Eating Out: Fook Yuen Seafood Restaurant [7 Help St Chatswood, 2067]

New Years Eve dinner. Nice restaurant, nice food, good way to send the year off. We had a banquet meal which came to almost $50 per person which I thought was a little overpriced but oh well. It was a nice environment. Don't remember the taste of every dish and I don't have any dish names as I didn't order therefore I shall make them up.

Peking Duck

Lots of skin, thin pancake. Soooo yummy.

Soup

 Lobster

 Steamed Fish

look at it's mouth o.o

 Duck meat from peking duck

would have been nice with some plum sauce as it was quite dry

 Bitter Melon Omelette

 Chinese Vegetables with Braised Mushroom

 Braised Tofu?

 Orange Spareribs

 Dessert

Don't remember the names of the two desserts

But parents were like WAHHH it's *insert dessert name here*

It's a good change from the usual fruit platter and sweet soup (I don't like sweet soup)

Whole peaches for fruit, one for each person =]

Food: 8/10 Typical Chinese Food

Service/Environment: 8.5/10 I really like environment, service wasn't bad either.

Value: 7/10 Not cheap considering quality. Oysters were on special for $4.50 each! What kind of special is that? In Melb oysters on special are $2 each. 

Verdict? Not that into chinese food, rather go to Mamak 100m up the road. 

Eating Out: Wong's Lucky Bar 旺旺幸运吧 [921 whitehorse road box hill Box Hill, 3128]

$98 4 person LOBSTER BANQUET or $28 a pound. I think this is still valid.

Lobster on egg noodles

One lobster. The meat was burning hot. Firm but not rubbery and flavoursome. The lobster was pretty fresh. Overall it wasn't bad except for one minor thing. The sauce was quite thin and didn't coat the noodles and lobster very well. Seasoning was perfect. Plenty to share around for 4 people.

Pork Ribs in Spicy Salt

Crunchy batter which was a little too thick in my opinion. Also could have had a little bit more spiciness to it and more meat.

Stir Fried Seasonal Vegetable (Bok Choy when we went)

Very large serving of vegetables. Crunchy and juicy. 

Hainanese Chicken

My favourite dish and also their signature dish. Large amounts of meat. Smooth, silky and the skin still has that springy crunch if you get what I mean. The chilli sauce wasn't too chilli and was quite sour whilst the spring onion sauce had a little msg or chicken powder or something similar added to it. Hainanese chicken rice is only $6.90 here.

Stir Fried Beef with Bitter Melon $12.80

We added this on top of the banquet meal as we had 5 people. Wasn't too bad except for once again a runny sauce which the stir fry bathed in. Good thing was the bitter melon wasn't bitter at all.

Food: 8/10 Overall it was pretty average chinese food. Hainanese chicken was above average. 

Service/Environment: 6/10 Wait staff were stretched to the limit and there were 4 or 5 wait staff for a classroom sized restaurant. Not the cleanest place and very cramped. It is insanely busy at night.

Value: 8.5/10 The lobster here is probably on of the cheapest in Melbourne at the moment. Good quality. Except other dishes are pretty average. Hainanese chicken rice is probably one of the cheapest as well, but don't expect the best.

Verdict? Probably only for cheap lobster, hainanese chicken rice and the stir fried pipis. YUMMY