Best Dim Sum In Doncaster

Just had a satisfying lunch at my favourite Yum Cha place - Secret Kitchen in Westfield Doncaster Shopping Mall.

Always call in to reserve before you go as this place is always packed even on weekdays. We missed the first session which is from 11.30am to 12.45pm but managed to booked the second session starting at 1pm.

Felt grateful that we got the window seat finally for the first time!

We can even see the skyline of Melbourne CBD in the distance from the curtain glass window.

烧卖

皮蛋 瘦肉粥

Egg Tart

辣椒油

刚刚去了我最喜爱的一家港式点心餐馆 - 在Westfield Doncaster购物中心里的［正斗］。我们吃了一顿满足的午餐。

出发前最好是先打电话订座，因为这间餐馆实在是太好生意了！

 

非常开心我们这一次可以被安排在靠窗的座位！

我们从玻璃幕窗外可以看到墨尔本市中心。

Glen City Roast Bar

Dumpling Noodle Soup

This place is strongly recommended especially when you are extremely hungry. Why? It's because of the big serving. Take the above noodle soup for example, it is enough for 2 adults! The noodle was so soft compared to the others I have had in Melbourne.

Stir fried mixed vegetable

Their roast pork rice is also value for money.

Roast Pork Noodle 烧肉捞面

Glen City Roast Bar is located at the popular Kingsway in Glen Waverley. You can add them to your supper list as they are open everyday until 2am!!

强烈推荐这家餐馆，特别是当你极度饥饿的时候。为什么呢？这是因为他们给的份量超大。就如以上的水饺汤面为例，足给两个成年人吃！与我在墨尔本吃过的其他面条相比，他们的面条是如此柔软， 十分好吃。

他们的烤肉饭也非常物有所值。

如果你有吃宵夜的习惯，那你就要把港城烧腊（Glen City Roast Bar）记下来了，因为它们每天营业至凌晨2点！！

Seafood Fried Ho Fun

I used to work as a kitchen hand in this restaurant more than 10 years ago when I was studying at the nearby University of Western Australia (UWA). Those days it was owned by a Hong Kong couple, the wife took care of PR and recruitment while the husband was back in the kitchen busy cooking. I wasn't too keen of their food back then because they cater to the Australian market so you would find fried rice with potato chips for example, something that tells you that it is not authentic Asian cuisine.

So I visited Sunflower Chinese Food Village again recently not because of the food but just hope to catch up with my ex-colleagues and boss. I found out that it has changed ownership instead. The interior of the restaurant does not changed much but there were completely new faces working around. I flipped through the new menu without placing high expectation and ordered Seafood Fried Ho Fun. Ho Fun is a flat rice noodle that is very popular in Cantonese dish.

My order came quite soon and I was glad to see the big portion considering that I was in the middle of winter that time. To my astonishment the Ho Fun was so smooth and with the delicious gravy blanketed all over it on top just made it so warm and tasty. They were also very generous with the scallops which is my personal favourite. Big chunky scallops sweetened your taste bud made you crave for more. The whole experience was unexpected and a surprise to me because I never thought it would taste so good. Although it costs slightly more expensive than elsewhere but with the big portion and plenty of seafood, it was value for money.

Dim Sum @ James Street

I'm now in Perth for more than one year and everything is better than Malaysia except food. Being a Penangite, food is an important part of me and I've been searching for good Malaysian food but unfortunately none is as good as what you can find at home.

As with other Australian cities, Perth embraces international communities coming from all over the world with very different cultures and not to mention their cuisines. Asians make up quite a substantial number in their population. This is a good thing because you then get to experience food from around the world.

If there is one Asian cuisine that I think is better than what you could find in Malaysia is definitely the Dim Sum. I've tried various outlets in and around Perth. All of them serve better Dim Sum than back home. Recently, we discovered a place where you think has the best Dim Sum among all that we have tried. It is the Golden Century Seafood Chinese Restaurant at 1/191 James Street, Northbridge.  

The joy of eating Dim Sum is the push carts or trolleys that the waiters bring out and move all around the restaurant. It is like food on parade and we the spectators just sit around and wait for our favourite to arrive. It is definitely a different experience with other cuisine in that you are always waiting for the waiters to surprise you with some fantastic food. The busy and often noisy ambience make you feel like you are not in Australia but in Asia. It is a good place to catch up with friends, eat some good food while sipping Chinese tea or Yum Cha as the Cantonese would call it.

