When I eat dim sum and go to yum cha, steamed pork spareribs with black bean sauce is certainly one of the dish that I always order. I always wonder how can they make it so tender and flavoursome. After research and trial and error. I’ve have came up with this ultimate recipe. Pork is similar to beef, it takes time to marinate and need lots of water for it to absorb in order to [...]

This is a fast and busy food court which I often come in here just for the larp kai ( basil chilli mince chicken). Not a lot of places can do a good Larp Kai and the one in Malacca Straits Thai is certainly one of the best. My first favourite is still Chat Thai thou but with the restricted lunch hours and in days which I don’t have mood to line up for 1/2 [...]

Chatime just spread like crazy and so fast that I can’t even keep up with the posting, thanks to those who subscribe to my blog and receive update. Quick post here for my lovely readers. Chatime is doing another buy 1 get 1 Free promotion for the two new stores in Market City and Chatswood until Nov 21st. Grab one after work !! For drink recommendation please refer to this post.      Market city store, [...]

    Salt and pepper dish is always something I craved for when dining in a Chinese restaurant. The home made version is not as good but still can be a temporary solution for my craving. The delicious and simple recipe is lightly coated in sea salt and pepper and then pan fried to perfection. Perfect for a hot summer’s meal served with a fresh garden salad. You can also use pre-cut calamari or any [...]

  Just a quick post here, for the Hurricane’s Grill fans, guess what? I have received an email from the management team the wait is finally over! Hurricane’s Gril Top Ryde is officially open for dinner as of tonight 2nd February 2011. It will be open for lunch (from 3rd February) and dinner 7 days a week Lunch: 12:00 – 15:00 Dinner: 17:30 – late. Please note that they do not take reservation via email. [...]

  I’ve always wanted to try roasting a whole chicken, I bought roast chicken from Coles many times but not knowing what exactly they put in and the buttery flavour was so rich. I started to feel scare about how much fat I am consuming from eating the chicken bought outside. Ever since I’ve falling in love with all the “throw-in-the-oven recipe” I said to myself, hmmm let’s try roasting a whole chicken myself. Searching [...]

www.charlieandco.com.au  Ratings Food: 7/10 Atmosphere: 5/10 Service: 6/10 Value: 7/10 Average Price Entrée: $8 – $10 Main: $15 – $20 Dessert: N/A Degustation: N/A Corkage: N/A Cakeage: N/A Others Ease of finding a car park: Extremely Hard Ease of finding the restaurant: Easy Brightness of restaurant: Bright Noise Level: Noisy Waiting time for foods: 20 mins – 25 mins Booking time require: walk in Child friendly/High Chair: No The A$1.2 billion Sydney Westfield finally opened [...]