Chef Gallery

Posted by Unknown in $10-$30, Chinese, Sydney: CBD

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Got a call from my friends and they asked me 'do you want to go to Chef Gallery?', without waiting any longer I picked up my camera and went to the city. When I arrived in the restaurant, it's very clear why the named it Chef Gallery.

 

When we got our table, they asked us if we want to sit in table or in front of the kitchen. I picked to sit in front of the kitchen. From there we could see how the make dumpling and noodle. I were quite amaze on how quick and skillful the cook when they made noodle, dumpling, etc.

 For appetizer, we ordered Pork belly roll - thinly sliced blanched pork belly rolled with carrot,
cucummber, topped with a garlic and oil free vingerette dressing ($8.90). Chilled pork which very tender and the crunchy carrot and cucumber. It's a good dish for hot summer.

Chef's own golden snowflake chicken - lightly crumbed chicken fillet very crispy, tender and moist served with noodles in a pumkin soup ($13.90)

Because we saw the chef made the noodle, we decided that we need to try the noodle. The noddle was very thin and firm, if they didn't show the process I wouldn't it was hand made. As for the soup it was a bit bland for me (I would prefer stronger flavor soup). Chicken was moist and crispy, it wasn't oily at all and taste really clean.

Guo Tie - lightly pan fried dumplings cabbage & pork ($8.90). The Guo Tie top skin was crispy while the bottom one was soft. They only cook the skin one side, it give a nice contrast when you eat it, especially when you put with vinegar and soy sauce.

As for the desert, we have decided before we went there that we must tried the Steamed sesame ‘piggy face’ bun ($5.90, picture on the top). It was a steam bun filled with black sesame, it show how good the chef in creating this unique desert and when you bite it. It burst with warm sesame which add extra flavor to the bun.

It's a very cozy place to have dinner with friends or family where the chef can show their skills and you know that all dishes were made fresh.

Taste of Shanghai - World Square

Posted by Unknown in $10-$30, Chinese, Sydney: CBD

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After a drought of update in May, because I'm a bit busy and some other issues (sorry guys). We will start with Taste of Shanghai in World Square. This is the third installment from 'Taste of Shanghai' brand the first two are at Eastwood and Ashfield.

We came after 6 p.m. and the queue is so long. Just after 6.30 p.m. we got our table, went in there and it's feel like any other chinese restaurant. Full of noise and squeeze, though the interior and menu is quite good and fancy for a chinese restaurant.

We start with Steamed Chicken & Mushroom Dumpling. It's a dumpling with a chicken & mushroom mince with a soup inside, the skin is very delicate and if you put to much power in the chopstick it's gonna break.

Then come Fish Fillet with Crab Meat Wrapper on Fire, my friend though it's gonna be a crab stick instead the crab meat. You really can taste the delicate crab soup cutting through the soft fish mix together very well, the soup didn't overpower the fish.

Grandma Pork Belly come next. If you really like pork belly(fat), you need to order this dish. It might not be the strongest dish in the table, but the meat are so tender and moist. You might expect that the dish will have a strong flavor gonna punch through your mouth. But it's not, the meat and soup have a mild taste. (Picture: main picture)

 

Last dish that we ordered is Garlic Bamboo Chicken(deep fried) when it come down to the table I can smell the coriander and probably bamboo(not sure about the smell of bamboo). It's nice, tender and not greasy at all which it can be done easily if you deep fried any stuff. You just can't stop eating the crumb and peanut that they use as garnish. The only concern about this dish are the chicken was served in bone and don't have a lot of meat.

This proof that Shanghai cuisine is milder compare to the other chinese cuisine I've come across before. I believe that there's not much MSG on the dishes.

It's a nice chinese restaurant and like other chinese restaurant you can't expect much from the service or atmosphere.

Taste of Shanghai

Shop 9.07, World Square Shopping Centre

644 George Street  SYDNEY