ChirChir, Burwood

You should check the area where Chirchir is located. Burwood is a definite new foodie destination soon! Chirchir is located quite away from the junction but in this area, there are an array of new developing asian restaurant that has been swarming with people and worth to check out!

Back to Chirchir, the one thing that everyone got their instagram story is this cheesy lava on fried chicken!

The spicy chicken is not spicy, it's pretty sweet and not suiting for my palate. but some of my friend actually liked it.

For me, the Garlic chicken in the best hands down! Even better than the one with cheese :)

The unfortunate thing is may be it's still pretty new, but service can be quite slow and the portion is pretty small compare to other Korean fried chicken place anywhere else..

Bite Chew Drink, Sydney

A new eating spot in Regent place Sydney! Its a korean-american restaurant and they are quite creative in creating their menu!

I love this spicy spaghetti with generous amount of cheese and I would love it to be even more spicy! :)

The chicken and chip was a but let down. Lovin the chip and thats it.. The chicken was grilled but no charr on it, tasted quite bland and I think the sauce fail to blend everything together.. it's just tasted sweet.

A must get platter!! That's all I can say..

So two great dish out of three, not bad :)

Melbourne Culinary 2.1

Second Day in Melbie.. started with breakfast in Industry Beans which is located in Fitzroy. An interesting area with heaps of cool Graffiti covering almost all the walls here.. !

Personally loves the design place itself! we were hoping to get the outdoor seating as the lighting is better but it was too full even at 9:30am! So we got ourselves a table near the entrance..

The dish here are veryy prettyyyy but I think taste wise is just okay.. Its just personal preference though and maybe I ordered the wrong dish..

Coffee Garden below comprise of Coffee Custard Pudding, Coffee caviar, cold drip gel, chocolate soil pistachio sponge and tulle. My mom and sis loves this one. The coffee caviar is the one that impressed me and yeah maybe cause im not a fan of coffee, I don't really like it.

$14

Love the Steel Cut Oats! Lavender Mango, Coconut yoghurt, crumble and freeze dried fruit. A simpler dish that works well with the combinations I think.. :)

$16

Green Papaya and Peanut Crusted Egg with Blue Swimmer Crab (optional)! Love this one, as usual my fave papaya salad done right with just the right tanginess of the nahm jim sauce and the crusted egg are just yummm. What I dont like is the blue swimmer crab in the salad, which we ordered because mom loves them hihi...

$25

Overall, I think the foods are very well priced, the Asian inspired menu is inviting, I might come back to try our their other dishes! The Shanklish Omelette even though sounds ordinary is actually an interesting one as it went through to the table next to us! :)

After a hearty breakkie, we went to Victoria market and as usual got the Donut and this time we actually have some nibbles along the way.. We had a late lunch in Chin Chin, thinking it won't be busy after lunch hour which was around 2PM. We still had to wait for quite a bit.

The place can accommodate a lot of crowd with 2 levels dining area. The basement has the bar-dim-light atmosphere (bottom photo below) and the upper area is more to a casual dining.

Even though we were full from the snacking in QV market, the taste of the foods here in Chin Chin still impressed us to the max! We got an option to do A la carte or an option to let them choose a number of their popular dishes so we can try a bit of everything. We choose the a la carte.

Went with the Butter Chicken Curry - Caramelised Sticky Pork with Chilli Vinegar - Crispy Baramundi & Green apple salad with cripsy pork - Grain Fed Wagyu sirloin with Jungle curry Paste. I take back my words that there's no good thai restaurant in Melb!

I remembered someone told me Chin chin is exxy and the foods are so so. From there onwards, I never ever will take anyone's words regarding food taste cause in general, taste is just personal and diff people will have diff likings :) The foods here are awesome. My family loves them and is proven by the never ending queue ;P The flavours in each of every dish are different from other Thai place. A good different though. I think you should at least try out Chin Chin if u ever visited Melb.

