Mezzalira Civic - 16 June 2021

 

 

 

It was someone's birthday, I think Karen's and it was absolutely superb with fabulous wine supplied by Jim (as always).  Can't remember anything else..... 

Green Bamboo Mawson - 2 June 2021

Jim, Karen, Kim, Megan and Ron attended.

Spring Rolls

Crispy Squid

Vietnamese Mint Chicken

Lemon Grass Pork

Caramelised Prawns

Slow Cooked Beef

Rice

The spring rolls and the squid were lovely and hot and crispy. Each had an accompanying dipping sauce. The ginger sauce for the squid went beautifully with it.

The slow cooked beef was very nice and had a flavour of pho to it.

The chicken and the pork looked exactly the same as each other. The chicken would have been much better with fresh mint on it. The pork had a lovely flavour from the lemon grass.

The prawns were far and away the highlight of the meal. Beautifully textured prawns, wonderfully sweet sauce with a little bit of heat and a perfect level of fish sauce to offset the sweetness.

Dessert was deep fried ice cream and banana fritters and ice cream. An excellent conclusion to the meal.

Lamshed Yarralumla - 19 May 2021

 

 

 

Lamshed, Yarralumla Shops, 19 May 2021

Diners - Ron,John,Megan and Kim

Share plates – all very delicious

·         Lamb ribs, eggplant, chutney

·         Jerusalem artichokes, pearl barley and macadamia tarator

·         Snapper, fennel and mussel risotto(Ron said this is the nicest dish he has ever tasted)

·         Duck breast, plum vincotto, white bean babaganoush

Accompaniments:

·         Bread (chargrilled) served with butter

·         Megan had a glass of wine (but I don’t know what it was)!!

Desserts - delicious

·         ANZAC biscuits with quinces and cardamom syrup

·         Cheesecake with pomegranate molasses

Ambience and other comments

Tables were nicely spaced. Not over-crowded. Not noisy despite the hard concrete floors and high ceilings. The restaurant was warm but not stuffy.

Service was amazing.Staff were very efficient and polite without being obtrusive.

Lovely presentation. Crockery is beautiful. Fresh plates for pretty much every share plate. I’m sure they would have given us fresh plates for every share plate but we had tucked into the dish before they could change the plates!

Reasonably priced for the standard of service and very delicious dishes.

 

Chez Megan - 5 May 2021

Lemongrass Thai Woden - 21 April 2021

 

 

 

Diners – Ron, Jim, Karen, John, Kim

Entrees:

·         Curry puffs - delicious
 Thai spring rolls - our favourite
  Thai fish cakes 

Mains: All delicious

·         Grilled tofu with bean sprouts and chilli plum sauce   

GGoong gra prow (stir fried prawns)) – one of our favourites

·         Red curry duck with lychees and tomatoes

·         Pad Phrik Khing (stir pork belly with kaffir lime jam and green beans)

·         Massaman beef curry – one of our favourites

Accompaniments:

·         Coconut rice

Desserts:

·         Black sticky rice with coconut milk (the coconut milk was a bit too salty)

Banana fritter with caramel sauce