Century Egg Porridge - A must order dish whenever we go for Dim Sum because this is the only food that our 3 year old daughter could eat.

Deep Fried Prawn Dumpling - Not as oily and hard compared to others I have tried which make it very delicious while still managed to retain the juiciness of the prawn meat within.

Beside porridge, egg tart is another Dim Sum dish we would order for our daughter and she loves it!

Fish ball is very common in Malaysian Dim Sum but not so in Perth. Most Dim Sum restaurants don't serve them but the Golden Century does which will surely attract me to their front door more often in the future.

Most dumplings have prawn meat inside and you certain do not wish to order 5 different dumplings with the same common ingredients inside. If you are scratching your head to decide which one to go, I suggest you go for scallop dumpling instead of the usual prawn dumpling.

Soft shell crab - a very uncommon dish for Dim Sum but very delicious, crunchy and juicy at the same time.

Dim Sum @ Victoria Park

As mentioned in the previous post, Victoria Park has many Asian restaurants dotted along the busy Albany Highway due to its proximity to both Perth city center and Curtin University. And it offers an alternative place for people craving for Dim Sum without having to caught up in traffic jam and struggling to find a parking spot in the overcrowded Northbridge or Chinatown.

You can have equally delicious Dim Sum in Emma's Seafood & Dim Sum Restaurant at Victoria Park. The ambiance of the restaurant’s interior is a fusion of East meets West. This place is popular for their lunch or dinner dim sum. As with all other Dim Sum restaurants, waitresses will push their carts around and you just pick whichever dishes that look appealing to you. 

Among the delicious Dim Sum includes: scallop dumpling, egg tart, bbq pork buns, rice flour rolls and deep fried squid tentacles.

Address: 886, Albany Highway, Victoria Park, WA, 6100, Australia.

Century Egg Porridge 皮蛋粥

Dumpling 烧卖

Scallop Dumpling

Vege Dumpling

小笼包

Spacious interior of Emma's Dim Sum Restaurant

Roast Pork Rice @ Victoria Park

Victoria Park is indeed a wonderful place for food with its proximity to Perth city center and yet without the traffic chaos of the CBD. Another major plus point is that parking here are all free! There are plenty of car parks along the street or the nearby huge open car park of Coles shopping center.

Many Asian students live in this area due to its close distance to Curtin University. As a result, Asian restaurants mushrooming along the vibrant Albany Highway to cater to this demand. One of them is the Good One BBQ. Its specialties are Chinese BBQ Hong Kong style.

You can't dine at a Chinese BBQ restaurant without ordering the roast/BBQ meat as it's their specialty after all. The roast pork hanging in the window was particularly enticing to look at and that’s exactly what I ordered. It is a typical Chinese BBQ restaurant where you can listen with drooling anticipation as the chef chopped the meat for your order with a bone-crunching cleaver striking the meat on a thick wooden chopping block. The roast pork is crisp crackling on top followed by a band of soft melting fat, with the thickest layer being salty, meaty and juicy pork. 

My short and brief recommendation is that their Roast Pork Rice is a must try. With only A$10 per plate, it is more than enough for one person. The best time to try this dish is during lunch time when the roast pork are still fresh right from their kitchen behind. 

Address: 808 Albany Highway, East Victoria Park, WA, 6101, Australia.

Good One BBQ Restaurant Main Entrance

Interior of Good One BBQ Restaurant

Roast Pork Rice

Hong Kong Cantonese Cuisine In Perth

Perth has always have a substantial population of Hong Kong people for many decades. Australia has welcomed migrants from all over the world to assist in contributing to their economy and high demand in manpower. When these migrants came to Australia, they brought with them their unique cuisines that has help diversify the available choices of dining experience.

Located in the heart of Northbridge (unofficially known as the Perth's Chinatown); Hong Kong Seafood Chinese Restaurant offers a variety of Hong Kong cuisine to its customers. One of their specialty is their roast pork which also contributed to their original business name of Hong Kong BBQ.

Deep fried Cod fish into attractive golden brown.

Hong Kong style noodle

Spacious and chic interior of Hong Kong Seafood Chinese Restaurant

A must try item: deliciously succulent roast pork!

Roast duck drumstick

One of their signature dish: deep fried bean curd with broccoli

Main entrance of Hong Kong Seafood Chinese Restaurant