From that late lunch, we were toooo very fuull! Went back to the apartment for a bit then I asked my sis whether we're doin Huxtaburger that day. She said yes and so we go! A short stop to huxta before our dinner appointment with a family friend. Huxta have 3 different locations if I'm not wrong.. I went to the one in Collin St (CBD). The place is hidden in an alley.. NOt a surprise, it's melb afterall. everything are hidden in a laneway..

We got the THEO which is Huxtaburger with double patty, double cheese and Bacon! The only reason why we visited this place is because one of our friends claimed that the burger is better than Bar Luca's. First bite of the burger, literaaalllyyy brought me to Maccas's Beef burger taste >.< What we do love is the BUN!! It's awesomeeee.. fluffy and crispy. Just right for what a burger bun should be according to me and sis.

$14

Another stop before our main dinner in Chinatown is Crazy Wings. I know we got crazy wings too in Sydney but trust me the level of chilli for the crazy wings are wayyyy different! One small bite can literally squeeze your tears out. My dad took a bit, throw it out almost instantly and still got his mouth burnt with the spiciness!

This is only to try out your chilli tolerance and I guess just for the fun of it. Not for taste or pleasure at all hahah!

After the dinner in one of the Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, we weren't that full (wasn't good but really crowded, don't know why!) so My bro and I went to Gami Chicken as our Melb friends said it is better that Arisun's Soy chicken!

The Original fried chicken was good but the soy, seriouslyyyy cannot even be compared to Arisun. haha! I supposed Syd still got the best KFC (Korean Fried Chicken) whatsoever said by Melbournian hohooh..

Overall the second in Melb I concluded that Industry beans serves great coffee, Chin Chin is a must visit, Gami chicken MEh.

Brewistas, Glebe

Another late post from me and my foodie team to Brewistas in Glebe :) The uhmazing Matcha shake is one of the reason for our visit. Went there with on a Sunday arvo.. Luckily, we got a table almost straight away..

Going through the entrance, we could see the Barista along with their baked goodies at the front of the counter..

Oreo shots muffins! Didn't get to try em cause we were too full!!

Even though the look from the outside the place is pretty small, it wasn't the case once u entered. There is this wide space of dining area with colourful walls and swings at the back of the area. I think it is a cozy place to chill and have a long catch up with your friends :)

Mr.M told me that their Vietnamese Coffee was really good.. but he ended up getting the Green Tea Latte instead ;p I tried a sip and I think that it tasted quite similar to the one in Toms and Toms. Not overly sweet and the green tea powder on top of the latte was just a great  idea :)

Ms.L ordered this very delicious and refreshing smoothies with a mix of berries and a profound passion fruit note in it.

And here is the Mighty Matcha Shakes! It also comes with Pepero sitcks, MAtcha buttons and heaps of whipped cream! Again, I think for a shake, it's really good and not sickening with the amount of sugar.. I can literally finished the entire jug by myself ;p

I tried their Bircher Muesli on the menu with fresh berries, sliced apples and crushed nuts.

Bircher Muesli $13

Ms.L ordered the Porky Pig, the first dish on the menu and it consists of Honey jam Korean pancake, poached egg, Bacon, Avocado, and Mango harbanero mayo. Quite a unique dish in my opinion especially the chewy pancake and u get that little surpise of honey jam in the middle which amazingly works really well with the bacon!

Porky Pig $16

Mr.M got the Hot Chicks - Deep Fried Chicken, Brioche Bun, Lettuce, pickled radish Daikon, served with crispy lotus root chips. Probably on of the best fried chicken burger I've eaten so far... The chicken was not greasy, the soft bun and the crunchy daikon are a perfect complement! A really smart way fusion-ing Korean Western Burger ;)

Hot chicks 18

Ms.N ordered the Smashed Avo which is hugeee in portion and comes with Pomegranate, Heirloom tomatoes, coriander and ricotta.

