Review: Ma Ma Sichuan

Posted by ~RnR~ in $10-$20, Gluttonized

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Ma Ma Sichuan Review


Looking for a cheap lunch buffet? Then maybe you could consider Ma Ma Sichuan...

( The exterior)

(The interior)

See that big red poster? yes! lunch buffet at only AUD 10...  

you might ask yourself what you could get from this restaurant... so lets begin!!!

Above are all the dishes they have for lunch buffet... Quite a lot of varieties for a $10 buffet...  =D

Lets begin with fried noodle and spring roll. The fried noodle was good, although it was a bit tasteless... For the spring roll... it's not really good...  put the blame on the weird filling they have...

Moving on to the next plate...

Fried noodle and Fried rice. The fried rice was tasteless :(  couldn't think of anything good about this fried rice... 

Honey chicken,  beef in indian-style sauce, sweet and sour pork... The honey chicken was not bad.. It's just too sweet!!! The beef was weird... I guess, it's because of the sauce having a weird taste and aroma.... The sweet and sour pork was the best!!! It was tasty =D

Stir-fry veggies, black pepper beef and chicken...  Nothing special about the stir-fry veggies , and the black pepper beef and chicken... both of them was alright...

Another mixed veggie stirfry, but this time with chicken (the one on the left).
Personally, I don't really like this one because it's quite sweet. But for people who like their veggie to be sweet, like Rondoletti, you will like it. :D

Well, now we have fried vermicelli with veggies.  I'm not really sure how to describe it. The vermicelli is a bit dry. There taste is somehow similar to the beef in indian-style sauce. There's a specific fragrant that makes it smell like indian food. 


Beside it we have chinese style braised pork ribs, which is a good choice for you to try. The ribs is not that fatty and the sauce is not bad too.

Next, we have fried chicken, fried dumpling, and  mapo tofu.
The fried chicken is crispy on the skin but the meat inside is a bit bland. Maybe it will be much better if they have chili sauce.
For the fried dumpling is quite good. I like the outer side of it since it's chewy. The fillings are made of minced beef, minced mushroom and veggies.
Lastly, mapo tofu. It's quite spicy but overall, again, it's tasteless. We can't expect too much for $10 buffet. :p

We have talked about most of the food at the top. This time I only want to talk about the Braised Pork Leg. For "pork-leg-lovers" maybe this will be a good choice to try. I did take the pork leg but I did not to try it. Sorry about it. It's far too fatty than what I expected.

Finally, to round up our meal we decided to try the soups. As you can see, there 2 types of soup, which are corn soup and chinese mushroom soup. Both are bland. It's not recommended for you. But you really want to try, I suggests you to put some salt and pepper provided there. It may help to fix the taste. :D 

Ma Ma Sichuan also have steamboat buffet, which we've yet to try...  

So in a nutshell....

Price: 8.5/10

Food: 6/10

Service: 6.5/10

Ambience: 5/10

Estimated price/person: $10 (Only available for Lunch)

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Ma Ma Sichuan Restaurant

483 Swanston St

Melbourne VIC 3000

Website: none

-Rondoletti- & ~Rondoletto~