Review: Oriental Tea House

Posted by ~RnR~ in $21-$30, Restaurant

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Oriental Tea House Review

First of all, big thanks to JS for the treat at Oriental Tea House. I've heard that Oriental Tea House serves really good dumplings, but expensive at the same time.... 

Oriental Tea House also sells varieties of tea, which I've yet to try. Unfortunately, this was the only shot I could get inside the restaurant as taking photos of the restaurant was not allowed :( 

To start with was the prawn toast. Crispy and you can taste the prawn... yummm =D 

This was the fried prawn dumplings. Indeed, they've got really good dumplings. And the mayonnaise gave perfect kick to it.... 

Next was the chinese broccoli with oyster sauce. The chinese broccoli was cooked well. A simple yet delicious dish. And also this dish was way better than the one at New Kum Den 

I was a bit disappointed with their Xiao Long Bao. It was too dry!! That's the only problem, I guess. For the meat: it was tasty =D

A definitely must have dish when you're having yum cha. Their siu mai was awesome!!!! It was full of flavor... Just by looking at it, makes me hungry =P

I'm not sure whether I have to upload this one or not. But I have something to say about their steamed rice. This was too little!!!! and it was too expensive for a bowl of steamed rice ( $ 3 as far as I remember) :(

This was the best!!!! This was Crispy shredded steak. It was beef in sweet sour and chili sauce  with capsicum... A great dish and definitely a must-try. 

Nothing impressive with their pan-fried dumplings. Still a great dish too!! =D

And the last one was fried chocolate dumplings. A great dessert!!! but I thought that the chocolate fillings were too little... other than that, Perfect!!! =D

Overall, the food at Oriental Tea House was great. But the biggest problem was the price. It was too expensive and the portion was small also. Take for example the siu mai. 3 pcs of siu mai was priced at AUD 6. It was over-priced, I guess. Will I come back? Probably yes, but just for high tea as I need to eat a lot for lunch or dinner =P

In conclusion:

Price: 4/10

Food: 9/10

Service: 8.5/10

Ambience: 9/10

Estimated price per person: $ 30

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Shop F015 Chadstone Shopping Centre

Melbourne VIC 3145

Website: www.orientalteahouse.com

-Rondoletti-

Review: China Bar Signature (Part 2)

Posted by ~RnR~ in $21-$30, Gluttonized

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China Bar Signature Review (Part 2) 



Welcome back to ~Merveilles de la Nourriture~

As I promised earlier let's finish up the review for China Bar Signature :D

If you are still not satisfied with all those food that I mentioned earlier, China Bar still can provide you with more food. There are a lot more Chinese food that you can indulge yourself with. :D

Let's get it started!

Yummy isn't it? I can guarantee you this time it will not disappoint you.  After thinking about it for quite some time, I think that I like this section of China Bar the most. You can choose from 8 different metal plate excluding the calamari ring and some other fried snacks at the side. Excited? Well, if you love to eat (like me :p), you will be.

Uhm... Where should I start? Okay... Let's start with "Steamed Basa Fish". The steam basa fish itself is a little bit bland but if you put more of its sauce it will surely be much more tastier. But I still like it though... Just remember, more sauce... :D

Next is "honey chicken". It sounds very simple and it is a kind of food that you can get it everywhere. But I still love it~ I guess it's one of my favorite here. You can taste the honey very clearly and supported with the crunchiness from the chicken which will make you to want it more and more~~ ;p

If my memory serves me well, I think there is "szechuan spicy calamari". It's the one at the southwest direction in the picture. Since I love seafood, I really enjoy this calamari. The coating sauce goes well with the calamari. The calamari is not hard to be eaten as well. It's just delicious. (*drool* ><)

Okay, move on. The next one is "sliced beef with veggie". The beef and the vegie are well-cooked. The beef is soft and the veggie is not over-cooked. But I think if they can change it to black pepper beef with veggie, it will be perfect... XD

Sick of all the meat and seafood? Don't worry, we still have "vegetarian combination". The combination is made up of cauliflower, broccoli, carrot, and mushroom. It's a good selection after you will guilty eating all the meat and seafood earlier. The veggies served are high in fibre. It's healthy and yummy as well. :)

ARGH! I hate reviewing this picture! It really makes me wanna go there again. Hahaha~~

YUM~~~

My friend claimed that this calamari tasted similar to the one that is served in his hometown. Proudly, I can say that both the honey chicken and calamari are two of our favorite food there. They were gone in a couple of minutes after this picture was taken :p

The calamari ring is not oily and the coating is crispy. The calamari itself is not hard. Therefore, you don't have to hesitate to take as many calamari as you want. :D

Owh... Before that, let's return to the previous picture for a bit. Do you notice the triangle-shaped spring roll? (Sorry for this one, I don't know how to put it)

They are located just beside the calamari. I don't really recommend it since it is similar to the spring roll that is located near the dim sum section. I don't find anything special about this one.

