Hey foodies (or whoever out there who reads my page anyway),
I know I've been MIA for a bit again. Not entirely excusable, but I don't often have the time to go out to eat so it is quite a rare opportunity for me to blog about a cafe or a restaurant that I come across. And it so happens I was able to try out the new Pacific BBQ House on Lonsdale St (which Mellie reviewed about a week ago. It was a pity I did not bring along a camera, eventhough it was sorta my friend's bday. It wasn't anything big to start with, so it didn't cross my mind to take my camera with me. While waiting to be seated, I could see trays and trays of roast duck, roast pork and 'char siu' (bbq pork) get transported to & from the kitchen almost every 5 minutes. Then there were the waiters who were briskly serving up plates of roast meats, rice and a side of bakchoy to almost every table occupied.
As much as I know how much the roast meats are their speciality, I just wasn't feeling roasts that night so I opted for the very interesting Crocodile Meat in XO Sauce over rice ($12.80). Okay, now I have to say, the XO sauce didn't taste much like XO sauce to me....or maybe they didn't use the Lee Kum Kee brand that my tastebuds have grown accustomed to. It tasted a bit like 'har mai' (dried shrimps) mixed with oyster sauce and chopped chillies and garlic. Maybe that's what XO sauce is made of, but I would've favoured a bit more spice. But anyway, onto the crocodile meat...well...when u look at it, it does resemble fish fillets, only thinner. Taste-wise, there really isn't much to say about it. It doesn't taste fishy or chicken-y or any other meat-type categories you can think of, though the texture did remind me of....cheap beef? Yeah, it felt pretty rubbery when I was chewing on it. I think at one stage I was even going to gag at a piece that wouldn't break after having gnawed on it for awhile. But don't get me wrong though, I'm not trying to criticise that crocodile meat is inedible. I'm just describing it as it is. It's probably not as tender as other game say, kangaroo, deer or ostrich meat but it is distinct in its own right. And for those who aren't afraid to try something new can and should get a taste of it at Pacific BBQ House. However, I would more likely recommend visiting the Richmond or South Yarra branches as they have more choices. This one though, has its own flair in serving very typical 'cha chan terng' hong kong cafe -type food, such as Roast Meats, Noodles (incl. Vermicelli, Egg, Macaroni, Instant (?!), Flat), Rice Dishes (incl. baked with cheese), Claypots and even Steaks to boot.
Pacific BBQ Cafe
213 Lonsdale Street,
Melbourne 3000
(03) 9663 9288
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hi, thanks for dropping by my blog! i see u r quite the brave n adventurous eater. i saw croc meat for sale at foh sang last week n it looked pale as pork. i'd prob eat it if it was the only thing tt would save my life...very squeamish about exotic meats.
enjoyed going thru ur posts n pics. do continue to blog about ur dining experience so i can have new places to eat in when i go to melb:)
Very intereseting post - always a pleasure to read about different places and the foods served, etc.
And I didn't think your pictures were that bad at all!
Ah so this place is new? I ate there recently and was impressed with the traditional colonial-influenced Hong Kong style food. I'd eaten at a couple of similar dinner restaurants before in Hong Kong (one in Causeway Bay, other in Happy Valley but I forget their names).
I'd recently eaten in the amazing traditional cafes China Cafe (Mongkok) and Mido (Yau Ma Tei) but never heard this term "cha chan teng". Cheers!
I personally think that the restaurant service is awful. Can't imagine I'm paying $10.50 per-meal to get this kind of awful service. Definitely not going again.
The service is absolutely rubbish!!! During the short time I was there, 2 tables got chased away once they finished. As qouted by the manager "This is a cafe and not a restaurant. You can't eat a 10 bucks meal and expect to sit here for hours!"
The food is unclean as well...I encourage everyone to stay away from that place!!
service wasn't great. Thank goodness it's a cheap place. only $10 a plate, can't really ask for much better. I mean really any less tan that and you're eating at McDonalds (you will get served fast though... just don't expect it to be real food).
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Food OK, Service not OK
Good choice of chinese meat type dishes with rice. noodle, whatever
Lunch time is sometimes crowded and get strong hint to leave when finished. Not recommended at peak eating times.
First off, the food wasn't amazing.. I had a roasted duck which was rather dry. Roasted pork belly was on the saltier end but was relatively average...
Now the main flaw. The biggest problem with the whole entire restaurant. The service..
The floor manager was digustingly rude.. He had no respect whatsoever of the customers there. No patience at all. We were trying to tell him how many people we had in our table and he had was being all angry and impatient.
My friends were extremely nice. But if it was me who he was talking to I would have given him the fist of fury for sure..
He was really a pain throughout the entire night. So were the other waiters. He was constantly being rude and even sent us to a smaller table when there were tons of tables left.. and it was already 8.15pm.
I suggest that we all boycott this restaurant and vow never to step for in it.. OR..
Like me.. go back there. mess their place up and make things hell for them as revenge over a terrible dining experience..
I highly urge you to do something to run such a menacing place outta business
PS: Before i left I smashed the door onto the wall as a sign of my utter disgust for such a restaurant
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