Tag: No Pork

A list of restaurants in my blog that is considered to contain no pork to the best of my knowledge

Kushi Bankstown

We originally went to Little Saigon Plaza in Bankstown to try another restaurant. However, we couldn’t resist the temptation to try Kushi Charcoal Skewer Buffet, or we’ll call it Kushi Bankstown in this post.

It’s even crazier to see the price at $19 for the lunch buffet!

The main attraction for Kushi Bankstown is obviously its skewers. They have three different types of skewers: normal, seasoned and spicy.

There are not a lot of different types of meat, but they just called it beef, lamb, and chicken. They also have skewers of pumpkins, garlic and other veggies.

If you can’t wait for the skewers to cook, you can have a selection of kimchi, fried chicken, pancakes, or jap chae from the hot food section.

They also serve a hot soup area with a selection of noodles and skewers of fish balls and fish cakes.

However, the highlight of the day is obviously the wait for these skewers to cook to your liking.

The good thing is you don’t even need to constantly turn it! The machine does everything for us!

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The final verdict for Kushi Bankstown

Kushi Bankstown is a very affordable Korean buffet.

Do you think I should go?

If you go at lunchtime, they are even cheaper!

Rating:

Kushi Bankstown

7.5 / 10

Taste: 7.0 / 10

Price: $19 – $25 per person for lunch | $29 – $35 pp for dinner

Place: 7.0 / 10

Details:

Ground Floor, Little Saigon Plaza, 462 Chapel Road, Bankstown 2200

+61 424 239 393

Kushi Charcoal Skewer Buffet on facebook

Jan 14, 2020
Segar Restaurant, Singapore

This is quite a late post from my trip to Singapore. Segar Seafood restaurant is sitting at the heart of Chinatown in Singapore.

They had quite a simple menu of assorted seafood and non-seafood dishes at quite an affordable price. If you feel a bit adventurous, you should try their special: Curry Fish Head!

Hotplate Chicken with Dried Chilli – $12

This is for your friends who don’t eat seafood…

Long Beans with Prawns – $10.80

Long bean with shrimp paste and prawns? This is the only way I know how to eat my veggies!

Salted Egg Prawns – $14

Anything salted egg is why I eat so much every time I go to Singapore. So, when I saw this dish at Segar restaurant, I couldn’t help but order.

I love the combination of crunchy deep-fried prawn and the salty/savory taste of the salted egg. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Assam Curry Fish Head – $20

I know most people in Australia wouldn’t even consider eating fish heads. However, the curry fish head could be considered a delicacy in South East Asian countries.

I love the challenge of going through each part of the fish head. The best thing about it was that the part was always so juicy!

One of the key factors that we chose this restaurant was that the halal certification that they had.

The final verdict for Segar Restaurant:

Segar Restaurant is a quick and affordable restaurant that served pretty nice food.

Do you think I should go?

Getting a halal restaurant in Singapore can be quite challenging. Segar is one of them.

Rating:

Segar Restaurant

7.0 / 10

Taste: 7.0 / 10

Price: $12 – $20 per main dish

Place: 6.5 / 10

Details:

B2-39/40/41, 133 New Bridge Road, Chinatown Point, Singapore 059413

+65 6444 1778

Segar Restaurant on facebook

Nov 6, 2019
Tony’s Table

It took us quite a while before figuring out that Tony’s Table is a restaurant that we could try. You couldn’t really see the table setting from the outside as it was only a ramp down to the table area.

Their menu is on the premium price range with most main priced between $24 and $42.

If there are not many of you, I’d suggest the rice menu entree size with another dish should be more than enough.

Complimentary Lebanese bread and deep fried bread

Just like in any Lebanese restaurants in Australia, complimentary bread is unquestionable. Tony’s table treated us even further with the deep fried bread!

The dishes at Tony’s Table

Kebe Nayeh – $26 – Raw minced lamb mixed with crushed wheat, herbs and spices. Served with fresh mint and vegetables.

When we see kebe nayeh in a restaurant, we were always so keen to try. If you were wondering if I really wrote ‘raw minced lamb’, the answer is ‘yes’. It’s pretty similar in texture to Beef tartare. However, the mixture was different.

We ordered the dish with an extra garlic sauce on the side. Their kebe nayeh was so fresh and delicious. The complimentary fried Lebanese bread actually worked perfectly!

