One of the great things about living in Australia is that we are blessed with a wide variety of cuisine from all over the world. There are quite a substantial amount of people from Hong Kong living in Melbourne and the Hong Kong style cafe is not hard to find.
Went to this popular place called New Age Cafe and it was packed with people before lunch time.
After trying most of the Malaysian restaurants around Melbourne, there is only one restaurant which serves the best Chicken Rice. Hainan Chicken restaurant is located in the popular suburb of Glen Waverley in Melbourne. This is the place to be especially when you are after Asian food as you will be spoilt for choices.
I'm glad that this restaurant survives the hard lockdown in 2020. There are a few shops in the area which are not so fortunate and are forced to close down for good.
尝试过那么多间马来西亚餐馆后，我觉得只有这间的海南鸡饭是全墨尔本最正宗最好吃的！这地区是许多亚洲人都很喜欢来的地方，原因很简单，因为这里有太多亚洲餐馆让您不知选哪一个才好。墨尔本的亚洲人实在太好命啦！！！
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| Located on the Ground Floor of a multi-storey building. |
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| Fabulous ginger garlic and chilli sauce ~ a must have for chicken rice! |
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| Beautifully chopped Roast Chicken Maryland. The rice is irresistibly additive! |
Chinese New Year is finally here! Gong Xi Gong Xi!
Traditionally, every household will stock up variety of snacks at home in anticipation of relatives and friends who would visit during Chinese New Year.
One of the best one is the seaweed cracker. It is basically deep fried seaweed wrapped in spring roll skin.
Use egg as sticking agent and applied it onto the spring roll skin. Place the seaweed on top, apply another layer of egg with brush. Sprinkle some sesame seed and seal it with another layer of spring roll skin. Use scissor to cut to your favourite sizes. Tossed them into a hot boiling oil to deep fry.
Let's see how it is done in action.
Whenever the weather turns cold in Melbourne, I always crave for a piping hot mutton soup (commonly known as Sup Kambing in Malaysia) to keep me warm.
First, get ready all the major ingredients and spices.
Next, grind the spices old school way!
Ready to serve!
Stock:
3 lbs bone-in leg of lamb or mutton
4 carrots peeled and cut into large chunks
1 large stalk of leeks cut into rings and wash thoroughly by
soaking in water
2 oz of Chinese parsley - both stalks and leaves chopped
4 stalks of lemon grass trim off the woody ends and bruise
to release flavor
1 large onion peeled and dice
Ground ingredients
(place all ingredients in a food processor and process into a paste):
2 large onions peeled and cut into large chunks
4 cloves garlic peeled
4 shallots peeled
3 candlenut / kemiri
1 Tbsp of coriander seeds
1 tsp of fennel seeds
Spices:
1 piece of star anise
1 large cinnamon
5 pieces of cloves
10 pieces of cardamom
3 Tbsp of cumin powder
1 tsp of turmeric powder
Seasonings:
Salt to taste
1 Tbsp of sugar
Garnishes:
Chinese parsley leaves finely chopped
2-3 stalks of spring onion finely chopped
Fried shallots crisp / bawang goreng
Get to know this place from watching Axian's (阿賢) show on Astro AEC. There are basically 3 Kopi Tiam (coffee shops) along this row of shop houses and the one we went to was Luan Fong.
As we traveled from the Penang Island, we decided to take the ferry. Our journey was taken way back in January 2020. Sadly now this historic ferry which has been transporting people across the two lands for more than 100 years is no longer in service recently.
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| The unique characteristic of this ferry is you can drive right into it. |
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| Stunning view from the ferry leaving Penang island. |
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| Delicious beef noodle soup. |
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| The trip to a Malaysian Kopi Tiam will not be complete without ordering the Kopi (local coffee). |
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| Soft boiled egg on toast - a common sight of Malaysian breakfast. |
我们决定从槟城乘渡轮越洋来到这里。这旅程是之前在2020年1月拍下的。可悲的是，这艘超过一百年历史悠久的渡轮，最近政府已决定不再使用了。从槟城到北海行程大约需要15到20分钟。乘坐渡轮远比驾车在槟威大桥来得舒服多了！
咖啡店的位置非常靠近北海码头。
我们特意要来吃这位大叔的泰国牛肉面，他叫阿江。在接受阿贤节目的采访时，他讲述了他如何学会煮泰式牛肉面的故事。许多年前，他去泰国时吃过他十分喜欢的泰国牛肉面。于是他就要求摊主教他如何做这道菜。摊主最初不愿意因为怕会泄露自己的商业秘密。但是，阿江叔告诉他，他只想在槟城开店，从没有打算在泰国和他竞争。最后摊主同意教阿江。
您也可以从其他商店叫此海南式鸡扒，他们可以端菜过来。
Located at Eastland Shopping Centre in Ringwood, Kyoto Cafe has nice ambience, particularly like the double volume ceiling at the entrance.
Went there on a weekday right before lunch time to beat the crowd. Nice and quiet for reading while waiting for the food to be served.
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| Match Mango ~ $7.00 |
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| Karaage Chicken |
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| Kids meal ~ $6.80 |
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| Tonkotsu Ramen ~ $13.80 Kyoto Cafe位于Ringwood的Eastland购物中心，十分喜欢它的室内设计，尤其是入口处的双层高天花板。 我们去那天刚好上班时间而且又还没到午餐时刻， 安静的环境很适合阅读。 像一般日本餐厅一样，开放式厨房的概念使客户可以观看厨师的一切动作。 前面的柜台还展示着各种糕点让顾客有所选择。 |
This used to be the only place in Melbourne where I would go for Penang Char Koay Teow until Lulu's Char Koay Teow came along.
Their taste is the closest to the authentic one back in Penang. I go there often as it is just 5 minutes drive from my office. Weekday lunch is better as there is no crowd compared to weekend. Owner from Ipoh and has been in the business for more than 30 years. They used to run their business in the city until they moved to their current Glen Waverley premise.
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| Penang Char Koay Teow |
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| Penang Assam Laksa |
Their Assam Laksa is equally good. The soup is so tasty that I finished the last drop, short of licking the bowl!
Danny's Kopitiam is located at 264 Blackburn Road, Glen Waverley, Victoria 3125.
For best Penang Char Koay Teow in Melbourne, refer to previous post below:
- Best Penang Char Koay Teow in Melbourne
这曾经是我在墨尔本每当想吃槟城炒粿条时唯一去的地方，直到Lulu's Char Koay Teow出现为止。
它们的炒粿条最接近槟城正宗的口味。我经常会去那里也是因为它离我的办公室只有5分钟车程。上班时间去比较好，因为周末每次都太多顾客。老板是怡保人，经营这个生意已有30多年之久了。以前在市城市开店，直到搬到目前的Glen Waverley地点。
他们的槟城叻沙也很不错。汤底真好吃。
如想知道关墨尔本最好吃的槟槟城炒粿条在哪里就请看以下前一篇文章：
