Showing posts with label Docklands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Docklands. Show all posts
Sunday, 30 May 2010
Gold Leaf Restaurant @ Harbour Town, Docklands
Gold Leaf is relatively new to the Boy and I... we've heard many good things about the main branch in Sunshine, but have only recently discovered and decided to give the outlet at Docklands a try.
NOTE: SEE!! I'VE already broken the train of the 1 week home cook and 1 week food review decision.. *sigh*
If you've never been to Harbour Town before, it's really very easy to locate... just head towards the Metal stand of the now defunct Melbourne Southern Wheel/Eye/Thing... look up, and Gold Leaf is there =)
Because of my backlog in postings and reviews... this is a 2 in one hit... (if you were thinking the Boy and I ate that much in 1 seating with no help... you must think very highly of our tummies *wink*)
The decor is quite modern, and the lay-out is nice and spacious
The fare served in this yum cha establishment is quite different from the other Hong Kong type restaurants elsewhere.
With a Vietnamese influence, you'll find quite interesting dishes here which you may not find elsewhere in Melbourne.
This is a trio of prawn, fish and sea cucumber on soft silken Japanese Tofu
Then we have deep fried prawns wrapped in sea weed and rice paper (absolutely delicious, I'm starting to suspect they do good Fried dishes...!)
Pork Spare ribs with black beans (Pai Guat) (this was mediocre)
Pork & Prawn Dumpling (Siu Mai)
We went a bit wild with the seafood here and paid the price for it (literally, *snigger*)
This was steamed prawns (if they're not steamed, their fried, alright?!), fish roe and silken tofu (very very tasty)
Deep Fried prawns wrapped in bean curd skin served with sweet chilli (Fu Pei Har Guen)
Pan fried radish cake
Shark's Fin prawn dumpling with fish roe
Deep Fried yam with mince pork (Wu Kok)
Action SHOT!
Century Egg and Pork Congee (Pei Tan Sau Yuk Chook)
Rice Noodles with Barbecue pork (I like this, but the Boy didn't... only because it had coriander... I thought it added an extra dimension, but the Boy does not like any form of coriander) (Char Siew Cheong Fun)
Prawn Dumpling (Har Gow)
BBQ Pork Buns (Char Siew Bao)
Mango Pudding! When we had this, it must have been Mango season, because it was chockfilled with mangoes!
Durien Tart (Lou Lien Tart)... I've always wanted to try this, and instead of the usual egg tart, I thought, "Hey, why Not?!"
It was very creamy (hadn't fully set yet, I reckon).. but still was good...
On both visits, we didn't bother making a booking and we showed up at 11am... we were given a table almost immediately.
However, it is recommended to book, as the crowd waiting usually gets quite long.
*Disclaimer: All food ratings are purely based on my own experiences and how I feel about the service, food and quality
Food/ Cuisine: Chinese
Overall Food Rating: 7.5-8/10 (the Boy and I have a deadlock... I like it more than he does!)
Restaurant ambiance: 7.5/10
Service/ Attitude: 7/10 (Their service here is actually better than usual Chinese Restaurants... which had us pretty amazed!)
Value for money: 7/10 (We did order a lot of dishes with seafood, and paid around $25 each for both sessions)
Address:
Shop 10-11, Level 1
Star Circus
Harbour Town
Docklands VIC 3008
Tel:(03) 9670 1128
I usually don't comment on numbers, but this is so typically CHINESE! If you are Chinese, you'll know what these numbers translate to... *gasp*
Fax: (03) 9642 3868
Website:http://www.goldleafrestaurant.com.au
Gold Leaf is open
7 days a week for
yum cha, lunch and dinner
How to get there:
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Saturday, 15 August 2009
Saganaki Greek Cuisine and Grill @ Docklands, Melbourne
It was to be our final meeting whilst the BFF was here (apologies for the lateness). We were here on Wednesday (12th of August), so not that long ago...
We decided to come here as we wanted to have Greek food and the BFF's man wanted steak.. and we thought, why not try something different?
Docklands... is pretty dead... Okay, I lie... it is extremely dead... I can't remember when it used to be this quiet... yes, I know, it was a weekday... but I have never seen a place so dead before...
Apart from Man Mo (A Malaysian Chinese Restaurant), all the other restaurants looked really depressingly empty...
Many were shut, for good or just for the weeknight, I know not...
Arrived without a booking (why do we need one?)... and was ushered to a booth by our quirky Greek waitress...
We wanted one that was nearer to the windows, but were told that that table was reserved... (after the whole night, that table still remained empty... hmmpphh!)
Started off with 2 entrees...
We had to have the Saganaki, which was really really good, but extremely salty!!
Saganaki - Pan fried Kefalograviera cheese $11.5
Next we had the prawn saganaki (very tiny serving of 7 prawns..), good but nothing fantastic
Prawn saganaki - Garlic prawns in tomato sauce $14.0
Each of us girls' decided to have the Special of the day... which was off the menu...
Slow Roasted Lamb served on potatoes and spinach... (really nice.. but heck of a lot of potatoes!)
I can't remember the price of this, I'm assuming that it was $30
2 of the Boys went with the Porterhouse steak
MSA Porterhouse steak with mushroom garlic sauce $28.5
Although the menu mentioned that it was a mushroom garlic sauce... when it arrived, it looked like a red wine reduction sauce...
The Boy said it tasted like so, and said it was one of the nicest things he's had...
Ms. Tinymouse's boy had Meatballs... which he said was a tad too dry... (he didn't finish it)
Slow cooked with tomato, garlic and parsley served over pasta $18.5
For dessert, everyone was too full... but the Boy still managed an ice-cream
Homemade Ice cream - $3.0 per scoop
And the BFF and I had a Baklava! You've got to have that if you're gonna do Greek! Very good, and very sweet!
Baklava - Layers of filo pastry with mixed nuts and served with sugar syrup $8.5
All in all... it was a pretty good meal... They insisted on giving us either still or sparkling water... no tap...so the water bill came up to $27... which is a bit pricey...
Overall Food Rating: 7/10
Restaurant ambiance: 7/10 (they had a plasma screen up on one of the walls, playing continous Greek Music Videos.. and Ms. Tinymouse's Boy was constantly distracted by it... "Wow... why all the Greek women so hot?"
Value for money: 7/10
Address: 62 NewQuay Promenade
Docklands
VIC 3008
Tel: 03 9606 0008
Open 7 Days Lunch & Dinner
Fully Licensed / BYO Wine Only
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