We are getting closer to the ending... :D

Salad. In China Bar, they provide you with two type of salad which are vegetable salad and fruit salad. Honestly, I didn't any have opportunity to touch this section. Around this time, my stomach has gotten bloated with so much food. Moreover, I prefer to finish up my meal with [fatty] desserts. (You can pretend not to see the word in square brackets XD)

What do u think? ♫♫♫I [LOVE] THIS PART RIGHT HERE!♫♫♫ (Imitating Pussycat Doll :p)

More pictures? Alright~~~

Relax~~~ Don't get too excited... I know you are... :p

It's the most anticipated part for some people. DESSERT!

The first time I arrived, I was really stunned with the wide range of dessert provided here. It's unbelievably a lot. So, for those who felt that your stomach cannot cope with all the food, I  suggest that you might want to plan before eating. You will be very disappointed to find out that you won't be able to get most of the dessert. They are all sweet, tasty, and obviously YUMMY~~~ ><

I don't think I can describe each one of the dessert but let me do my best.

"Which dessert should I start with?" Here is some recommendation from me...

Chocolate Mousse, one of my friends love it. It's soft and chocolaty~~

You also might not want to miss the Chocolate Eclair aka Petite Eclair in Chinabar, it is one of the best dessert there. Rondoletti likes this one the most... :p

For me the highlight of the dessert is "Mini Cream Puff". It's a must!!! It's simply gorgeous.... ><

Here is the CREAM PUFF ><

Chocolate Eclair, Banana bread and, in the middle, tofu-cheese cake

Chocolate Mousse and Creme Brulee

Chocolate Mudcake,  Snow Skin Mooncake, and Marshmallow

"Can I get something else beside cake?" or

"It's too fatty! Can I get something healthier?"

Of course you can... For those who doesn't like cake, which is a rare case I think, Chinabar still has fruits provided for you all... Don't worry... :D

Variety of fruits to get you fresher~~~ :)

Hmmm... There is something lacking. If only I can get ice cream for my dessert..."

Don't get blue... Chinabar will grant your wish~~~ 

Ice cream~~~

They have red-bean, taro/yam, durian, melon and also sweetcorn flavored ice cream.

Well, even though it is not the same as the usual ice cream that you may get, I think it's pretty impressive that they even provide ice cream.

SPECIAL DESSERT: SNOW SKIN MOONCAKE and MOONCAKE

Each colour has different flavour. For example green tea, lotus, red bean, mango and also strawberry. Unfortunately I can't eat them all...  I was too full by then... Huff T_T

So what is my overall impression?

Price: 8.5/10

Food: 8/10

Ambience: 9.5/10

Service: 8/10

Overall: 9/10 

Estimated price/Person : $30 for Lunch and $50 for dinner.

*** Special Thanks to Mj ×m, who has provided us with beautiful pictures ***

China Bar Signature : Bonus Part 

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For more information about China Bar Signature please contact:

380 Burwood Highway

Burwood East, VIC 3151

Website: http://chinabarsignature.com/

                                                                                                           ~Rondoletto~

Review: China Bar Signature (Part 1)

Posted by ~RnR~ in $21-$30, Gluttonized

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China Bar Signature Review (Part 1)

Hi all~

I’m ~Rondoletto~

Nice to meet you~ :D

Well, without further ado let me introduce you to China Bar Signature...

It's actually my second time coming to this buffet restaurant. There are so many things I wanna talk about.. >< But, let's start with the food first...

This buffet restaurant serves quite a wide variety of Asian food such as Chinese, Singaporean, Japanese, Malaysian, Hong Kong as well as Indian food. Unfortunately, there is no Korean and Indonesian food.  However, you don't have to be sad as there is a lot of dessert to comfort you with :)

Let's START!!! For me the best starter here is Dim Sum

Some of you may think, "why there is only one dim sum per container?". Well, it's not that we have eaten it, but there is only one piece of dim sum in one container. It's actually better that there is only one piece per container so you can take more type of food. :p For the dim sum,...hmm...I don't find anything special about it. It's not that good but it's not bad either... But there is one thing that impressed me out of all the dim sum, it's the "fried pao" (I can't remember the name of it. It's at the top part of the picture above. The one that looks like a turtle shell. :p) The first time I went there the filling of the pao was red bean paste, but the second time was barbecued pork. I prefer the one with the redbean filling as it goes better with the pastry outside of it. Okay, let's move on~~~ ^^

The picture below is where the Dim Sum(the furthest away), Malaysian and Indian food (on the white table and the most left picture) are~~

Here is some example of the Indian food mixed with Malaysian food.

