Takeway: KFC
Had to grab something on the road today, so KFC chips it was. You don't need any more information than that and I don't need any more shame that this either.
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Showing posts with label takeaway. Show all posts
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Thursday, 24 May 2007
Takeaway: Thai Rosy
Massaman curry, pad thai, basil beef stir fry, ginger and chilli prawn stir fry and coconut rice
Thai Rosy is at 1659 Point Nepean Rd Rosebud, 03 5982 1400
This is a medium size shop front, in fact it's two shops joined together, thai restaurant in a little shopping strip in Rosebud, lots of handy parking.
This place has about 10 tables and despite doing a fairish chunk of takeaway trade, seems to offer a reasonable place to eat as well. Wait staff consists of local teenagers so don't expect too much, but it's reasonably priced and they have taken the time to ensure that there is nothing to distract you from the meal. The room is muted, adequately lit and tastefully decorated (modulo the required buddha shrine)
The food itself was pretty good, we had a massaman chicken curry, pad thai with chicken, a stir fried beef with thai basil and cashew nuts, stir fried prawns with a ginger chilli sauce, some pork spring rolls, chicken satay sticks and coconut rice. The prawn stir fry was fantastic, the beef stir fry was deliciously picant and went extremely well with the creamy coconut rice. The pad thai was a bit of a disappointment, but I guess that's to be expected after it's been crammed in a plastic container for 10 minutes. All in all the meal was extremely tasty, it wasn't particularly cheap but it was overall worth the money.
Cost of meal: $80
Number of serves: 6
Overall rating: 6/10
Thai Rosy is at 1659 Point Nepean Rd Rosebud, 03 5982 1400
This is a medium size shop front, in fact it's two shops joined together, thai restaurant in a little shopping strip in Rosebud, lots of handy parking.
This place has about 10 tables and despite doing a fairish chunk of takeaway trade, seems to offer a reasonable place to eat as well. Wait staff consists of local teenagers so don't expect too much, but it's reasonably priced and they have taken the time to ensure that there is nothing to distract you from the meal. The room is muted, adequately lit and tastefully decorated (modulo the required buddha shrine)
The food itself was pretty good, we had a massaman chicken curry, pad thai with chicken, a stir fried beef with thai basil and cashew nuts, stir fried prawns with a ginger chilli sauce, some pork spring rolls, chicken satay sticks and coconut rice. The prawn stir fry was fantastic, the beef stir fry was deliciously picant and went extremely well with the creamy coconut rice. The pad thai was a bit of a disappointment, but I guess that's to be expected after it's been crammed in a plastic container for 10 minutes. All in all the meal was extremely tasty, it wasn't particularly cheap but it was overall worth the money.
Cost of meal: $80
Number of serves: 6
Overall rating: 6/10
Thursday, 10 May 2007
Takeaway: Rosebud Nando's
Mild Chicken Wrap
No photo as I'm a twit, I figured they would have something on their website, but it seems not. However, I'm sure you can all picture a soft orangish tortilla wrapped around mildly spicey chicken tenderloins with lettuce and tomato. They seem to have learned from Maccas' as they had very natty and effective packaging. The meal itself was very nice, tender juicy chicken slathered in a mild chili flavoured sauce. The lettuce was crisp and fresh and the tomato, whilst flavourless, was at least firm.
Ingredients:
Cost of ingredients: $6.75
Number of serves: 1.2 (my three year old decided he needed some and I was still full)
Recipe inspiration: No idea, check out their website perhaps
No photo as I'm a twit, I figured they would have something on their website, but it seems not. However, I'm sure you can all picture a soft orangish tortilla wrapped around mildly spicey chicken tenderloins with lettuce and tomato. They seem to have learned from Maccas' as they had very natty and effective packaging. The meal itself was very nice, tender juicy chicken slathered in a mild chili flavoured sauce. The lettuce was crisp and fresh and the tomato, whilst flavourless, was at least firm.
Ingredients:
- Tortilla (they told me it was corn, I'm not so sure)
- Chicken tenderloins
- Mild peri-peri sauce
- Lettuce
- Tomato
- Mayonaise
Cost of ingredients: $6.75
Number of serves: 1.2 (my three year old decided he needed some and I was still full)
Recipe inspiration: No idea, check out their website perhaps
Friday, 4 May 2007
Takeaway: Ocean's Pizza
American and Vegetarian Half and Half Pizza
Little bit of a change here, I thought I'd do a mini-review of restaurants and take-aways now when I visit them, with the view to visiting as diverse a batch of them as possible, rather than just going to the same old takeway chinese joint.
Ocean's Pizza is at 366 Dundas Street in Rye, 03 5985 7752
Ambiance is everything you'd expect from a pizza shop near a couple of surf beaches, piles of little grommits running about all going through the preening and display rituals required to find a member of the opposite sex to exchange fluids with, but they are pretty well behaved and don't intrude uninvited. What does intrude uninvited is the noise from the industrial venting fan that drowns out conversation to same degree as an enthusiastic rock band does in a pub. Don't consider eating here inside, however a table outside in summer could be very pleasant. The place is painted in beachy colours and has a limited menu, but the pizza is not too expensive ($18 for a family, no extra charge for 1/2 and 1/2) and fantastic. They have got the bases just right, and in fact I would go so far as to say besides Ladro it's the best pizza base I've ever eaten. The toppings are fairly standard, but they are well balanced and tasty. Interestingly enough it's standard practice for them to "drain" any pizza deemed too wet, I'd never seen that before.
