Memories Treasure Chest

Southside Bistro, Sunnybank On a rather early weekend, Mr and myself visited Southside Bistro prior to visiting the in-law. We normally visit the Asian breakfast places in Sunnybank and this time decided to give Southside Bistro a go, especially when we can utilise the Entertainment book voucher. Their menu here is very enticing with Asian influenced dishes. I was definitely keen to try a few of them and in the end, I chose the 'Breakfast Puffle ' just because I want some egg puffles! It is a fusion Asian breakfast (oolong egg tea, rice with Kimchi and also some pork floss) and was topped with deep fried youtiao (aka fried chinese bread stick). It all does sound good right? Breakfast puffle But I was quite disappointed with this dish... The puffle does not taste like it was freshly made, the rice was not warm enough (more like lukewarm for me) and overall, quite a dry dish with the sauce being only mayo. Hmm... my excitement has definitely dwindled down after this di...

Yuan's Wok, Kelvin Grove I have walked past Yuan's Wok multiple times and they are usually busy with most diners being student. One day, I decided to give it a try while on the way back home. While Mr parked the car at the underground car park (free for 2 hours), I made the order at the counter. Their menu is quite extensive and I was not too sure what to order, and in the end decided on the ' sweet and sour fish' with rice ; and also the ' minced pork with pork belly' with the addition of pork meat ball soup . Sweet and sour fish with rice The meals arrived so quickly and Mr has not even arrived yet. You do wonder at times how did they prepare the meals so quickly (whether they have been pre-made or cooked on order). The vegetables (chinese cabbage with carrots) do looked like they have been pre-made. Pork belly and minced pork with rice The pork dish was not too bad, and I would say they are better than average. The sweet and sour fish wa...

Little Red Dumpling, Newmarket The Newmarket Village has gone through a big transformation (well, a while ago now) and currently houses some decent places to eat. We have visited Sushi Edo there multiple times and on a lazy night, we decided to give Little Red Dumpling a go. Once seated, we were introduced to their ordering system via a tablet as it was our first visit.  The menu is pretty straightforward and to get things going, we ordered the chicken noodle soup for Grace. The portion was fairly generous and the chicken base soup was all right. Grace really enjoyed their noodles and could not stop slurping. In the end, we added a portion of noodles to our order so that we adults can have some as well. Chicken Noodle Soup Unsure what to order, we tried their banquet which came with entree of spring rolls and mixture of dumplings. We did not read the menu properly and thought we would have more entree serving! Imagine our disappointment but thankfully each of the en...

Deery's Restaurant and Smokehouse, Kangaroo Point It is better late than never! Well, when it comes to blogging it seems that I have a cycle of stagnancy (due to work obligation) and the engine starts to rev again when I have some free time... Mr and myself visited Deery's Restaurant back in February for early Valentine's Day celebration. With the in-laws looking after Grace, we took this opportunity to treat ourselves to hopefully some good food and let's see how our visit went at the Deery's. One of Mr's favourite food is oysters and we ordered some that night. We went with both the natural oysters and the Kilpatrick version (for me). They were indeed fresh and lovely, and Mr was so satisfied (he certainly wished he ordered more!). Another of Mr's favourite is duck liver pate , and when he saw that on the menu, he could not resist it at all. Poor me, just watching him devoured the whole pate of his own and he was just smiling throughout. Oyst...

Banh Mi Now, Brisbane CBD Banh mi, the ' Vietnamese subway ' is my go to comfort food or snack especially when I am pregnant. Well, I just order those without the pate, to reduce risk of listeriosis. I have been to Banh Mi Now multiple times, even the Mr knows to take away some when he drops by in the city. We usually order their Crackling Pork belly banh mi because they are so damn delicious!  I love the balance of their pickled carrots and radish, and sometimes think that is the best part in a banh mi. They give generous amount of the vegetables. Their crispy pork belly is flavourful and good as well. Overall a good combo in a fairly crusty baguette. Therefore, expect some crumbs on your clothes when you bite onto them! :)

My Street Food- Taste of Vietnam, Woolloongabba When you search hard enough, you will eventually find the right place for a delicious banh mi and it is located at My Street Food. One day, after dropping off the Mr in the southside, I made my way there. Parking was horrible as I did not know there was onsite parking. My persistence for parking finally paid off and I am so glad that I came here. As it was still early (mid morning), there weren't any customers yet but you can straightaway sense that they are going to be busy once the rush hour arrives. They were busy preparing fresh vietnamese spring rolls and one of the chef was busy grilling heaps of grilled pork/pork chop! As it was more for 'morning tea', I ordered their M.S.F. lemongrass grilled pork banh mi   ($7.50) and immediately devoured them outside the shop. The grilled pork was flavourful and the overall banh mi was delicious. I did not save any for the Mr but bought some fresh spring rolls (the lem...