The one with the curry is roti canai (Malaysia) aka roti prata (Singapore). According to Wikipedia the origin of this food is actually from India. I like the roti canai. Still, there is nothing special about it but I personally like roti canai. So it maybe a bit biased. :p

Beside the roti canai there is some szechuan spicy chicken (on the most left). My friend finds the szechuan spicy chicken was very tasty. If I can give my opinion, I don't think that it is spicy enough to be called "spicy". So I only find it okay.

The chicken satay is not so bad though. It is very similar to the one that I ate in Lau Pa Sat, Singapore.

The next one is the sesame prawn. It's quite good. It's crunchy and tasty. I don't find it oily too. So it can be recommended. :D

Well, the fried egg and fried "kacang" (ground nut) are just normal since they are just side dish.

Yay~ Sushi!!~

Hmm... Don't get too excited first... The variety of sushi is a bit disappointing since we can only come for  lunch. Based on the menu in the chinabar signature website, there are a lot of sushi and sashimi for the diner buffet. But sadly, we cannot come for the diner buffet. "Why?". I'll talk about it later. :D

Since I came with 4 other friends including "Rondoletti", we agreed that the sushi is just like any other sushi that you can find in the city.  So, if you wanna come here just because of the sushi, I suggest that you might want to try better buffet restaurant with sushi on their menu. 

Nevertheless, if you are still curious about it, I think it's better for you to go for the diner menu in chinabar since they have more variety of sushi for diner.

Time to move on~~~ It's now the picture of the Chinese food~~

The Chinese food here can be recommended as well, especially the roasted pork which I love the most.  The crispy skin of the pork accompanied with tender meat  can be one of the best food here. The taste is just right for me. But if you want to challenge it with other restaurant such as Pacific BBQ Cafe, it maybe hard to say that the roasted pork in Chinabar can win. However, considering that they have served wide range of food, it is counted as one of the best in Chinabar. 

Furthermore, there are also other food such as Hainanese chicken rice, roasted duck, bbq pork, pork and century egg congee and many kind of soup like corn soup, winter melon with pork ribs soup, and lastly bak kut teh (肉骨茶). Although I believe that my stomach is big enough to be filled with all these, sadly I have to sacrifice some of them in order to eat other food and desserts. 

Owh...! Before we move on, I wanna talk about the Hainanese chicken rice. The rice is a bit disappointing if I'm comparing it with the Hainanese chicken rice in Singapore. The rice is a bit dry and tasteless unlike the one in Singapore which has nice aroma and savory flavor. The chicken is tasteless too. Hopefully, the next time I go there, there might be some improvement in the chicken rice :(

Singaporean and Malaysian Hawker-style food~~~ XD

Char Koay Teow!!! Laksa!!! I love both of them :p

Okay, let's continue... For the char koay teow that I anticipated the most, the taste is not so bad. It's just a bit lacking of sweet soy sauce. If only they put more sweet soy sauce, I might have titled it with "the best food" in Chinabar. The best part of this food is that the restaurant serves it hot from the pan for the customer. This can be counted as one credit for Chinabar as these kind of food does not taste good if it is not hot. Same goes to the laksa. It is served hot from the pot. But I find the laksa disappointing though. The laksa soup somehow tastes similar to tom yum soup except it is not spicy or sour. To put it simple, it's a bit bland. Although there are a lot to put in the laksa such as mushroom, fishcake, and fishball, sadly they can't help to revive the soup.

The last one is jellyfish and "duck tounge". Well, I'm not sure that it is real duck tounge. As u can see, it is too big to be called duck tounge. Actually I don't get to eat the duck tounge but my friend, who ate it, said that it was nice. For the jelly fish, it's not very tasty. I only can say that it is chewy. Nothing special about it. :(

Guys~ I think that I have already talked long enough for this part. It's been 2.5 hours since I started. So, let me take a break and continue this later. Thanks for reading...^^

CONTINUED IN PART 2

                                                                                                             ~Rondoletto~