Melbourne Trip November 2010

I was back in Melbourne for 2 weeks in November. The office has moved to Chinatown area and there are a lot of good food there. One of the unforgettable food experience during this trip was the Vietnamese Beef Pho I ate at Mekong Restaurant at 241 Swanston Street.

The restaurant is quite popular and it was very crowded. I was surprised to find such good authentic Pho in Melbourne. It was as good as the Pho 2000 which I had in Ho Chi Minh City. The bean sprouts and basil was served separately from the bowl of beef Pho. You squeeze the lemon over the bean sprouts and basil, add the portion of your likings into the hot steamy soup and eat together with the Pho.

Lemon, Bean Sprouts and Basil

Beef Pho 4.5/5

Yum Cha @ Chinatown

A lot of us may have visited Yum Cha Restaurant for its Dim Sum. Even the name itself Yum Cha which meant tea drinking in Cantonese suggested that this is a Dim Sum place. Don't be mislead by the name. The restaurant offers a good variety of cooked dishes too.

I like to have the best of both world hence I ended up ordering a mix of Dim Sum and cooked dishes. I enjoyed all the dishes except for the shark fin dumpling soup which I found it quite bland. I have to add quite a few spoonful of vinegar to enhance the taste.

Vegetable with Three Eggs 4/5

Hot Stone Chicken with Wine Sauce 4/5

Yam and Pumpkin Cake 4/5

Shark Fin Dumpling Soup 3.8/5

Shark Fin Dumpling Soup 3.8/5

Yum Cha
Chinatown
20 Trengganu Street (Off Temple Street)
#02-01
Nearest MRT: Chinatown (NE Line, DT Line)

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