What I ate today - the food thread

[Quickstatus]

I reckon breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper.
Looks authentic - its got the red colour missing from the Changi SKL version

 

[kermatu]

Dinner at Me Wah in Sandy Bay the other night.



Peking Duck

Numbing chicken.

Chilli herb chicken




Eggplant

Abalone lo mein

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And dessert:


Exceptional service and quality food. Definite recommendation.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Dinner at Me Wah in Sandy Bay the other night.

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Peking Duck
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Numbing chicken.
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Chilli herb chicken
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Eggplant
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Abalone lo mein

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Exceptional service and quality food. Definite recommendation.

Fabulous place and brilliant wine list!

 

[drron]

I loved Me Wah in Launceston. would go once a week.
I thought service, food and value was worth it.

 

[Ade]

Eggplant

Looks delishhhhh

 

[kermatu]

Looks delishhhhh

It was a surprising highlight!

 

[Ade]

Was this served cold? I had a similar dish at Ashfield, Sydney in a restaurant that is no longer in business, thanks to CoVID.

 

[kermatu]

Was this served cold? I had a similar dish at Ashfield, Sydney in a restaurant that is no longer in business, thanks to CoVID.

Pretty sure it was warm.

 

[Quickstatus]

Exceptional service and quality food

Was this served cold?

Sometimes called Buddha's delight if you want to be fancy
Vegetarian.
Served warm.

@kermatu did you drink Chinese tea from the traditional teacups?

 

[drron]

Today was back to a vietnamese lunch. the Maroochydore branch of Nguyen Brothers has been closed for renovation but their Sunshine Plaza branch which was previously mainly takeaway is now doing a lot of the larger dishes. As a bonus it is open both Saturday and Sunday for lunch and dinner. So today it was back there today. I had the salt and pepper squid and mrsdrron as usual her lemongrass beef vermicelli salad. both very good. Only down side is it is not licenced so no wine.

 

[kermatu]

@kermatu did you drink Chinese tea from the traditional teacups?

One person at the table did. I had the Dr Smoker (bourbon and coffee based) coughtail with dessert instead

 

[drron]

Chang Mai restaurant Surfers Paradise. Salt and pepper quail, Changmai sausage, coconut prawns and pad Thai with chicken.

 

[Cossie]

We ate too much! Been looking forward to coming back here for over 12 months, BayLeaf Restaurant in the Bay Village complex in Cairns.
Balinese food, Sate and Sambal Kucang, mixed satays.
Ayam Sayur, poached chicken, peanuts, mango, beans, corriander, mint and cocunut dressing, (but no photo.).
Tum Bebek, steamed minced duck steamed in banana leaf.
Be Celeng Base Manis, pork in sweet soy sauce.
No room for anything else…..

Bayleaf Balinese Restaurant Cairns

The highly rated Bayleaf Balinese Restaurant offers the authentic flavours of the Balinese cuisine in a tropical ambience, centrally located in Cairns CBD.

www.bayvillage.com.au

 

[Quickstatus]

Not today but From the recent UK trip (when it was warm outside of the 2 days in August)

London




Black cod with miso sauce


"orbit" - dark chocolate mousse, salted caramel ice cream, honeycomb, popping candy (which is in the small rounds)

 

[drron]

Moo Moo steakhouse Broadbeach. Started with an amusee bouche.


We selected a bottle of wine that seemed appropriate for the day we had had.


Then I had Bang Bang duck. Wasn’t expecting what I was served. Basically pulled duck on a spicy salad.



The duck meat was then piled on the salad. Very good. But no photo. Mrsdrron started with the carpaccio which was excellent.


She then had the scallops with a large side of mushrooms which were great.



I had the Waygu rump. Was advised to have it medium rare so as to assure that the fat was rendered. It was close enough to rare for me and was excellent.


Thoroughly recommended.

 

[drron]

Tonight’s meal. Otawari House Mermaid Beach. We shared a few dishes plus a bottle of Sav Blanc.
We had kingfish carpaccio, waygu tataki, tempura prawns and chicken karaage.




The food tasted good but there were 2 problems. The dishes were served with chilli garnish and a chilli ponzu sauce. Now Mrsdrron doesn’t do chilli and as well although Japan is in Asia it really doesn’t have a taste for chilli. That is definitely not authentic.
The other problem is that the acoustics are woeful. So if you can put up with that then go for the food but ask for no chilli including the sauce.

 

[QF WP]

Went to a lunch before the 2nd game of State of Origin. Chris “Choppy” Close and Mal Meninga were guest speakers.





Entree


Main:

 

[TheRealTMA]

Lunch with @VPS and @RooFlyer .

 

[RooFlyer]

Very nice with @TheRealTMA and @VPS . I'm off to sell a kidney

And someone tell that guy with the snail to get an iron!!!

 

[VPS]

Lunch with @VPS and @RooFlyer .

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Excellent lunch and I had the scenic tour of Brisbane on the drive back to the hotel.