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Chan Kun Kee 陳根記
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GRCn_RQ2ui8

Chengdu’s amazing Sweet Water Noodles (甜水面)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVFcNCsiZII

Monday, September 2, 2024
Chumm Chumm Boy, Bandar Sunway
Oh boy - Bandar Sunway’s new Chumm Chumm Boy offers an irresistible kopitiam treat: Silky chee cheong fun showered with plenty of pork lard, fresh and clean-tasting with a savoury crunch. Pair with a juicy omega-3 pork roll wrapped in fuchuk, fried to order. Yong tau foo is also available at this stall near Sunway University.
https://eatdrinkkl.blogspot.com/2024/09/chumm-chumm-boy-bandar-sunway.html?m=1

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TAIPAN the snake?
http://froggybitsoflife.blogspot.com/2024/08/pandan-apam-balik-sunny-lamb.html?m=1

https://klfoodie.com/best-food-in-ss15-subang-jaya/
1. JIBRIL
2. Hot Bird
3. RATA Restaurant
4. Big Boss HSP
5. Rojak SS15 Subang Jaya
6. Chachi Mexican Street Food
7. Mobster Lobster
8. Sumi-Ka
9. Naj & Belle
10. The Orange Couch Cafe
11. Moonalisa
12. Asumo Japanese Restaurant
13. Coco BBQ
14. Bibi’s Popiah
15. Hanbing Korean Dessert Cafe

Test tuna cut
https://youtu.be/3STH9PAix8g

KL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8NvVj5i9IE&ab_channel=STREETFOODKING

Sydney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw1YjAJKMz4&ab_channel=CJExplores

Burwood SYD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU5W-AaX-Io

Hot Pot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TheeI1dSris
Claypot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3EJ0z4HFFk

Alfie’s
A melee of CBD types packs Alfie’s for its promise to have its single main course on the table within 15 minutes. The dish is precision-cut, crusted Riverine sirloin, cooked medium-rare, plated with a knoll of garlicky spinach, mustard and horseradish sauce. It’s complemented by a lively dining room and charcoal terrazzo bar, plus a carte of affordable sides, including essential hot chips with curry sauce. Piercingly cold martinis are a bonus.
2/4-6 Bligh Street, Sydney, liquidandlarder.com.au/venues/alfies

Battambang
Run by brother and sister Soc Kieng Hua and Khieng Hua Houch, the twin Battambang restaurants are named after the Cambodian city in which the family has roots. Phnom Penh noodles are a must, served dry or with soup and customised to taste, while other favourites include crisp pork casings, and lemongrass-fragrant sweet-and-sour beef soup humming with turmeric. They are the most celebrated Khmer eating houses in Sydney for good reason.
16/70 John Street, Cabramatta; 96-98 Broomfield Street, Cabramatta

Bobbys Cronulla
Summer lovin’ doesn’t get much better than this. Perched on the edge of South Cronulla Beach, Bobbys screams “lunchtime, chilled beer and anchovies on toast”. Or a glass of rosé and a barra burger. Or a spritz and grapefruit-laced kingfish ceviche. However you play it, angle for a spot with a view of the boardwalk and watch the world go by.
6R The Esplanade, Cronulla, bobbyscronulla.com.au

Cafe Tanja
If it weren’t for the other diners at Cafe Tanja, you might feel as if you’re in a north African home. Knick-knacks extend from embroidered cushions to a framed Zinedine Zidane football jersey (the Algerian connection) and, like any good hosts, Sanah Djebli and Nadim El-Zein are characters in the small dining room. This is one of the city’s few places to get North African food: briny chicken tajines with more olives than a Turkish picnic; Algerian-style fried eggs spiced with cumin; and brittle brik pastry concealing potato, egg and cheese.
638 Crown Street, Surry Hills, instagram.com/cafetanjasurryhills

Com Ga Ba Nga Hoi An
The name Com Ga Ba Nga Hoi An gives a strong clue as to what’s on every table here: Hoi An-style com ga, the combination of gently poached and shredded chicken with sunshine-yellow turmeric rice. Order the special, and it’s a whole-bird affair, complete with a saucy braise of liver, giblets and yolk, plus papaya salad to cut the richness. Also try springy rice noodle soup, cao lau, and crisp snail rolls.
2/82-84 John Street, Cabramatta

Gumshara
Mori Higashida moved Gumshara down the road in 2023, and the queue at his ramen bar only seems to have grown larger. Join the line and experience the unadulterated pleasure of his “number three” tonkotsu ramen, featuring incredibly giving slices of pork and an optional seasoned egg that’s essential, really, for all its jammy deliciousness. The dried fish-enhanced tonkotsu manages to pack in even more umami, and don’t forget extras from the self-serve table.
9 Kimber Lane, Haymarket, gumshara.com

Valentine’s day special 6 course menu
$100 per person

Including one drink of your choice from sake, beer, wine, Yuzu or plum wine or plum wine.