Smashed Avo $15

Another yummy treats from Brewistas is their Ssam Jang Burger! Juicy mince beef patty with Portabello mushrooms, lettuce, cheese and sam jang sauce. This is a definite must get when u visit Brewistas. I really love the idea on incorporating that gochujang base sauce with the asian-ly-seasoned mince beef :)

Ssam Jang Beef $19

Last but not least, the not to be missed when u come here is the Tiramisu Pot Plant! Steadfast Espresso soaked lady fingers layered with mascarpone and layered with oreo crumbles. So gooddd, highly addictive and highly recommended to be shared to 3 people max ;P

Overallll... So happy to finally visited this place. I would definitely be back for their lipsmakingly good Burgers! Sad a bit that they don't have Kevin Balls on their menu anymore, but I'm looking forward to their other menus in the future :)

Milliore Korean Fusion Restaurant, Capitol Square

It's been awhile since I visited this place lonnggg time ago.. Bebski suggested for us to have dinner here one Saturday night cause he told me how good the Ox Tongue was when he went there for lunch. Apparently, they have slightly different menu between lunch and dinner :)

So there were 4 of us dining and on a Saturday night, the place wasn't too busy ... Usually Milliore wasn't my go to Korean but I thought its been a long time so might as well have it ago again..

The banchan came and we immediately consumed them as we were too starving that night! I love the potatoes as usual, but the fish cake wasn't the best Ive had.

For starter, I ordered the Potato Pancake. The first time that I knw about the existence of this yummy dish is from a Korean Reality Show 'Family Outing' with Lee Hyori making the mouth drooling potato pancake!

I've made this many times at home, just want to try it directly in the restaurant and it's sooo goodddd, even though it can be more greasy than when it is made it at home :)

We didn't go for the Hotpot, I wonder why, we ordered Spicy Tofu soup instead. Like most of spicy tofu soup in other Korean restaurant, it has a generous filling and the tofu was soo smooth and silky!

Other dish that we ordered is the Spicy pork belly and Squid Stirfry, This dish seems appealing but apparently it tasted quite bland :( I was expecting it'll be placed on a sizzling hotpot like the one I had in Dae Jang Gum... But yeah. so unfortunate ... Should've ordered bossam instead >.<

The only thing that made me agree to come back to milliore!! The Galbi Jim. The short rib beef bone soup, it was amazingg. hands down the best I've tried so far in Sydney! The meat fell off the bone and still juicy and the soup are just flavoursomeeeee :) I would definitely come here just to have this with steamed rice :)

Even though it wasn't the best Korean eating place, I would definitely come back for the ox tongue, I also wanted to try the Japchae, bossam and other dishes as well. They offered more variety of Korean dishes than other place. So maybe that night I just ordered the wrong stuff ;)

Korean BBQ 678, Sydney

 

Kang Ho dong, a very famous comedian in Korea has opened up this Korean BBQ joint in Pitt st. Went here for dinner with some friends to try out their meats, I've heard that they serve by far the best quality meat in the hood.

Another thing that made this place well known is the pictures that marked the presence of Running Man members dining here when they visited Sydney last year.
Below is the cartoon caricature of Kang Ho Dong himself ;p

The Banchan that was served here is pretty different from others. Mostly onions which is not my favourite. But the sweet light soy sauce with green chillies in the middle was da bomb! It complemented the juicy meats..

Now let's start with the meats..

Beef galbi

Ox tongue

Pork Neck

We also got the Samgyupsal but we were too hungry that I don't get the chance to take pics of the cooked meat ;p

I must say, the meats are definitely of very high quality, it just melts in the mouth and it really didn't need any more dipping for it! Well, the portion may not be very satisfying considering the price, but hey, quakity over quantity for once.. and definitely not suitable for dining with hungry guys cause the bill might blow you away ;p

I love how they serve the mixed red rice along with steamed egg complimentary s part of the banchan.. But it was unfortunate that we have to share one steamed egg among 4 of us ;P

Dwenjang Jigae

We also ordered two jigae that cost around $12-13 which I think is very well priced considering the portion that we got.

Kimchi Jigae

Had a blast dining here with top notch service and great quality of foods!

My friend told me that their lunch menu is even more tempting and delicious! So I will definitely be back for lunch :)