Siyadiyeh (fish) – $25 – Rice, infused with herbs and spices, and served with toasted nuts.

We actually didn’t know what it was. We just picked this from the list.

It turned out quite well. Since we chose the main size, the portion was quite large with a generous serving of fish, rice and nuts.

Mixed Grill – $30 – Two chicken, one kafta and one lamb skewer. Served with BBQ potato & side salad.

When we ordered the mixed grill, they were offering if we wanted to have a different combination than the menu. However, we stick to what was written.

The meat was very tender and juicy. They also provided a decent amount of sides with the mixed grill.

Knafeh – $15 – Baked fine semolina cream, topped with toasted bread crumbs, and served with rosewater syrup.

Knafeh… yumm!

They were very well made!

The final verdict for Tony’s Table

Having a restaurant pretty close to our home that serves awesome Kebe Nayeh… I can’t ask for more!

Do you think I should go?

The venue is very nice for a special occasion. Having said that, we did try to go there when the venue was booked for a wedding.

Rating:

Tony’s Table

8.0 / 10

Taste: 8.0 / 10

Price: $30 – $40 per person

Place: 8.0 / 10

Details:

Shop 1 / 805 New Canterbury Road, Dulwich Hill 2203

+61 2 8054 9598

http://www.tonysrestaurant.com.au/

Sep 20, 2019
Restaurant Nouri – Crossroads Cooking

When I was working in Singapore last week, I managed to have dinner at one of the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants. Sitting at #39, Restaurant Nouri has only been opened for a couple of years. However, they have already had a Michelin star under their belt.

Chef Ivan Brehm and his team gave us this very interesting dining concept called ‘crossroads cooking’. The dining room is also where the chef prepared all of our meals.

They served four pre-dining dishes. They also advised that we could re-order sourdough bread as many times as we want. This is a very good idea as you would want to soak up all of those nice sauce!

The first two that came with the bread was their rendition of silken tofu and vegetable broth. The tofu was more like a dipping sauce for the bread!

The next two was cold kimchi made from abalone with daikon and nashi pear and Chinese bitter gourd salad. I can understand why the two had to be consumed side-by-side as the bitter gourd was really bitter. It accentuated the kimchi cold and sour taste.

The 7-course ‘Omakase’ from Restaurant Nouri

They had an option of 5- or 7- course menu as well as set or omakase. I could see some of the omakase menu was pretty similar to the set menu.

The first course was Hamachi sashimi with caviar and chilled onion consomme. It was a nice and fresh sashimi with very nice vinaigrette… the reason why you should keep asking for bread!

The second course was their rendition of prawn bouillabaisse with saffron jelly. They used the reduction from the prawn head to make the thick soup.

Their rendition of cheong fun (or rice noodles) was one of my favourites on the night. Not only they used black truffle, underneath that green cheong fun there was Alaskan snow crab! Even the foamy bit was very nice!

The second last main dish was kimedai fish with scales and black pepper sauce. Yes, they prepared the fish with its scaled. The scales were very crunchy and almost like crackers The fish was perfectly cooked and went really well with slightly hot black pepper sauce.

I wouldn’t blame you if you think this next dish as a chocolate cake with truffle. They did incorporate chocolate but only as the powder around the plate.

This dish was actually wagyu rib eye with Mexican’s mole sauce. However, they used the traditional ingredients called ‘keluwak’ to darken the colour.

Desserts at Restaurant Nouri

Before we started with the desserts, there was a bowl of Gooseberry granita with peach and champagne. It was very nice and refreshing!

The first dessert looked quite simple but it was actually pretty sophisticated. The dish was Japanese ichigo with azuki beans, sansho pepper and kinome leaf with strawberry sorbet.

The dish was sweet, sour, cold, crunchy… and hot! Every now and then there was this kick from the sansho pepper that made the dish very lively.

The last dish was 48-hour baked orange with assam tea ice cream, cream and some jelly that tasted quite bitter.

I have never tasted something quite like this before.

The final verdict for Restaurant Nouri

Restaurant Nouri clearly deserved its Michelin star and the #39 spot in the Asia’s Best 50 restaurants. They have a unique table arrangement and impeccable service.

Do you think I should go?

Definitely! Chef Ivan will surely treat you well!

