Chow it down!

I was invited to be a guest visitor to this Food Lovers group.  They meet every month and try a diferent restaurant each month and each person will take turns to organise and pick the restaurant.  This month it is held at Mr Chow's Peking Restaurant at the Rocks andganised by Helen.  This is my first time there but I have heard mixed reviews about it.

Anyway, Helen had already preordered the menu as there were 19 of us.  The salted duck's egg soft shell crab was yummy... lovely flavour and gave the crabs a soft coating instead of being too crispy.  Next came the Smoked Duck with steamed buns.  The duck was done very well and complemented the hot steamed buns and the slither of spring onion and cucumber.

We then had Peking Shredded Beef (I thought it was quite dry), Chinese Mushrooms with green vegetables (nice with a white glazed sauce), Peking style Crab meat in egg white (my favourite!), Fried Crispy Chicken (cooked to perfection) and a hotpot.

The restaurant was very busy being a Friday night and I think we were the noisest table!

The service can be a bit slow at times but this was camouflaged by the banter and laughter at the table.

Unfortunately as with most Chinese restaurants, they do not have very good desserts but the restaurant provided us with red bean and custard pancakes on the house.  A tad oily though!

Not a bad Peking restaurant for a quick "Chow" or group parties if you are in the neck of the woods.  Parking can be a bit tricky though with time limis of 2 hours on Kent street.