Lee Ho Fook, Melbourne

Other than my insane dining adventure at The Fat Duck, Lee Ho Fook was one of my most memorable dinner experiences in Melbourne. Exec Chef Victor Liong does Modern Chinese food that’s stylish and light-hearted all at the same time. The tea egg with avruga and dill comes in two halves and is as unctuous as it is beautiful. Chongqing style chicken…

Luyu & Yum Yum, Newtown

I love dumplings. Especially pork dumplings. So imagine my surprise when I eagerly arrived at Luyu & Yum Yum, completely unaware that there was no pork on the menu. And the bigger surprise was that even sans pork, they were tasty little suckers. I didn’t think it was possible, having eaten pork-free dumplings in Indonesia a…

Chinese Noodle House

So I’ve already written about Chinese Noodle House over at Weekend Notes when I first went in 2011, but I’ve since then probably been another 20 times. It’s without fail one of my all time favorites in Sydney. And I still order the same dang things as that first time I went four years ago, though I’ve…