What I ate today - the food thread

[OZDUCK]

We went out for Tim Sum, Dim Sum or Yum Cha, depending on your preference, at the Emperors Kitchen. This is a restaurant south of the river in Perth that has a good reputation for their Sunday offerings. My son had tried to go there at 12:30 last week and gave up after waiting about 90 minutes for a table. Today we went just before 11:00 and still had to wait about 10 minutes.

As usual lots of different small serves so just a few selections below. Descriptions are as per the menu.

King Prawn & Pork Sui Mai at the top of the photo and Shanghai Pan Fried Juicy Pork Buns



We had already eaten some of the Chili & Pepper Squid Tentacles plus King Prawn Rice Flour Rolls - the prawns were battered before being placed into the rice flour rolls.




Turtle shaped Baked Pineapple Buns stuffed with Custard



I have never seen these before. Deep Fried Almond Egg Yolk Balls. The egg yolks were still runny - extra nice. We couldn't figure out the green colour. It was certainly not Pandan and didn't taste like green tea - maybe just green food colouring.



All of it was excellent.

 

[burmans]

I do love a good Yum Cha though I have to say that (IMO) not the most photogenic of food options!

 

[zig]

I do love a good Yum Cha though I have to say that (IMO) not the most photogenic of food options!

Haha.. I must be hungry - it all looks pretty good to me

 

[OZDUCK]

Actually not today but lunch yesterday. My son and his girlfriend bought over/cooked some food.

From nearest the camera -:

Bone marrow and turnip soup.

Some chicken wings and fried chicken with topping

Stir fried tofu, mushrooms and green vegies

Bamboo shoots, Century egg and a spicy chili soy topping

rice with quinoa

 

[drron]

Today's lunch at Nyugen brothers Maroochydore. I had the Hue pork with vermicelli and Mrsdrron had the lemongrass beef vermicelli salad.



And washed down with a Noosa beer.

 

[drron]

This was where we lunched today.


Duck pancakes and roti murtubak.


With a Kirin and a sav blanc.

 

[tgh]

Having Flidai nite fish'n chips at our usual haunt, we were astonished by the custom at the local Mexican fast food chain.
Guzman y Gomez must be doing something right because there were probably 30 cars lined up for the take away and it
continued like that for hours…amazing.
Someone is making a (fast) buck….

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Having Flidai nite fish'n chips at our usual haunt, we were astonished by the custom at the local Mexican fast food chain.
Guzman y Gomez must be doing something right because there were probably 30 cars lined up for the take away and it
continued like that for hours…amazing.
Someone is making a (fast) buck….

There is one near-ish to us, when I drive into collect our mail at the PO, usually about 8.30am - there is a line up at their drive thru !!
for breakfast !!

 

[Steady]

A charcuterie board by Fork it Farm


and my office view from their farm stay

 

[TheRealTMA]

A charcuterie board by Fork it Farm
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and my office view from their farm stay

Very good! What did the others have?

 

[drron]

Back to Nguyen brothers today and Mrsdrron had her usual lemongrass beef vermicelli salad and a glass of sav blanc.


While I had a Hanoi beer to take the edge of the Hue style spicy noodle soup.

 

[QF WP]

Finally got a couple to post now that I’m back on the lunch circuit.

Venue: City Winery, Eagle Street (used to be Il Centro)

Wished I’d got the alternates - quail looked spectacular but couldn’t get photo.

 

[QF WP]

Dinner with my wife at my local Vietnamese restaurant as we were kid-free (both off at sleepovers during holidays).

I love my crispy skin chicken, egg fried rice and lemon sauce:



My wife has chicken and vegetables



I had to help her finish

 

[QF WP]

Another lunch last week in Melbourne, I forgot to post. Enriks Restaurant at Blackburn South.

Beef and halloumi salad



Tiger prawns

 

[QF WP]

Lunch with a client at St Kilda near the Town Hall - Polish cafe was great and the meal awesome.

Soon as I saw Pierogi I wanted to try it. Should have got 10 they were so good.

 

[QF WP]

Lunch seminar with a great spread last week:

 

[QF WP]

Lunch at Blackbird Bar & Grill, Eagle Street a couple of weeks ago:

 

[QF WP]

Tonight, dinner was at a clients house after our meeting. They are Haka Chinese, living near Parramatta.

Vegetables, fried eggplant, pork with eggs, and two beef dishes (the one at the front was randang beef)



Oh my god - a crème caramel to die for. Not too sweet and we polished off half of it

 

[drron]

Back at Nguyen brothers Maroochydore. Mrsdrron had her usual. I had the crispy pancake with prawn and pork.

 

[QF WP]

Lunch at Samford today on our way to Mt Nebo





Smashed Avocado



Barramundi Pie - bit disappointed with the lack of taste