Mr Chow ... again!

I took my classmate, Lydia and her family to Mr Chow for dinner tonight.  Lydia is visiting from Melbourne and I haven't seen her husband for a long time and have not met her children yet.  Lydia's oldest, Rachel is already 12 years old and I used to take tuition classes with Lydia's husband, David!

We walked from their hotel, Park Hyatt to Mr Chow which is about 15 mins away.  We ordered a Xiao Long Pau for Aaron, Sweet and Sour Pork for Rachel and a ShanTung Chicken for Naomi who has quite a few allergies.  We then added Granpa Tofu (tofu with mushrooms) and Stir Fried Snow Peas with Broccoli.  For entree we shared Shallot Pancakes.

The meal was lovely and again, the restaurant was quite busy even at 6.30pm. Aaron must have liked the dumplings as he ate the most!

Having had a good look at the menu this time round, I would say that this restaurant is above average in terms of prices but the portions are not too bad.

As the dessert menu was quite lacking, we then adjourned to Gelatissimo for some Gelato...good way to end the eveninng.

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.