delicious  (our favourite)

Twice cooked pork with spicy sauce - lovely flavour

Steamed rice.

Dessert

Toffee bananas – generous serve

Banana fritters - good

Custard cake - good

Wine - Jeir Creek 2010 Reserve Cabernet Merlot.

Reasonably priced.

Pomegranate restaurant in Kingston - 20 November 2019

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

A special dinner for Jim's birthday, so no dish by dish description except to say it was brilliant.  We dined à la carte.  This was after the argument about should we have the banquet or the dègustation (much pouting from Ron) and since we couldn't decide, the à la carte was it.  The highlight was the wine, 1991 Penfolds Bin 407 and 2011 Leewin Estate Chardonnay.  Very very special and memorable.  Thanks Jim!!!

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.