Sake shot and Amuse

Appetizer

Sashimi and Sushi (Assorted sashimi and sushi 2pc)

Assorted Entree (Four portions and Chawanmushi on one plate)

Main *Your choice of main course

Wagyu steak with *teriyaki miso or ponzu sauce (+$5)

Grilled chicken with teriyaki sauce

Grilled salmon with walnut teriyaki sauce

Steamed barramundi with spicy soy sauce

Crumbed pork loin

Sukiyaki hot pot (Wagyu beef)

Mix hot pot : light soy or spicy miso soup flavour (salmon, scallop, prawn, oyster, chicken, veges and tofu)

Eel hot pot　*(eel, veges, and beaten egg)

Assorted tempura

Eel kabayaki served on rice

Chicken nanban

Dessert

Roast Goose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0TUXPemJRc

The regional Chinese food you need to try –
A new wave of venues are serving dishes from nearly every part of China, including the provinces of Fujian, Shaanxi and Hunan.
Kevin Cheng
October 31, 2024
Here is our guide to the rise of regional Chinese food in Sydney.

Cantonese
Cantonese food in Australia is centred on cuisine from Guangdong and Hong Kong. Dishes are usually well-balanced and less greasy, with spices used sparingly. Going for yum cha (“drink tea” in Cantonese) is an Australian tradition, with staples including prawn dumplings, char siu baos and mango pancakes. Larger, banquet-style restaurants can be found all over Sydney, but smaller specialty yum cha shops (some takeaway only) carrying a smaller menu of items, including cheung fun (rice noodle rolls) have cropped up in the suburbs.

Booming Dim Sum (Eastwood and Chatswood)
Freshly made rice noodle rolls and selected dim sum favourites like har gow (prawn dumplings) and siu mai (pork, shrimp and mushroom dumplings) in a small but tidy shop that has a few tables.
207 Rowe Street, Eastwood

Sunshine Dim Sum (Riverwood)
Brace yourselves for the lines (thanks social media) but Sunshine Asian Supermarket doubles as a yum cha takeaway stall on Saturdays. Barbecue pork buns, egg tarts and mango pancakes are all handmade.
54 Thurlow Street, Riverwood, instagram.com/sunshine_sydney

Sydney Best Dim Sim (Cabramatta and various locations)
While takeaway is the main game, there’s a small hot bar with fresh buns and dumplings you can enjoy on the spot.
40 Arthur Street, Cabramatta

Delight Dimsim (Hurstville)
You’ll likely spot one of the Chinese aunties expertly folding dumplings or wrapping baos at this takeaway spot. The frozen dumplings and freshly baked barbecue pork puffs are a must.
121 Forest Road, Hurstville

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Skewers
Now a staple on Instagram and TikTok, Chinese-style skewers, usually deep-fried or grilled, are having their moment. Broadly known as shaokao (barbecue in Mandarin), diners can choose from a range of proteins and vegetables before they’re dusted in cumin, five spice and chilli powder seasoning.

Time for Skewers (Chinatown)
With a “bunch” of skewers starting at just $6, choose your protein and spice level before they’re deep-fried and dusted in a fiery and umami seasoning of salt, chilli and cumin. The classic lamb or pork belly skewers are a quick and juicy snack.
Shop D12A 56-66 Dixon Street, Haymarket

In 1980s Skewers (Chinatown)
Skewers are freshly grilled, with offal cuts including intestine and marrow, but also wagyu beef. Open until 2am daily.
52 Dixon Street, Haymarket, instagram.com/in1980sskewers

Kwafood Fried Skewer (Burwood and various locations)
Upstairs at Burwood Chinatown, you’ll find food from all over mainland China. Pick your skewers from the fridge at Kwafood Fried Skewer, where the squid is excellent.
​​L1, K11 Murray Place Arcade, 127-133 Burwood Road, Burwood, kwafood-sydney.square.site

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Shaanxi
Biang biang noodles – also known as belt noodles – are now found all over Sydney. Shaanxi cuisine is heavily influenced by the capital Xi’an, with heavy and strong flavours using lamb, beef, garlic, onion and Sichuan peppercorn. Must-try dishes include roujiamo – braised pork belly stuffed inside a small pita-like bun – and guokui, a flatbread that has a thin and crispy texture.