Menu items consumed: Family 1/2 and 1/2 American and Vegetarian
Cost of meal: $24 including drinks
Number of serves: 3
Website: They don't appear to have one
Little bit of a change here, I thought I'd do a mini-review of restaurants and take-aways now when I visit them, with the view to visiting as diverse a batch of them as possible, rather than just going to the same old takeway chinese joint.
Ocean's Pizza is at 366 Dundas Street in Rye, 03 5985 7752
Ambiance is everything you'd expect from a pizza shop near a couple of surf beaches, piles of little grommits running about all going through the preening and display rituals required to find a member of the opposite sex to exchange fluids with, but they are pretty well behaved and don't intrude uninvited. What does intrude uninvited is the noise from the industrial venting fan that drowns out conversation to same degree as an enthusiastic rock band does in a pub. Don't consider eating here inside, however a table outside in summer could be very pleasant. The place is painted in beachy colours and has a limited menu, but the pizza is not too expensive ($18 for a family, no extra charge for 1/2 and 1/2) and fantastic. They have got the bases just right, and in fact I would go so far as to say besides Ladro it's the best pizza base I've ever eaten. The toppings are fairly standard, but they are well balanced and tasty. Interestingly enough it's standard practice for them to "drain" any pizza deemed too wet, I'd never seen that before.
Menu items consumed: Family 1/2 and 1/2 American and Vegetarian
Cost of meal: $24 including drinks
Number of serves: 3
Website: They don't appear to have one
Friday, 27 April 2007
Restaurant Meal: Khan's Mongolian BBQ
Mongolian Chicken with Noodles
Another photo-less meal, sorry. This one was enormous and I couldn't finish it, was very tasty with just the right amount of chili heat to tingle the tongue. The process was cool too, I was given a bowl and then walked along a long line of prepped ingredients selecting what I wanted. When I was finished two guys threw the raw ingredients on a huge hotplate, that looked a lot like a kettle drum, and moved it about with over sized chopsticks. Then when it was done they scrapped it off the hotplate with a flourish and presented the steaming plate to me for consumption.
Ingredients
Cost of ingredients: $US6.49
Number of serves: 1.5
Recipe inspiration: No idea
Another photo-less meal, sorry. This one was enormous and I couldn't finish it, was very tasty with just the right amount of chili heat to tingle the tongue. The process was cool too, I was given a bowl and then walked along a long line of prepped ingredients selecting what I wanted. When I was finished two guys threw the raw ingredients on a huge hotplate, that looked a lot like a kettle drum, and moved it about with over sized chopsticks. Then when it was done they scrapped it off the hotplate with a flourish and presented the steaming plate to me for consumption.
Ingredients
- Noodles
- Chicken
- Pork
- Bean sprouts
- Capsicum
- Onions
- Spring onions
- Garlic
- Sesame oil
- Chili Oil
- Oyster sauce
- Soy sauce
- Ginger
- Sugar syrup
- Salt
- Chicken stock
Cost of ingredients: $US6.49
Number of serves: 1.5
Recipe inspiration: No idea
Saturday, 21 April 2007
Takeaway Chinese
Takeaway Chinese
Same as last time (but I note with a little modicum of happiness, that it was a fair time ago)
Time to prepare: 20 minutes
Cost of ingredients: $42
Number of serves: 6
Recipe inspiration: authentic Chinese food
Same as last time (but I note with a little modicum of happiness, that it was a fair time ago)
Time to prepare: 20 minutes
Cost of ingredients: $42
Number of serves: 6
Recipe inspiration: authentic Chinese food
Wednesday, 4 April 2007
Pizza, Ham and Prawn
Pizza, Ham, Pineapple (ick) and Prawn.Wife demands pizza, wife gets pizza.
- Pizza dough
- Tomato Paste
- Shredded ham
- Pineapple
- Prawn
- Cheese
Cost of ingredients: $24
Number of serves: 5
Sunday, 18 March 2007
Chicken, Chips, Peas and Gravy
Chicken, chips, peas and gravy.Another late night home, another dodgy dinner. Not real flash as it was mostly cold. My 3 year old scoffed the lot though, including the peas and the "chicken on a dog bone".
- Roast chicken
- Chips
- Peas
- Brown stodge
Saturday, 17 March 2007
Takeaway Chinese
Takeaway Chinese; "Special" fried rice and Chicken with Cashews in mystery sauce.
Another late night home, another lazy dinner. This time from the local Chinese dispensary. Although I'm sure that true Chinese gourmands would object to the appellation.
Detectable Ingredients:
Fried Rice
- Rice
- Pink pork
- Bean shoots
- Prawns
- Egg
- Chicken thighs
- Carrot
- Broccoli
- Cashew nuts
- Mushrooms
- Slimey (but tasty) sauce.
Time to cook: 25 minutes (they were slow tonight)
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