Rating:

Nouri

9.5 / 10

Taste: 9.5 / 10

Price: $225 pp for 7-course Omakase

Place: 10.0 / 10

Details:

72 Amoy Street, Singapore 069891

+65 6221 4148

http://nouri.com.sg/

Aug 1, 2019
Indonesian-style Butter Chicken Recipe
For this recipe, we loosely translated the Indonesian-style butter chicken recipe from an Indonesian website, selerasa, because one of my friends are dreaming about it since he tasted one in Bali. Unlike all of our other recipes, this one I did not manage to create.

What do we need to make Indonesian-style Butter Chicken?
1. One whole chicken
2. One lime, squeezed
3. Salt
For its marinade and sauce:
1. 1 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce
2. 4 cloves of garlic, coarsely ground
3. 3 tbsp of margarine
4. 1 segment of ginger, coarsely ground
5. 2 tbsp of sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)
6. 3 limes, squeezed
7. 1 onion, diced
8. Cooking Oil
9. Salt and Pepper
The preparation for making
Indonesian-style Butter Chicken
1. The most obvious thing is to prepare for the chicken. If you buy a whole chicken, you will need to clean it up and chop it into 16 sections or more, depending on your preference.
2. After cleaned and chopped, put the chicken into a bowl and slather in lime juice and salt. Put aside for around 10 minutes.
How do we make the
Indonesian-style Butter Chicken?
1. After 10 minutes, put in the Worcestershire sauce with the salt and pepper. Mix them up until the chicken pieces are covered evenly. Put aside for at least another 10 minutes to let the marinade seep in.
2. Heat up cooking oil on a pan and stir fry the garlic until it smells fragrance.
3. Put the onion and ginger. Stir fry them further until the fragrance smell of onion pops out.
4. Put the chicken into the pan and stir it until the chicken is dry and change colour into golden brown.
5. Once it changes colour, put in the margarine and mix until the margarine melted.
6. Lastly, pour the sweet soy sauce over and wait until the chicken is dry and cooked evenly.
A little tips to make your perfect Indonesian-style Butter Chicken
1. Indonesian-style butter chicken is meant to be super sticky and dry. If you want it a bit more moist, you might want to shorten the time needed to cook it in sweet soy sauce and margarine.
Mar 20, 2019
Rashays Darling Harbour

Rashays Darling Harbour Review:

At the end of 2017, we reviewed Rashays Punchbowl. Shortly after, they decided to revamp their menu and removed one of our favourites: loaded fries. There are a few in the menu that they kept, including chicken with their special sauce.

On this occasion, we went to the Darling Harbour restaurant. It is located in a prime spot, but they still face tough competition from the other steak houses around the area. Their biggest differentiation is the fact that their menu is all halal.

Big Daddy – $65.90 – Lamb rib rack, short beef ribs, 180gr New York Steak & grilled chicken with smoky sticky BBQ sauce and chips

Big daddy is one of the big attractions at Rashays. They put every (almost) every protein that they have on a plate. While the steak and the ribs were at their usual quality, we felt that the chicken was a little on the dry side.

Wagyu Scotch Fillet – $45 – 300g MSA, 450-day grain-fed black label wagyu marble score 4+ from Darling Downs, QLD. Served with garlic & herb butter, chips, choice of side

The wagyu scotch fillet is $10 more than the sirloin steak. I think it’s worth putting in $10 more for a better quality meat. We also swapped chips with mashed potatoes and add a corn cob as a side.

They also have a few off-the-menu steak cuts in store for those wanting a more premium quality meat.

Prawns – $14 – Crumbed prawns with tartare sauce

The prawn is supposed to be served as an entrée. However, we ordered this extra because we weren’t expecting the big daddy to be pretty small to be shared by 2 people.

Strawberry Bubblegum – $10 – Strawberry bubblegum & fairy floss soda float with vanilla ice cream

This is obviously the one kids would love the most!

The final verdict for Rashays Darling Harbour

The revamped menu probably gave their regulars a much-needed refresher. However, we still think the quality was pretty similar.

Do you think I should go?

If you are looking for an affordable and halal steak, then look no further!

Rating for Rashays Darling Harbour:

7.0 / 10

Taste: 7.0 / 10

Price: $25 – $65 steak

Place: 7.0 / 10

Details:

Harbourside Shopping Centre

Level 2, Shop 430B, 2-10 Darling Drive Sydney NSW 2000

13000 13000

https://www.rashays.com/

Feb 8, 2019