Biang Biang (Chinatown)
One of the first restaurants to put biang biang noodles on the Chinese food map in Sydney. Their roujiamo may also just have the flakiest pastry in the city.
Shop 39, 1 Dixon Street, Haymarket, biangbiang.com.au

Xi’an Cuisine (Chinatown)
This hole-in-the-wall in Chinatown dishes up a textural delight with its cold spicy noodles complete with handmade noodles, bean sprouts, cucumber, gluten (a soft and sponge-like protein) and of course, house-made chilli sauce.
Shop 4, 90 Hay Street, Haymarket

My Aunt’s Handmade Noodle (Burwood)
This might be the only noodle restaurant in Sydney (and perhaps Australia) that offers free noodle refills and free soy milk in winter. The signature “four in one” biang biang noodles is already a mammoth serving, with chewy, handmade noodles topped with pork mince, diced potato and carrot, egg and tomato and bean sprouts, plus a generous dusting of chilli powder.
226 Burwood Road, Burwood

Handmade Noodle Bar (Carlingford)
There’s something therapeutic about watching a chef make biang biang noodles, slapping them on the kitchen counter before expertly slicing and cooking. The oil splashed noodles are al dente and drizzled with the housemade chilli oil. Every dish is made to order, but it’s well worth the wait.
Carlingford Village, 372 Pennant Hills Road, Carlingford

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Fujian
Fujian’s cuisine emphasises seafood including fish and shellfish, as well as mushrooms and bamboo shoots that are found in the surrounding mountain ranges. Prominent dishes include oyster omelette, five-spice meat rolls, fish balls with pork mince filling and the “Buddha jumps over the wall” soup.

Min Nan Cuisine (Eastwood)
Bring a group here as you’ll want to share as many of these specialty dishes, including the oyster pancake and seafood fried noodles.
Shop 5, 13 Glen Street, Eastwood

Fujian Shaxian Snacks (Eastwood and Chatswood)
A plate of fresh noodles for less than a tenner? The peanut sauce clings to the wide noodles, giving a fresh nutty flavour. The steamed pork wontons are delicate and dainty, presenting a juicy and smaller bite than other Chinese dumplings.
Shop 15, 1 Lakeside Road, Eastwood

Yummy Street Food (Burwood)
The glutinous rice balls are almost mochi-like in texture, before they burst with pork mince after you bite them. The handmade oyster cake is a crunchy, deep-fried snack.
135 Burwood Road, Burwood

Hunan
While Sichuan cuisine is known for its numbing spiciness (ma la), food from Hunan province packs more of a spicy punch, with bold flavours and common cooking techniques including frying, braising and smoking. Try the fried chicken with Sichuan sauce (great with a Tsingtao beer) and Chairman Mao’s red-braised pork.

Spice Paradise (Chinatown)
As its name suggests, Spice Paradise does not hold back with the chilli. The deep-fried chicken with dried chilli is the perfect accompaniment for a cold Tsingtao.
Shop 4, 203-209 Thomas Street, Haymarket

Hunan Spicy Cuisine (Chinatown)
A unique aspect of Hunan cuisine is the use of smoking meats – try the stir-fried sliced pork belly.
Shop G108, 25-29 Dixon Street, Haymarket

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Gansu
Unique in Chinese cuisine, food from Gansu province is slanted towards lamb and beef as it was historically close to the Silk Road, taking on a mix of Islamic, Arabic and Chinese influences. Lanzhou beef noodles are arguably the region’s most famous dish. They are hand-pulled noodles served in a beef broth, and often halal-certified too.

No 1 Halal Beef Noodles and Kebab (Chinatown)
The beef noodles have a deeply rich and aromatic broth, with the lamb skewers so tender they basically tear off the metal skewer.
8 Dixon Street, Haymarket

1919 Lanzhou Noodles (Chester Hill and various locations)
It’s 100 per cent halal-certified – don’t go past the deep-fried lamb chops.
20/1 Leicester Street, Chester Hill, 1919lanzhoubeefnoodle.com.au

1915 Lanzhou Noodles (Burwood and various locations)
Drive past this restaurant any night of the week and there’s likely a long line snaking along Burwood Road. But the queue moves quickly, and people are here for the signature beef noodle soup.
168A Burwood Road, Burwood, instagram.com/1915lanzhoubeefnoodle

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Tianjin
Located about an hour from Beijing, Tianjin is often referred to as the street food capital of northern China. Its cuisine is famously carb-heavy: think pork buns, jianbing (China’s breakfast crepe) and fried dough sticks.

Tian Jin Bao Zi Pu (Chinatown)
With limited space for dine-in, get some takeaway handmade dumplings or the jianbing – a Chinese crepe that’s traditionally eaten for breakfast.
Shop 3, 90 Hay Street, Haymarket

Tianjin Bun Shop (Campsie)
Add some pork to your fresh jianbing, or try the large selection of handmade buns, with fillings ranging from pork to red bean.
180 Beamish Street, Campsie

Mamy Snack (Homebush West)
They might serve the crispiest pan-fried dumplings in Sydney.
8 Henley Road, Homebush West

Panini?
https://concreteplayground.com/sydney/food-drink/now-open-fourth-village-providore-panini-bar-mosman