Lunch at Supalove, Tiger Lane, CBR Civic.
Nice ambience. The whole of Tiger Lane is a concept with all eateries inside the lane being Asian. The ambience is set out to mimic, in my limited understanding, a busy way street in Japan or Thailand. It’s sort of open space - the tables are laid out spaciously. Each of the eateries have their own little space and there’s a common spaces as well.
Standard Thai fare - the menu had a separate section for vegos, which I liked.
I had the vegan stir fry veggies and cashew served alongside white rice. Ordered a side of roti and a Thai Milk Tea.
The main dish itself was 6/10 for me. I liked it, but will order something else next time. I was hoping for more chilli, more flavour and more punch, which seemed to be missing. I did not order a side of chilli because I wanted to taste the dish as-is and later on add chilli. I was also misguided by the words “Thai chilli paste” in the menu but it was nowhere near to what I was expecting. However, somehow forgot to order fresh chilli (the tea was rather distracting - more on this below)
The roti was good, but felt it might have come from a packet somewhere and was thrown on the grill prior to service. The roti was good, but me thinks it was store bought rather than made in store.
The milk tea is usually served cold, but I asked if it possible to make it hot. This tea was the highlight of the meal.
What. An. Amazing. Concoction. Of. Wonderful. Flavours. Bam! Loved the tea
️ it was made with black tea, condensed milk. The condensed milk had blended well with the black tea and I think it was frothed moments before service. The pillow-y froth, dense sweetness from the condensed milk and the mild, yet pronounced bite of the black tea kept me going back sip after sip after sip. I was in heaven! I had to restrict myself from drinking any more tea because I wanted to keep the tea lasting until after the last morsel of food and finish with the tea and let the taste linger a bit longer! I will definitely go back for the tea, if not for anything else
For reasons not mentioned and not asked the tea was served in a takeaway coffee cup. No idea why. Nevertheless, the taste of the tea made up for any of the minor flaws I observed.
Another thing in this store was the water cup. I was expecting a water glass, but was told that the aluminium cup, which I thought was for rice, was indeed the cup to drink water from. When I sat at the table and looked at the aluminium cup inverted into the plate, I thought it was for rice
) today called for a lazy Sunday lunch with family at Pier 35 Bar and Grill Port Melbourne - chose the shared tapas platter
