Bokchoy Tang

Bokchoy Tang
Level 2
The Crossbar Building
Federation Square
Cnr Flinders & Swanston Streets
Melbourne 3000
T: +61 3 9650 8666
F: +61 3 9663 8655
E: bokchoytang@bigpond.com

Hitting Bokchoy Tang was a part of our Good Food Guide travels... Reading the menu online was getting me really excited, and with good reason, they definitely delivered... The staff were very attentive, the food was served in good time and so very tasty... The room was beautiful, with lovely views of Federation Square... And for what we ate the price was good...

Unfortunately I forgot my camera, but we got a pic of my

CRISPY BARRAMUNDI W. LEMON HONEY SAUCE

Filleted whole barramundi deep-fried until crisp & served w. red capsicum, peas & a lemon honey sauce 24.50
This was divine! The fish was cooked to perfection and the sauce perfectly complemented it... I wasn't hot on having the head and tail on my plate, but each to their own...

TOFU HOT POT Fresh firm tofu w. mushrooms, carrots, baby corn, broad bean, Chinese cabbage, ginger, spring onions & light soy sauce20.50

Mark ate this and enjoyed it, the camera on the phone crashed by this stage so no pic...

Overall we would definitely go back, the banquets look fantastic if you were to go with a group of people...

Chocolate Buddha - Federation Square - Melbourne

Chocolate Buddha - Federation Square - Melbourne
Cnr Swanston and Flinders St
Melbourne
9654 5688
www.chocolatebuddha.com.au/

Another Good Food Guide 2009 recommendation... Friends have raved about this spot, but unfortunately I would have to say don't believe the hype... The service here was completely incompetent... It may have been that the area we sat in they had opened specifically because the weather was divine and so had no idea how to work it out, but the drama of retrieving my credit card as insurance and paying (tried to charge us twice), it was all a bit much really and definitely tarnished the positive feelings I had towards the menu and food itself...

One of the main reasons I wanted to take my husband here was because of their extensive vegetarian menu, they came through on that... Considering it was lunch time we thought we would grab 3 light dishes to share, they were indeed light, probably could have done with another one... The Sunomono Salad had some of the yummiest seaweed that I have tasted, but the rest of the salad felt a bit uninspired... The Shojin-Age (tempura vegetables) was lovely, the batter was light and not too oily and the vegetables were tasty... The Green Gyoza I found to be as good as non meat gets, but Mark wasn't a fan...

Lovely venue, lovely food but the service really let this place down...


Sunomono Salad: blanched & shredded Japanese seaweed & vegetable salad with a delicious sweet vinegar Japanese dressing - low in calories high in vitamins, minerals, fibre & calcium

Shojin-Age
Vegetable tempura w fresh grated ginger, daikon & dashi dipping sauce

Green Gyoza 6 vegetarian (soy protein) dumplings: steamed then pan seared until tender

Melbourne City

Melbourne City

We had a lovely sunny spring Sunday in the city... Checking out the usual stores Carharrt, Minotaur, Footlocker (nice to meet you the legacy, small freakin world), Provider (where there was an expectation to see one SF, but ran into xdrift instead, nice to see you :) ), Hype DC, the Myer basement where there are many sales to be had, but I don't fit into anything anymore so it was just looking for me... Dropped into Federation Square to check their exhibits and got a look at the Nepal festival, then a couple of good pieces inside, unfortunately the varied scents of fed sq over powered the art work, and so we left... Lunch at MoVida which I will review separately, and after many hours of walking the city we went home just as the rain started...