Japanese Ramen and Anime

If you like Ramen and Japanese Anime, this is the place just for you. Not only they serve delicious Japanese Ramen, there is also a glass box display of their collection of popular Anime characters for customer to admire.

Located on the Ground Floor near the grand entrance of The Glen Shopping Centre at Glen Waverley, it provides convenience to customers with its cashless payment system via the Liven App.

如果你喜欢吃日本拉面和对日本动漫深感兴趣，那这间餐厅最适合你不过了！

Signature Shujinko Ramen ~ $15.50. Tonkotsu soup base (pork broth) served with bok choy, spring onion, bean sprout, marinated egg and signature grilled pork belly.

Black Ramen ~ $16.50. Ramen with spicy seasoning and special black powder (shellfish-based seasoning). Served with bok choy, spring onion, bean sprout, marinated egg and signature grilled pork belly.

Karakuchi Ramen ~ $15.50 for those who like it spicy.

For those big eaters out there, you can always order extra noodle!

Side Dish - Agedashi Tofu

Best Penang Char Kay Teow in Melbourne

Have searched high and low around Melbourne for the most authentic Penang Char Koay Teow and finally found it! Danny's Kopitiam in Glen Waverley.

Penang Char Koay Teow + Teh Tarik - A$17.50

Address: 264 Blackburn Rd, Glen Waverley VIC 3125.

Opening Hours:

• Monday & Tuesday - Closed
• Wednesday - Saturday: 11.30am - 2.30pm, 5pm - 8pm
• Sunday: 11.30am - 2.30pm

Lanzhou Beef Noodle Bar

Although it is officially summer now in Australia, it is still very chilly here in Melbourne. Some part of the Victorian Alps like Falls Creek and Mount Hotham were even snowing yesterday! That's Melbourne weather for you, 4 seasons in a day! 

What's better to do on a cold day like this than having a piping hot noodle soup!

Good food at just A$12.80.

Chef making noodle in front of you! You can choose from different types of noodle. My favourite is the thinnest one.

The Signature Lanzhou Beef Noodle Soup

Gorgeous view of the distant Dandenong Ranges from the double height window.

Spanking newly refurbished food court.

Food and Books

A haven for book lover who loves to eat!

Nice and inviting shopfront awaits those who wish to stay away from the lunch rush hour and have a bite in a relaxing atmosphere.

A wide variety of categories cater to everyone in the family.

Harry Potter seems to be quite popular again here in Melbourne thanks to the musical play that is going on here at the moment.

The Kids Section is very tempting to the small ones.

Mocha - A$4.20

New York Cheese Cake - A$8.00

Smashed Avocado - A$18.50

This is the book that I read while I was there this afternoon.

Robinsons Bookshop is located on the first floor inside The Glen Shopping Centre and it's open on the following time:

• Monday - Wednesday: 9am - 5.30pm
• Thursday & Friday: 9am - 9pm
• Saturday: 9am - 5pm
• Sunday: 10am - 5pm

Hainan Chicken Rice at Glen Waverley

Address: 52 Montclaire Ave, Glen Waverley, VIC 3150

Business Hours:

• Monday - Sunday: 11am - 10pm

Roast Chicken Rice with soup - A$13.50

Roti Canai and Goreng Pisang as Petaling Street Glen Waverley

Address: 111 Kingsway, Glen Waverley VIC 3150

Business Hours:

• Sunday       - 11.30AM - 11.00PM
• Monday      - 11.30AM - 11.00PM
• Tuesday     - 11.30AM - 11.00PM
• Wednesday - 11.30AM - 11.00PM
• Thursday    - 11.30AM - 11.00PM
• Friday        - 11.30AM - 11.00PM
• Saturday    - 11.30AM - 12.00AM

Petaling Street Shopfront at Glen Waverley

Inside Petaling Street Glen Waverley

Little touch of Christmas atmosphere in this predominantly Asian neighbourhood.

Big serving of Banana Fritters enough for even an adult.

Roti Canai with Curry Chicken, Ice Bandung and Ice Syrup Limau!

Banana Fritter with 2 Scopus of Vanilla Ice Cream:

- A$6.90

Roti Canai with Curry Chicken:

- A$12.50

Ice Bandung:

- A$4.50

Ice Syrup Limau:

- A$4.50

Hainan Chicken

Hainan Chicken @ Kingsway, Glen Waverley.

Ipoh Hor Fun with poached chicken.

Went to Hainan Chicken at Glen Waverley after picking up my daughter from her Saturday Chinese class. 

Spacious, newly renovated and chic interior gave us good first impression as we enter into this recently opened restaurant. Netizens have been talking about this place for a while before it opened mainly because of its name. Some commented that it is either very good or not so smart that the owner decided to give a very specific name to his shop. 

The food was well presented and served on black plates. The rice taste quite authentic although a bit sticky. Roast chicken was good but the poached chicken was just too hard. Maybe the chef wasn't in good mood today?

As my daughter was running around playing with my friend's daughter and nearly bumped into a waitress carrying dishes; the waitress then returned and told off my friend impolitely asking her to look after the kids instead of letting them running around. This incident didn't help our experience of the place when the food was not up to par to start of with.

However, I may still return if I crave for chicken rice in the future.

The Grand Tofu @ Glen Waverley

Imagine if you were to be kidnapped in SS2 and blindfolded to be transported elsewhere. When the cloth is unwrapped from your face, you open up your eyes (trying to adjust to the intensity of light after being blindfolded for more than 10 hours); you observe very vaguely your surrounding and you thought you were still in Malaysia. That's how close the ambience is if you happen to be around Glen Waverley in Melbourne. 

The street along Kingsway is lined with Asian restaurants and pubs quite similar to what we used to back home. You see people mostly with black hairs on the street, if you are not careful you might forget that you are actually in Australia.

You will be spoilt for choices when you get there as there are just so many delicious food to choose from. One of them is The Grand Tofu. This restaurant has similar concept to Ampang Yong Tau F where you get to choose the assorted tofu from the front counter.

We tried the Fish Head Bee Hoon (which we strongly recommend). As for the Yong Tau Fu, we chose the braised soup base which is not as good as it is quite tasteless. Maybe will try the Tom Yam soup based next time.

Fish Head Bee Hoon Soup